Latter-day Saint MBA Podcast

Mr. McConkie is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Tunbridge Peak, LLC a subsidiary company of Peak Capital Partners. Matt began his career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in New York. Matt went on to become the Vice President of Capital Markets at Crosland, a diversified real estate development company in Charlotte NC.  His current company, Tunbridge Peak, is a real estate private equity company that invests in self-storage, retail, and senior housing facilities.   Matt is married to Shelley McConkie, and together they have seven children and live in Holladay, Utah.Education: M.B.A., The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania; M.A, International Studies, University of Pennsylvania, B.A., English, Brigham Young University

Bruce Larson is currently a partner and the global head of Human Resources at The Carlyle Group, a global alternative asset manager. He joined Carlyle in 2019 after 32 at Goldman Sachs. At Goldman Bruce was an M&A banker, global head of HR, and filled several other managerial roles.  At Goldman Bruce was based in New York, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. He left Goldman as a partner. Bruce graduated with a BA from the University of Utah with a degree in Finance and Japanese. Following his undergraduate degree, Bruce received his MBA from the University of Chicago.  Bruce and his wife Gayle have been married for 38 years and have five children and six grandchildren.  

Emily Snyder loves collecting experiences and loves inviting people to take their thinking one step deeper than usual.With a teacher-heart, she graduated from BYU with a degree in Elementary Education. From there Emily has had a variety of professional “chapters” in her life: she has taught 6th, 7th, and 8th grade; worked for the general Relief Society presidency; helped run Professor Clayton Christensen’s world at the Harvard Business School; was the Chief of Staff at Magnolia (Chip and Joanna Gaines’ company in Waco, TX); and was president at Establish Design. Currently, Emily is consulting with various organizations, and is a Senior Product Manager at Church Headquarters. Emily received her Master of Business Administration at Columbia Business School in Manhattan. She gets to teach Gospel Doctrine in her ward, served a full-time mission in the St. Petersburg, Russia mission, and is working on her annual round of birthday goals. 

Professional experience:Senior Advisor - Peterson PartnersSenior Advisor - McKinsey & CompanySenior Lecturer - Harvard Business SchoolHead of Human Resources - CitigroupSr. Vice President, Human Resources - Dell, Inc.Education:Ph.D. Organizational Studies - Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Organizational Behavior - Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young UniversityBachelor of Arts, History - Brigham Young University

Randy Shumway founded Cicero Group (www.cicerogroup.com) in 2001. It began humbly, with fourpeople working out of Randy’s house. Today, Cicero has grown to a highly respected, global managementconsulting firm, rated one of the globe’s top 50 overall consulting firms, and one of the five bestconsulting firms in the world to work for, with offices located across the United States.In 2016, Randy was awarded Utah’s CEO of the Year and in 2017, Randy was recognized with Utah’sLifetime Accomplishment award.Randy’s vision in founding the company was for Cicero to reside at the crossroads of data, strategy, andtransformation, with Cicero helping organizations – both traditional for-profit operations as well as non-profit and educational institutions – make and implement better, evidence-based decisions.During his 21 years at Cicero, Randy has led multiple strategy, transformation and operational excellenceengagements for Fortune 1000 clients as well as non-profits and government entities. His experiencespans such sectors as High Tech, Telecommunications, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Financial Services,Non-Profit, Government, and Education.Prior to starting Cicero, Randy was an Executive Vice President and Managing Director at Answerthink(Nasdaq: ANSR), a 2,500-person global consulting firm. Before completing graduate school, Randyworked for Bain & Company and Dow Chemical.From 2010 - 2019, Randy served as Economic Advisor to Zions Bank and as an Adjunct Professor ofStrategy at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business.Today, Randy serves on the University of Utah Board of Trustees and on the State of Utah HomelessBoard. He serves on two corporate boards, a publicly traded software company and a privately heldhospitality company, and multiple state and community volunteer, service-oriented boards. He is aprolific author in the Deseret News and in Forbes regarding effective education and economic publicpolicy.Randy obtained his MBA from Harvard Business School, graduating with highest academic honors(Baker Scholar). He earned bachelor’s degrees in Business Management and in Political Science fromBrigham Young University. He speaks Mandarin Chinese, having lived in Taiwan for two years as avolunteer Christian missionary.Randy is married to Maureen Shumway and is the father of five. Maureen has a Bachelor of Science inNursing and a Master of Science in Early Childhood Development. She is a pediatric nurse at PrimaryChildren’s Hospital and is currently completing her Doctor of Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics at theUniversity of Utah. The Shumways live in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. She is the author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools, Wall Street JournalbestsellerRookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work, and Wall Street Journal bestseller Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact.  She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. Some of her recent clients include: Apple, AT&T, Disney, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla, and Twitter. Liz has been listed on the Thinkers50 ranking, and in 2019 was recognized as a top leadership thinker in the world.She has conducted significant research in the field of leadership and collective intelligence and writes for Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and a variety of other business and leadership journals. She is a frequent guest lecturer at BYU and StanfordUniversity and is a former executive at Oracle Corporation, where she worked as the Vice President of Oracle University and as the global leader for Human Resource Development.

