Career Services Team

You can reach out to any member of the team for help at anytime.

Perry Christensen

Director, MBA Career Management

I am delighted to be the Director, Career Management for the MBA program.  I love the mission of the Marriott School, which is “to engage men and women of faith, character, and professional ability who will become outstanding leaders and positively influence a world we wish to improve.”  My goal is to help all of you launch a wonderful, rewarding career that will bless you, your family and community your entire life.

 A Little About Me:

As a BYU Marriott School (MOB) grad I networked into a rotational development program of a Fortune 200 Pharmaceutical company (Merck).  During my 30+ years in Human Resources I have had many fun career experiences:

  • Head of HR for Merck in five Scandinavian/Nordic countries (based in Norway)
  • Responsible for HR for all Merck businesses in Canada (based in Montreal).  
  • HR consultant internationally in 20+ countries with companies such as IBM, GlaxoSmithKline and Marriott.
  • Head of HR and Partner for a privately held pharmaceutical that we grew, sold and transitioned to a global pharmaceutical company. 
  • Active proponent of research on effective “work-life integration” including authoring several books and articles, including one of HBR’s first articles on “work-life” integration.

My wife and I recently returned from serving a mission together in the Adriatic North Mission. We moved from Texas to Highland, Utah to be closer to our children and grandchildren …and, of course, BYU!  

 Please know my door is open—I would love to meet each of you and try to be helpful as you start your next career adventure.