Biography

I grew up in Memphis, TN, and I got my undergrad degree nearby at Lambuth University (Jackson, TN). There I majored in foreign languages (German and French), but also took some courses in business topics like economics and finance.

After finishing my undergraduate degree, I got a Fulbright assistantship to teach in Germany for a year, during which time I decided that I quite liked teaching and wouldn't mind making a career out of it. But I also knew that there was not great money in teaching (especially in 2010), so I decided to get an International MBA at the University of Memphis.

A year after finishing my MBA in 2012, I got a job at FedEx as an Inside Sales account executive, covering central North Carolina. In 2015 I moved up to a field sales type role at FedEx, in which I focused on securing new business from space industry customers.

Although I was happy in the sales job, I wasn't happy with the ultimate career path I was on. I missed teaching, and I missed the ability to read, discuss, and write about deep, abstract topics in an environment where intellectual curiosity is encouraged and rewarded. Thus I decided to go back to school one final time to get my PhD in Marketing at the University of Arizona. At long last, after finishing this lengthy endeavor, I graciously accepted a job teaching sales here at UVU.

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