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While California gets much of the attention for up-and-coming technology news, Utah’s own “Silicon Slopes” feature many companies making headlines in the tech world.
In the lush Polochic Valley of Guatemala, sleepy villages are nestled along dusty roads and populated with the friendly faces of the Mayan Q’eqchi people. But for eight days in August, the quiet valley burst into life with the arrival of the Singular Humanitarian experience (SHe), a unique service organization for Latter-day Saint singles, which was created by a Marriott School MBA grad and his friends.
Under the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, three Marriott School grads are tackling their MBAs at the West Coast campus of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. As part of the 2011 Executive MBA class, Brandon Savage, Mark He, and James Marsh were strangers before classes began. But since last May one thing has brought them together—and it isn’t business.
Overseeing project management for advertising and marketing for one of the largest newspapers in the country may seem like a daunting task. But for Jaimie Rush, it’s just another day at the office.
As president of the Management Society’s Charlotte, North Carolina, Chapter, Dennis Dalling works hard. He’s busy organizing activities, helping the community, and providing for his family. At first glance, Dennis Dalling seems like an ordinary man.
Underneath glittering stage lights the bass player and keyboardist pound out a melody. The lead singer sidles up to the microphone and belts out “American Idiot” with enough angst to fool anyone into believing he’s a member of a teenage garage band.
Most accountants spend their days ensuring financial records are up to standards. But for a handful of BYU MAcc grads, it's a different story.
The Romney Institute honored alumnus Rulon Stacey as this year's Administrator of the Year for his role in creating an award-winning health care system.
CIA officials knew they had a mole in their midst—they just couldn’t prove it. The FBI was called in to gather evidence until they finally nabbed Harold James Nicholson, the highest-ranking CIA agent to ever be convicted of espionage. It sounds like a scene ripped from the pages of a Tom Clancy novel, but for Marriott School alum John McClurg, it wasn’t fiction.
It sounds like something straight out of reality television: a marketing manager for a consumer health care company in Philadelphia switches places with a manager at one of the nation’s top tech companies in Seattle. For four months they work through the challenge of trading places and come away with new insights on marketing. While this premise could be television’s next big hit, the marketing job swap was reality for one BYU alumna.
It’s 9:58 p.m. in a small, dark theater. The audience members, an eclectic mix of fashionistas and film fanatics, sit whispering, their faces washed in the green glow of the theater’s exit signs.
A member of Provo’s Municipal Council will soon expand her role from serving the city to serving her country.
Two BYU MPA graduates capitalize on their talents after being named finalists for the Presidential Management Fellows program.
Vern is a retired Major League Baseball Pitcher who played 16 seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1950-1967. Vern put his promising and rewarding baseball career on hold to voluntarily enlist to serve his country during the Korean War missing the 1952-1953 seasons. As a baseball player he won a World Series with the Pirates, the Cy Young Award, was a member of the National League All Star team, and was recognized for the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award. Vern has also been a prominent Provo citizen, BYU baseball coach, and a stalwart member of the church. For his duty to God and Country, let us all say “Thank you” to Brother Vern Law.
Janene Eller-Smith gets green. Whether it’s obtaining the green to fund the renovation of multiple buildings or assisting in the city’s plans to make a more eco-friendly Ogden, Utah, she’s the go-to gal.
Melinda Brimhall always strives to incorporate her creative touch into her management style. And unifying the thirteen departments she manages as the Grand County council administrator in Moab, Utah, into a cohesive masterpiece isn’t always an easy task.
According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, employees stay at their jobs for an average of 4.1 years. Like most people, Dennis Malloy never expected to stay at his first auditing firm for more than a few years, let alone thirty, but he found his niche at KPMG and never left.
While many business leaders strive to expand their organization’s reach globally, one Marriott School grad oversees projects that have a more vertical approach—out of this atmosphere, actually.
Born on a pair of Levi’s in a small trailer and circumcised by a doctor whose surname was Butcher, Daniel Burleigh’s entrance into the world seems like the beginning of a modern-day Charles Dickens tale.
Last week BYU was busy hosting Homecoming activities, and the Marriott School was no exception.
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.
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.
Above or below the equator, in the boardroom or in remote fields of Africa, Jennifer Birtcher influences change.
Marriott School alumna Alison Davis-Blake will become the first female dean in the top-10 business school's storied history.