Lang Zimmerman, BSCmpE ’85, was recently appointed to the Arkansas Economic Development Commission by Governor Mike Beebe. As a member of this commission, Lang will use his experience in telecommunications on the Technology Growth Committee.
Zimmerman’s career began at General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Tex., where he worked on computers that rans the weapons systems on F-16 fighter planes. He returned to Arkansas to help the family telecommunications company, Yelcot Telephone, to grow and expand. A Yelcot subsidiary, Mountain View Telephone Company, recently won part of the bid to connect all Arkansas two-year and four-year colleges on the Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network (ARE-ON).
Zimmerman is also the co-founder and managing partner of Big Creek Golf and Country Club, an award-winning golf course in Mountain Home.