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Alumni Spotlight MBA 2021 2018
EMBA grad Bob Ycmat is proud of the lessons he has learned and the impact he has had throughout his career, a journey he says was reenergized by BYU Marriott.
George Erickson's dynamic railroad career took him to a variety of prestigious positions, but he says what he is most proud of has nothing to do with his work.
The skills BYU Marriott MBA alum Eduardo Dallagnese learned in his Cardon International Scholarship classes prepared him for leadership roles throughout his career.
Oahu’s Aloha Stadium has been part of Michael Iosua’s life for almost as long as he can remember. In his younger years, he shopped at the swap meet and spent Saturdays in the stands, cheering on the University of Hawaii football team. During college, it was his home field when he played defensive lineman for the Rainbow Warriors. Now he attends football games there with his own family, and he has just completed a term as president of the N Koa Football Club, the University of Hawaii’s official booster organization.
The journey to becoming the first-ever chief operating officer and chief safety officer for the Natural History Museum of Utah was not one that BYU Marriott MBA alumna Abby Curran expected.
BYU Marriott MBA alum Trent Hamilton spends his days building teams of people who drive the medical technology of the future forward and whose innovations help save lives.

During her career in higher education, BYU Marriott alumna Alison Davis-Blake has prized building mentorship relationships with students and colleagues.

Whether Christian Hsieh is talking with a veteran of finance or a young employee of a startup, the BYU Marriott MBA alum is constantly learning something new.

As a mom of six, the CEO of her own company, an entrepreneur, and a business coach, Stacy Paulsen knows all too well that women are capable of wearing many hats.

For BYU Marriott alum Uros Stampe, success is a journey that comes one step at a time, with each experience helping him uncover his interests and gain confidence in the skills he's worked diligently to develop.

Whether he's flying helicopters across Afghanistan and Iraq or running 100-mile ultramarathons, Jeff Timmons applies lessons that he learned at BYU Marriott.

Growing up in the slums of Hong Kong, BYU Marriott alum Cecilia Yiu and her sister, Alice, were the first in their family to attend college—thanks in large part to their parents, who emphasized the importance of education and provided their daughters with the best education they could afford. Yiu now hopes to encourage children to pursue learning through her startup business, Discover Wonders.
When Neal Courtney graduated from BYU Marriott’s MBA program in 2001, the last thing he envisioned was a career in children’s haircuts—yet that’s precisely what he’s doing.
Networking with royalty is just another day on the job for Joe Onstott, whose work for an international nuclear fusion project has landed him and his family in southern France for the past nine years.
Throughout his career, Curtis LaClaire, a BYU Marriott MBA alum, has learned the importance of working hard, maintaining a healthy work life balance, and enjoying life's unexpected adventure.
BYU Marriott MBA alum Andrea Cordani is grateful he took a leap of faith that landed him in Provo and directed him towards a fulfilling career.
Former basketball pro Walter Roese sees himself as a "facilitator." But half-court plays and alley-oops aren't the only ways he makes an impact.