Hal Heaton is a Professor of Finance at the BYU Marriott Graduate School of Business where he teaches advanced courses in finance and capital markets. Before joining the faulting at BYU, Hal worked at Boston Consulting where he dealt with strategic planning issues for large firms. He has also served on the Finance faculty at the Harvard School of Business. He holds an MBA from Brigham Young University and both a MA in Economics and Ph.D in Finance from Stanford University.