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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

Alum Opens Innovative Clinic

February 01, 2007
Part of the MBA education is learning to apply predictable textbook business principles to an often unpredictable life situation. And for Joel R. Christensen, learning to take the unpredictability of life in stride has applied to more than just his Marriott School education.
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Alumni Spotlight

BusinessWeek Highlights Confectionary Connoisseur as Innovative Champion

February 01, 2007
Firefighter, doctor, and teacher are common answers to the elementary classroom question: What do you want to be when you grow up? But in Hershey, Pennsylvania, global chocolatier might get a few votes—especially from Andrea Thomas’ kids.
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Alumni Spotlight

Alumnus Wins Legal Equivalent of Pulitzer Prize

October 01, 2006
Most people would consider three weeks marked by finals, law school graduation, and the birth of a first child as full ones.
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Alumni Spotlight

Marriott School Alumnus Featured in Journal of Accountancy

October 01, 2006
It’s not every day you reach into your mailbox and see your face staring back at you from a magazine cover. Marriott School alumnus Brian Mower says this is one of many surprises hard-working BYU graduates may see from the professional world.
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Alumni Spotlight

Dream Leads to Establishment of University in Indonesia

October 01, 2006
In 1978, John W. Limbong had nearly finished his master’s degree in economics. Between studying and his family he kept himself busy. He went to bed early to keep up with his demanding schedule. One night, he had a vivid dream in which Brigham Young asked him to establish a university in Limbong’s native Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Alumni Spotlight

Finding Success in Business and Home

October 01, 2006
Tina Ashby’s transition from a successful career in the business world to home life was a difficult but rewarding one.
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Student Experiences

Alumni Provide Resumé Training

June 01, 2006
In sports, there’s no better way to learn proper technique than from an accomplished athlete. Likewise, there’s no better way to train for resumé writing and job interviewing than with those who do the hiring.
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Alumni Spotlight

Alumni Steer Automotive Network

June 01, 2006
Many people would feel just as uncomfortable sitting in a mechanic’s waiting room as they would waiting for a dentist’s chair.
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Alumni Spotlight

Alumnus Shows Youthful Flair for Team Ownership

June 01, 2006
George Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees and Brady Nelson of BYU’s class of 2002 share something in common: both are owners of a sports franchise. But, one thing they don’t share is age. Steinbrenner, now 75, purchased the Yankees at the age of 42. At only 28, Nelson is a very young upstart as majority owner of the Spokane Shock.
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Alumni Spotlight

Instilling Hope Within a Devastated Nation

June 01, 2006
How can someone help a country with more than thirty-four million orphaned children, where the average life expectancy is thirty-four years and one-tenth of the population is infected with HIV? “One family at a time,” says Joao Bueno, the area director of Care for Life in Africa.
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Alumni Spotlight

Goin’ for a Ride

June 01, 2006
Kristen Knight, director of marketing for NuSkin in the Americas and Europe, loves going to work because each day she develops unique and artistic materials.
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Alumni Experiences

Brazilian Businessmen Find Success

February 01, 2006
It is one thing to say that ethics are essential in the business world, but it is another to put that concept into practice. In an environment where ethics are under constant attack, there are still some who strive to uphold high moral standards.
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Alumni Spotlight

Grad’s Entrepreneurial Skills Take Spotlight

February 01, 2006
It was just one of those days.
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Alumni Spotlight

CFO Explains Keys to Success

February 01, 2006
Good luck and great associates are what Gary L. Crittenden, executive vice president and chief financial officer of American Express Company, attributes much of his success to.
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Alumni Spotlight

Alumna to Become the Highest-Ranking Female Dean in the United States

February 01, 2006
Alison Davis-Blake, senior associate dean for academic affairs at The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business, has been named dean of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. When she begins her term at the Carlson School in July 2006, Davis-Blake will be the school’s first female dean, as well as the highest-ranking female dean at any business school in the United States.
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Alumni Spotlight

Auditing Alumnus Named Academic Fellow to SEC

October 01, 2005
Somewhere amongst the clouds of his childhood dreams of becoming a private pilot, Mark H. Taylor bumped into the notion of accounting, which brought his feet right back to the ground. But that hasn’t stopped him from rising above the rest to land an academic fellowship at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Alumni Spotlight

There’s No Business Like Show Business for MPA Alumnus

October 01, 2005
Most people are surprised to learn that lawyer and Marriott alumnus Kelly Crabb has written a cowboy musical, produced a documentary, represented Paul McCartney, and won an Olympic gold medal (well, kind of). His most recent surprise is that he has written a guide to being a movie producer. This media-savvy legal counsel never really meant to go into showbiz, it was simply unavoidable.
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Alumni Spotlight

Graduate Builds Successful Civil Engineering Business

October 01, 2005
As a child, Jose Montoya worked alongside his family picking grapes in California vineyards. Today this Marriott School alum is president of M2 Group, a fast-growing, Mesa, Arizona-based civil engineering firm. Founded in 1998 by Montoya and Tom Palmer, M2 Group has grown from three employees in one location to more than ninety employees in three locations including Mexico.
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