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Curtis Bedont thought he knew what it meant to be in the military. Though he spent his formative years on bases in foreign outposts, his fighter-pilot father never faced deployment.
Call it a cruel but fortunate twist of fate: Dan Handy’s companies tend to undergo extreme growth when it comes time for him to hit the books. As an undergrad and a grad student at the Marriott School, the current CEO of Bluehost.com guided two internet start-ups to success, sometimes smashing against current trends with a Ping-Pong paddle.
Fifty-six years and 1.3 million birthday parties may seem impossible, but it sums up John Huish’s career. He’s had a hand in facilitating cake-and-candle celebrations across five states and has provided jobs for more than one hundred thousand people.
It only took five seconds for Ryan Judkins’s boss to approve his beard plan. Surprised, Judkins, a sales representative for Callaway Golf and a normally clean-cut guy, asked, “You do realize I might have a beard that’s five, six, or seven inches long at one point?”
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.
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.
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.
Matthew Bowman likes leading the pack. His salesmanship has landed him a prestigious award and created a career leading fast-growing sales and customer service companies.
Jerry Koenig knows a thing or two about working in the trenches. In his more than sixty-six years of job experience, Koenig has been no stranger to challenging tasks, as he has used his dedicated work ethic to achieve great success.
Matt Jarvis is a sports fan who doesn’t have to separate business from pleasure. After growing up playing a number of sports, he now has a job many young boys dream of working for the National Football League.
Kristen Hill knows that an opportunity missed may never return, so she takes them when she can. This year she had the chance to change not only her job but also her residency as she took a position in Paris as a senior financial analyst for Disneyland Paris corporate business planning group.
As a foreign exchange student thousands of miles from home, Thomas Hung didn’t realize living in Utah would put his future career in finance on the fast track.
Good communicators are supposed to work behind the scenes, but sometimes they can't help getting pulled on stage.
Mike Bond specializes in seeing eye to eye with people. Although his original plan in college was to become an optometrist, his focus shifted to business, and he hasn’t looked back.
The old adage “He that travels far knows much” is an apt description for one Marriott School grad. Jeff Strong earned his undergraduate degree in business from the Marriott School in 1988 and hasn’t stopped learning or traveling since.
Aaron Call is an opportunist. And it’s not just because he works for a company that helps business owners solve problems in areas like human resources and risk management.
If you thought online profiles have reached their limit, Marriott School grad Sid Krommenhoek shows the rave is just beginning. His bright new web site gives high school students worldwide the chance to put a face—and in some cases, a video—with a name on their college admissions applications.
Smart. Sassy. Modest. Jennifer Jensen’s contribution to the world of fashion meets each of these standards. Her business, Vintage Hem, offers women’s slips with a unique premise: they’re meant to be seen.
The partners and advisors of Salt Lake City–based Aptus Advisors have more in common than just their employer. They all have degrees from the same school.
He’s a video creator, business consultant, web site developer, college professor, choir director, and volunteer concert organizer. As a self-described “polypreneur,” Jon Forsyth is engaged in a wide variety of businesses—and he says he’s happier now than he ever was in the corporate world.
The value of a BYU management degree is like that of a diversified stock portfolio: it appreciates with time. The new CFO of Citigroup Inc., Gary Crittenden, graduated thirty years ago and has seen only good come from listing BYU on his résumé. “BYU has a very positive reputation in the business community and that reputation continues to broaden,” he says.
Marriott School graduate Dale Holdaway earned the distinguished William S. Smith Certificate of Excellence Award for his performance on the May 2006 administration of the Certified Internal Auditor exam.
Most people would consider three weeks marked by finals, law school graduation, and the birth of a first child as full ones.
Many people would feel just as uncomfortable sitting in a mechanic’s waiting room as they would waiting for a dentist’s chair.