Evans most recently served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Witness Systems, Inc, a public software company based in Roswell, Georgia. He joined the company in 2002, when Witness had approximately $60 million in annual revenues and a market capitalization of less than $200 million. Witness Systems grew steadily and profitably over the next 5 years and was sold in 2007 for approximately $1.1 billion. Evans was responsible for all finance and administrative functions, including Human Resources, Information Technology, Investor Relations, Treasury and Legal.

Evans started his professional career in 1971 with Peat Marwick, Mitchell, and Co., (now KPMG) in Atlanta, GA. He led the firm's regional technology practice, and was one of the founders of the Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Evans was recruited to Management Sciences of America, Inc. (MSA) in late 1988 to assist with the turnaround of this $250 million independent software vendor. Under his direction, the company returned to profitability and was sold to Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) one year later.

In 1992, Evans was recruited to H&R Block, Inc., in Kansas City, Missouri, as Senior Vice President of Corporate Operations. He was actively involved in the extension of Block's business interests into financial services and the addition of premium tax services and personal tax software to its tax business.

Evans joined ProSource, Inc., a privately funded food service distributor based in Miami, Florida as Chief Financial Officer in 1995. Evans assisted Onyx, the Canadian based private equity investor, in completing a roll-up strategy creating a $4 billion company that went public in 1996 and was sold to another foodservice distributor in 1998.

During 1998, and 1999, Evans was Chief Financial Officer of Productivity Point International, a roll-up of technology training firms funded by Knowledge Universe, a firm founded by Mike Milken and Larry Ellison. During this formation period, Evans integrated twenty different acquisitions and created a $100 million business.

Evans was asked to be President of the troubled electrical wire business unit of Superior Essex, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1999. He led the restructuring of this $700 million business by selling and consolidating manufacturing and distribution locations, streamlining the product line and sales process, and significantly reducing working capital requirements.

Evans is currently a member of the Board of Directors of two public companies, Spherion Corporation and Wolverine Tube, Inc., and two private companies, SecureWorks, Inc. and Tatum LLC. He currently serves as Chair of the Audit Committee for three of these companies and as the Lead Director for two of the organizations. He is a member of the President's Council at the University of Illinois and the Tocqueville Society of the United Way, and is also a member of the Atlanta Athletic Club and the Atlanta Rotary Club.