Internationally successful Atlanta entrepreneur and University of West Georgia Alumnus W. Cliff Oxford created what Inc. Magazine ranked one of the 500 fastest-growing companies in America in 2000, 2001 and 2002. A native of Waycross GA, Oxford worked his way through UWG driving trucks for United Parcel Service. The company hired him full-time upon his graduation in 1985, and he became its youngest district manager at only 23. In 1995, armed with a Bachelor or Arts degree in political science from West Georgia and a Master of Business Administration degree from Emory University, he left UPS and started STI Knowledge using the expertise he gained from developing a new, technologically advanced help desk for UPS. Before selling his interest in STI Knowledge in late 2003, Oxford shaped it into a global leader in information technology support with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, India, Hong Kong and the Phillipines. It was recognized be the highly regarded Gartner Group as a “Visionary and Execution” high-tech leader in 2003. In 2004, Oxford endowed the Emory Executive MBA, now known as the W. Cliff Oxford Emory Executive MBA. His vision for the program was to unite the MBA program with an entrepreneurial curriculum and studies. The program was ranked number 6 in the world in 2006 by Business Week magazine.