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Where will your BYU Marriott degree take you? Read about the careers our alumni are in and the interesting things they are doing.
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Alumni Spotlight

WAITING GAME: MIKE AND MARTISSA SPENCER

May 15, 2014
For Martissa Spencer, patience is definitely a virtue. When Martissa met her now-husband Mike in September 1991, she was busy having her first real romance with the newly returned missionary she had dated in high school. Martissa had plans to serve a mission of her own and was surprised to find out that her boyfriend wasn’t willing to wait. The relationship ended. “I couldn’t change my course,” Martissa says. “I felt very strongly about serving a mission.”
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Alumni Spotlight

Melodic Progression

February 07, 2014
“Citius! Altius! Fortius!” Heralding the commencement of the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 360-member Mormon Tabernacle Choir reverberated John Williams’s “Call of the Champions” across Rice-Eccles Stadium.
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Alumni Spotlight

A New Home for Your Nachos

February 07, 2014
During the housing collapse, the sweltering summer heat of Phoenix was no place for a young salesman pushing pest control. But for Adam Keys it was just the kind of pressure needed to get the creative juices flowing. “Nobody had money and nobody liked salesmen,” Keys remembers. It was then that Keys matched the perfect product with its target audience. “I sold No Soliciting signs door-to-door,” Keys says. “Eighty percent of people who would laugh when they opened the door would buy it.” But this wasn’t just funny business: the 2011 finance graduate paid his college bills, learned graphic design, and gained experience running his own company.
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Alumni Spotlight

One of DC’s Decision Makers

February 07, 2014
In the area of market research, Cathy Chamberlain is a one-woman political powerhouse. Her influence, as well as the results of her studies, has been spread across the country from Washington, DC, back to the West Coast, and overseas as well. Since graduating from BYU in 1973 with a degree in business education, she’s tallied up more than thirty years of experience in market research and is still going strong.
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Alumni Spotlight

A True Entrepreneurial Experience

February 07, 2014
When Josh Steimle won the BYU business plan competition (now known as the Miller New Venture Challenge) in 2001, he was awarded the $5,000 he needed to make payroll for the week and the confidence to keep his new company, MWI, going for the next twelve years.
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Alumni Spotlight

Serving Up Goodness

February 07, 2014
Pretty Govindji was always an avid viewer of the Food Network, but when her sons came into the picture, her investment in tasty meals took on new meaning. Dinnertime goals soon centered on organic cooking, and before too long, Govindji realized what she served food on might matter just as much as good fruits and veggies.
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Alumni Experiences

David Oyler Named 2013 Wright Alumnus of the Year

December 30, 2013
This past fall the Romney Institute honored the Spanish Fork city manager, with its 2013 Wright Distinguished Alumni Award.
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Alumni Spotlight

Senior vp Goes the Extra Mile Again and Again

October 15, 2013
Jeff Holdaway, a 1982 finance graduate, knew there was a way for him to combine his passion for business and law. After graduating from Columbia Law School in 1985 and working at a national law firm, an opportunity arose that he couldn’t turn down. Twenty-four years later Holdaway is still glad he jumped at the chance to work at Marriott International.
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Alumni Spotlight

Balancing Human Capital in the Office and at Home

October 15, 2013
When Sandy Wight earned a MAcc in 1990 and started her career with Arthur Andersen, she had no idea she would become a partner. “My goal was to get a job and have two years of experience on my résumé,” she says. Twenty years later Wight is still gaining experience for her résumé—as a partner in the human capital practice of Ernst & Young.
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Alumni Spotlight

Battlefield Leadership Comes to the Gridiron

October 15, 2013
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
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Student Experiences

Intrapreneurship Study Featured on Forbes.com

October 10, 2013
Peery Fellow Jeremi Brewer and BYU alum Andrew Scheuermann are researching organizational intrapreneurship.
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Alumni Spotlight

FINDING THE CODE TO SUCCESS AT WAL-MART

August 30, 2013
Wally works at Wal-Mart. It may sound like a tongue twister, but Wally Potts’s story is all business. In a little more than two years, Potts has brought in millions of dollars of revenue for the corporation.
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Alumni Spotlight

Social Entrepreneur Profiled on Forbes.com

August 12, 2013
BYU alum Peter Harris was profiled on Forbes.com for his work as a social entrepreneur.
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Alumni Experiences

MANAGEMENT SOCIETY’S NEW CHAPTER IN AFRICA

August 08, 2013
The BYU Management Society extended its reach to Africa this spring with a chapter in Accra, Ghana. The newest members of the society are looking forward to creating change for Ghanaians by focusing on the Management Society’s mission to foster integrity in business.
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Alumni Spotlight

MBA ALUM JAMIE SHAW CIRCLES THE GLOBE

July 30, 2013
Jamie Shaw first caught the travel bug as an MBA student at the Marriott School. She had never left the country before but decided to participate in a new business study abroad program to several Asian countries. From the first stop, she was smitten.
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Alumni Spotlight

ALUM JOINS HOLLYWOOD SUPERSTARS TO GIVE BACK

July 19, 2013
Cameron Moll knew he wanted to give something back to the customers who made his entrepreneurial venture a success, but he had no idea it would take him halfway around the world with an international celebrity.
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Alumni Spotlight

Full Speed Ahead

June 01, 2013
The red Porsche featured clean lines and 390 horsepower, but for fifteen-year-old Eric Watson, it might as well have been the family station wagon. This was the first time the high schooler had slid into the driver’s seat.
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Accounting Grad Rewrites His Story

June 01, 2013
Whether it’s the crisp binding of a book straight off the press or the vibrant design of an e-book, 1999 MAcc graduate Brad Farmer loves all aspects of his job in the publishing industry.
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