Phil: New page: '''Walter V. Smiley''' was the founder of Systematics, Inc. in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1968. He remained chief executive officer of the company for twenty years. Systematics was a pr...

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New page: '''Walter V. Smiley''' was the founder of Systematics, Inc. in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1968. He remained chief executive officer of the company for twenty years. Systematics was a pr...

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'''Walter V. Smiley''' was the founder of [[Systematics, Inc.]] in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1968. He remained chief executive officer of the company for twenty years. Systematics was a provider of financial software for banks worldwide. Systematics was purchased by the [[ALLTEL Corporation]] in 1990 for $550 million. Smiley is also chairman of the board of the Southern Development Bancorporation and founder of Smiley Investment Company.

Smiley was born in Hope, Arkansas. He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1963. He received his MBA from the university the next year. He taught business classes between 1966 and 1968.

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==External links==

*[http://ice.waltoncollege.uark.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=b773e2f6-438a-4b04-baad-46a6a1a6bf28 Arkansas Business Hall of Fame Video - Walter V. Smiley]

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Phil: New page: '''Walter V. Smiley''' was the founder of Systematics, Inc. in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1968. He remained chief executive officer of the company for twenty years. Systematics was a pr...