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After retiring from a long career in sales for startup software companies, Greg Zippi knew exactly what he wanted to do next—teach.
Brian Spilker landed his dream job when he accepted an assistant professor position in the School of Accountancy in 1993.
In 1993, Patricia Wilson left her hometown of Cali, Colombia to pursue an education at BYU. Two decades later, she now works as the business manager for the SOA.
When Tom Peterson graduated from BYU in 1981, he thought he had already come to fully appreciate the value of his BYU education.
The office door of BYU Marriott professor Jim Brau is always open. Brau believes making connections with his students is the most important part of his job.
As a professor at the School of Accountancy at BYU Marriott, Ron Worsham hopes to instill the same passion he feels for accounting within his own students.
Monte Swain feels a rush when standing at the front of a classroom. That rush has energized him for nearly 30 years of teaching at BYU Marriott.
Recent headlines have been buzzing with news of an unpredictable stock market thanks to the recent surge of GameStop share price. But BYU Marriott professor Bill Tayler says the stock market surge wasn't surprising at all.

Professor Tim Seidel did not expect to end up in the field of accounting, but took advantage of opportunities to change, facing any challenge or obstacle head-on.

BYU Marriott MBA director Daniel Snow wishes he had a dollar for every time hears received compliments about his BYU Marriott graduates in the workforce.

When teaching his class to MBA students, BYU Marriott professor Nile Hatch shares his own method of innovation: developing a deep understanding of other's needs.

After working for twenty-four years in BYU Marriott's School of Accountancy, Julie Averett remains committed to serving each individual student.

The career of Gibb Dyer has been one full of interesting twists and turns. Throughout all of his world travels, Dyer teaches people how to build family businesses.

The American Accounting Association recently awarded David Wood, BYU Marriott professor of accounting, recently the Innovation in Accounting Award.

School of Accountancy director and faculty member Doug Prawitt was recently awarded the prestigious KPMG Mentoring Award from the American Accounting Association.

As a professor of experience design and management, Mark Widmer finds ways to combine his love of wilderness exploration with the principles of experience design.

“Career goals are worthless.”
Whether she's teaching in the classroom or conducting her own research, BYU Marriott professor Abigail Allen strives to ask challenging questions that don't take the status-quo rules for granted.

BYU Marriott faculty members are deeply committed to both top-tier research and individual student success which creates a distinctive learning environment.
Since losing his mom at just eight years old, professor Josh Lee has relied on a cassette tape recording she left him to guide him throughout his life that led him back to BYU Marriott.

Behind every BYU Marriott MBA event over the last twenty years, Debbie Auxier worked tirelessly to make sure the event was a success and ran like a well-oiled machine.
Thirty-six years after completing her communications undergrad, former news anchor and adjunct faculty member Ruth Todd is thrilled to be back at BYU, but this time as a student.
At first glance, School of Accountancy alumna Jennifer Notley doesn't seem much different from many other mothers. But what you don't know is that she's also a singer and songwriter, vocal coach, fitness instructor, and CPA all at the same time.
With his impactful research record, years of academic service, and distinguished publication history, BYU Marriott School of Business Associate Dean Steve Glover was an obvious choice for the Outstanding Audit Educator Award.