A man who always remembers his humble beginnings, Mr. Beard's office wall includes a picture of the rural North Carolina farmhouse, with no running water, in which he was raised.
Mr. Beard graduated from North Carolina Central University with a B.S. Degree in Industrial Relations and Business Administration and completed his advanced studies at the GE Crotonville, NY Management Development School. In the second half of 2006, Mr. Beard attended the Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth, where he successfully completed two Minority Business Executive Programs. |