Robin Wayne Byers

Background

Byers, Robin Wayne was born on January 25, 1954 in Bedford, Indiana, United States. Son of Frederick Wayne and Betty Jane (Cathers) Byers.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Indiana State University, 1981; Master of Science, Indiana State University, 1982; Master of Business Administration, Indiana Wesleyan University, 1990.

Career

Co-owner, Byers Excavation, Springville, Indiana, 1971-1979; quality engineer, Clear To Send (Keene Metals), Middlebury, Indiana, 1982-1983; quality engineer, Bendix/Allied Signal, Indianapolis, 1983-1984; quality manager, Bendix/Allied Signal, Indianapolis, 1984-1985; quality director, Bendix/Allied Signal, Indianapolis, 1985-1986; program manager, Babcock & Wilcox, Indianapolis, 1986-1988; senior business analyst, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1988-1992; founder, president, Chief Executive Officer, Pleiades International, Inc., Indianapolis, since 1992.

Achievements

• License commercial airline pilot.

Politics

God seeks to transform relationship with and between people. If politics is about how we choose to live together and to treat one another, there is surely a place for discerning the activity of God in politics.

Views

God should be loved with hearts as well as with minds. To the best of their ability everyone needs to think things through in the light of reason. This means becoming aware of different points of view, and using his or her critical thinking to make sense of God's world.

Membership

Volunteer Special Olympics, Illinois and Indiana, 1980-1983. Foster parent State of Indiana, 1987. Member education committee, instructor Indiana Vocational Training College.

Member American Society for Quality Control (annual convention committee), Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, 500 Festival Association, Society for Manufacturing Engineers.

Interests

• Avocations: flying, scuba diving, golf, basketball.

Connections

Married Donna Jean Elzy, November 24, 1979. Children: Kathryn Olivia, Tessa Elyse.

Father:

Frederick Wayne Byers

Mother:

Betty Jane (Cathers) Byers

Spouse:

Donna Jean Elzy

child:

Kathryn Olivia Byers

child:

Tessa Elyse Byers