MBA Program

Mr. Darrell Vickers

Interim MBA Director, MBA Program
Email: dvickers@uncfsu.edu

Phone(s):

• 910-672-1197/2415

• SBE 390

Mr. Darrell A. Vickers has managed licensing, technology, and component supply for 24 overseas manufacturing licensees of the Airtemp Subsidiary of Chrysler Corp. He built an export management company supplying electromechanical equipment to Middle Eastern construction projects. He established Kuwait distribution for what is now a subsidiary of Electrolux, with sales and support offices in England. He managed the International Business Development for a Defense Contractor including overseas manufacture of extremely hi tech equipment for NATO and established a program of “Offset Marketing” which allowed reciprocal marketing of products with overseas partners, thus allowing overhead to be absorbed while minimizing the cost of export sales. He served FASCO as International Business Manager and outsourced consumer products and components from the Far East while reducing transit times, increasing quality, and lowering costs. He partnered with an Australian company to establish an electronic contract assembly operation to build and distribute security and safety equipment in the United States with components supplied from Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and China. Before joining FSU he served as Group Vice President of Community Development and Public Affairs for the Greater Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce. In that position he had close contact with business and political leaders throughout the region. For the past 5 years he has directed FSU’s efforts at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. His formal education includes a BS in Engineering Physics from Ohio State University/Wright State University, an MBA in Management from Wright State University, and attended post graduate studies in International Business from Argosy University/Sarasota. He has presented papers at 3 conferences.