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Commends and congratulates Bryan Hawkins, Founder and President of Hawkeye Industries in Tupelo, Mississippi, for serving as 2012-2013 Chairman of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association

Hawkeye Industries, in business since 1995, is a high-tech outsource electronics manufacturing contract manufacturer specializing in precision fabricated sheet metal components and assemblies

Bryan Hawkins earned a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Mississippi and retired in 1999 as a Lieutenant Colonel from the Mississippi Army National Guard after 23 years of service as a helicopter pilot

Hawkeye Industries was selected as one of Mississippi's Top 40 fastest growing privately held businesses in 1999, 2001, and 2005; Bryan was named the 2003 Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration

Bryan serves on multiple community boards and organizations including the Renasant Bank Community Board, Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs Foundation, and various workforce development and business councils