BYU - Marriott School - Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology - Directors

	Scott Petersen Managing Director 470 TNRB 801-422-8944 scott.petersen59@byu.edu
Biography Scott is currently the Managing Director for the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology in the Marriott School of Management at BYU. He also serves as a board director to Health & Benefit Systems, one of the largest voluntary benefits companies for large corporations and hospitals in the country; APU Solutions, the market leader for salvage and alternative parts for the automotive industry; and at Millenniata, a technology company that specializes in archival and long term data storage. Scott is a long time entrepreneur, having harvested three businesses in addition to founding or partnering in his current businesses. He is the past chairman of the Founders Organization that financially and experientially supports the Rollins Center. In 2005 Scott published a significant work, titled "Where Have All The Prophets Gone?", a historical, theological book on early Christianity using the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Apocrypha, the Dead Seas Scrolls, the Nag Hammadi Library, and all of the extant early Christian writings. [ View Full Bio ]

	Steve Liddle Academic Director 784 TNRB 801-422-8792 liddle@byu.edu
Biography Stephen W. Liddle earned BS and PhD degrees in Computer Science from BYU, where he currently holds the rank of Professor in the Information Systems Department at the Marriott School of Management. He is also Academic Director of the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology. Steve went on sabbatical in 2008 to be CTO for EnticeLabs, a Provo startup. He has published dozens of peer-reviewed articles in conceptual modeling, data extraction, and related subjects. Steve loves developing software and building systems. His current passion is mobile application development. He is author of the popular scriptures.byu.edu LDS scripture citation index, which is also available as an app for Android and iPhone. [ View Full Bio ]

	John Richards Associate Director 629 TNRB 801-422-1633 john.richards@byu.edu
Biography John E. Richards honed his managerial skills by operating a small, dynamic company in the Seattle, Washington area after earning a degree in chemistry from Brigham Young University. John then launched with his brother and early-era Internet company that eventually was part of a team and company that went public on the NASDAQ achieving a $35 billion dollar market capitalization with over 1,500 employees. John is a professional full-time faculty member at BYU serving as an associate professor and has taught courses in venture creation, entrepreneurial management, e-business strategy, and management consulting. John is an active participant in the venture ecosystem as an entrepreneur and angel investor.He is also an associate director of the Rollins Center. He consults regularly to start-up companies seeking capital and growth. He lives with his wife Susan and children in Provo, Utah [ View Full Bio ]