Cromwell Wong currently serves as an executive and a board member at IsoTruss®.  Prior to IsoTruss®, he was a part of the team that managed Saudi Aramco's (TADAWUL: 2222) then $140 billion debt portfolio.  Cromwell also assisted in the IPO listing of the company in the local stock exchange.  Before Saudi Aramco, Cromwell worked as a VP for QRI Group, an upstream Oil & Gas consulting and investment firm in Texas.  He started his career working on Wall Street with JPMorgan and Ernst & Young in NYC.  Cromwell, who invests in start-ups, private and publicly companies, and real estate, is a member of the Academy for Creating Enterprise’s Ambassador Council, received his MBA from Brigham Young University - Provo and undergraduate degree from BYU - Hawaii.  Cromwell who loves traveling the world with his family, scuba diving, and playing guitar, is fluent in English, Tagalog, and Bikol, and proficient in Hokkien and Mandarin Chinese 

Scott Porter, San Diablo Artisan Churros founder, has delivered deep-fried happiness to over 3,000 celebrations since 2016, winning back-to-back Best of State for pastries in Utah. Scott is a seasoned entrepreneur and leader having been the executive director of two nursing homes and a home health agency, co-founder of the first all-you-can-fly membership airline Surf Air, co-founder of the game of Reverse Charades, co-founder of the international non-profit organization Singular Humanitarian and management consultant with Gartner, InsideOut Development and General Assembly. His “Search for the Perfect Taco” leadership training teaches how to unlock the power of breakthrough culture and brand experience to thrive. He holds a B.A. in public relations and an M.B.A. in international business, marketing and entrepreneurship from Brigham Young University, and an M.A. in Spanish from California State University-Sacramento. 

Former CIA officer Evan McMullin discusses his journey from humble beginnings to running for president. He shares insights on faith, service, and leadership, highlighting the importance of staying true to oneself and finding balance in life.

Ben joined Humana in 2020 where he leads the corporate strategy team.Ben came to Humana from CVS Health / Aetna, where he was Vice President and General Manager overthe analytics product portfolio and the Attain by Aetna business, a joint venture created withApple. Prior to Aetna, Ben worked at Walmart, where he co-founded and successfully launched a start-up business, Walmart Care Clinic, as well as joint ventures with McKesson and Quest Diagnostics. Beforejoining Walmart, Ben led the healthcare practice at the Clayton Christensen Institute for DisruptiveInnovation. Prior to business school Ben worked in med-tech at Covidien and atPricewaterhouseCoopers advising on M&A transactions.Ben is also an active advisor and / or board member for three early stage health technology companies.Ben earned a bachelor’s degree in Management from Brigham Young University and an MBA fromHarvard Business School. Ben and his wife Kelcy have four young children and love to travel and spendtime in the outdoors together as a family.