{"id":63286,"date":"2016-12-01T09:43:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T15:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=63286"},"modified":"2016-12-01T09:43:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T15:43:55","slug":"greg-moore-continues-give-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/greg-moore-continues-give-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Moore Continues to Give Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_63565\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63565\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-63565\" src=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Greg-Moore-image-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Gregory Moore, CEO of AED, Inc. (Submitted photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Greg-Moore-image-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Greg-Moore-image-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Greg-Moore-image-120x120.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Greg-Moore-image-80x80.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Greg-Moore-image.jpeg 321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-63565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gregory Moore, CEO of AED Inc. Submitted photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">Giving to the<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.olemiss.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Mississippi School of Engineering<\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>is something Greg Moore has done for many years. So when the alumnus recently became CEO of AED Inc., he naturally decided to continue supporting his alma mater.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">&#8220;As a business leader with a marketing and business development background, the Ole Miss engineering school has provided a lot of very talented and tech-savvy engineers with a unique set of social skills that allow them to effectively communicate with their peers, but also the business and financial executives within a firm,&#8221; Moore said. &#8220;I have served on the engineering advisory board and have actively recruited and hired Ole Miss engineers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">Moore is a model alumnus, said Kevin Gardner, <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umfoundation.com\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\">UM development<\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>officer for the school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">&#8220;Greg Moore exemplifies all of what is best about Ole Miss engineering,&#8221; Gardner said. &#8220;Not only does he financially contribute to the school and its programs; he also serves as an adviser and recruits students as future employees for where he works.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">As chief executive officer, Moore works in coordination with AED chairman and founder Reginald Waters to leverage the firm&#8217;s strength in multiple segments to expand the scope of the company&#8217;s offerings and client base.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Moore came to the university after being offered a scholarship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">&#8220;I fell in love while visiting, and it was the best decision I ever made,&#8221; he said. I&#8221; enjoyed a tremendous four years of personal growth and development, a wonderful education and an introduction to society and business. I also made lifelong friends and relationships that I exercise every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">Among Moore&#8217;s favorite professors were John Winkle and Mary Stuckey in political science and Dick Mackenzie and Bill Shugart in economics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">&#8220;All these people shaped my world view,&#8221; Moore said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">After earning his bachelor&#8217;s degree in public administration in 1991, Moore went on to earn a master&#8217;s degree in management from Florida Technical Institute.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">Moore&#8217;s family includes his three sons: Ryan, an Ole Miss freshman; Nathan, a high school sophomore; and Bennett, a seventh grader.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">Moore lists his favorite leisure activities as golf, hiking, anything in Oxford and the occasional glass of whiskey.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giving to the&nbsp;University of Mississippi School of Engineering&nbsp;is something Greg Moore has done for many years. 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