List of Utah State University alumni
Business
Table:
Name

Class year(s)

Degree(s)

Notability

Reference

Nolan Bushnell

Founded Atari Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese's chain

Gregory C. Carr

1982

B.S. History

Entrepreneur; founded the company that first developed voice mail; chaired Prodigy, an early global ISP

[4]

Charlie Denson

1978

B.S. Marketing

President of Nike Brand

[4][6]

John Forzani

1971

B.S. Physical Education

Founder of Forzani Group, Canada's largest sporting goods retailer with 215 company-owned stores under the names Coast Mountain Sports, Sport Chek and Sport Mart

[4]

Jason Lindsey

1995

B.A. M.A.

Co-founder and President of Overstock.com

Dick Motta

1953

B.S. Physical Education

Owner of the Bluebird Inn in Logan and the Bluebird Inn Bed and Breakfast in Bear Lake, Utah; former NBA coach and color commentator; coach of Chicago Bulls, Washington Bullets and Dallas Mavericks; NBA Coach of the Year in 1971; won an NBA Championship while coaching the Washington Bullets

[4]

Ward Parkinson

1969

B.S. Electrical Engineering

Founder of Micron Technology; VP of Commercial Development of Ovonyx, Inc.

[4]

Gary E. Stevenson

1979

B.A.

Co-founder of ICON Health & Fitness

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Nolan Kay Bushnell ( born February 5 , 1943 ) is an American businessman and electrical engineer . He established Atari , Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese 's Pizza Time Theatre chain . Bushnell has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame , received the BAFTA Fellowship and the Nations Restaurant News Innovator of the Year award , and was named one of Newsweek 's 50 Men Who Changed America . Bushnell has started more than twenty companies and is one of the founding fathers of the video game industry . He is on the board of Anti-Aging Games . In 2012 he founded an educational software company called Brainrush , that is using video game technology in educational software . Nolan is credited with Bushnell 's Law , an aphorism about games easy to learn and difficult to master being rewarding .
Atari ( /əˈtɑːri/ ) is a brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972 , currently by Atari Interactive , a subsidiary of the French publisher Atari , SA . The original Atari , Inc. , founded in Sunnyvale , California in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney , was a pioneer in arcade games , home video game consoles , and home computers . The company 's products , such as Pong and the Atari 2600 , helped define the electronic entertainment industry from the 1970s to the mid-1980s . In 1984 , as a result of the video game crash of 1983 , the original Atari Inc. was split , and the arcade division was turned into Atari Games Inc. Atari Games received the rights to use the logo and brand name with appended text Games on arcade games , as well as rights to the original 1972-1984 arcade hardware properties . The Atari Consumer Electronics Division properties were in turn sold to Jack Tramiel 's Tramel Technology Ltd. , which then renamed itself to Atari Corporation . In 1996 , Atari Corporation reverse-merged with disk-drive manufacturer JT Storage ( JTS ) , becoming a division within the company . In 1998 , Hasbro Interactive acquired all Atari Corporation related properties from JTS , creating a new subsidiary , Atari Interactive . Infogrames Entertainment ( IESA ) bought Hasbro Interactive in 2001 and renamed it Infogrames Interactive , which intermittently published Atari branded titles . In 2003 , it renamed the division Atari Interactive . Another IESA division , Infogrames Inc. ( formerly GT Interactive ) , changed its name to Atari Inc. the same year , licensing the Atari name and logo from its fellow subsidiary . In 2008 , IESA completed its acquisition of Atari , Inc. 's outstanding stock , making it a wholly owned subsidiary . IESA renamed itself Atari , SA in 2009 .
Chuck E. Cheese ( formerly known as Chuck E. Cheese 's Pizza Time Theatre , Chuck E. Cheese 's Pizza , and Chuck E. Cheese 's ) is a chain of American family entertainment centers and restaurants . The chain is the primary brand of CEC Entertainment , Inc. and is headquartered in Irving , Texas . The establishment serves pizza and other menu items , complemented by arcade games , amusement rides , and animatronic displays as a focus of family entertainment . The brand derives its name from its main animatronic character and mascot Chuck E. Cheese , a comedic rat who sings and interacts with guests . The first location opened in San Jose , California , as Chuck E. Cheese 's Pizza Time Theatre , on May 17 , 1977 . The concept was created by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell , credited with bringing video games such as Pong to the mainstream . The Pizza Time Theatre was the first family restaurant to integrate food , animated entertainment , and an indoor arcade . Following a filing for bankruptcy , the chain was acquired by competitor ShowBiz Pizza Place in 1984 , forming ShowBiz Pizza Time , Inc . In 1990 , the company began unifying the two brands with the goal of renaming every location to Chuck E. Cheese 's Pizza . The logo was redesigned in 1994 after pizza was dropped from each store 's name . ShowBiz Pizza Time , Inc. became CEC Entertainment , Inc. in 1998 , and over 600 Chuck E. Cheese stores are open in 47 states and 17 countries as of 2019 [ update ] .
Gregory C. Carr ( born 1959 ) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist . His most notable philanthropic venture is the restoration of Mozambique 's famous Gorongosa National Park , which has been ravaged by civil war and environmental destruction . He has pledged $ 40 million over 30 years to rebuild the park as a source of tourist income for the local population .
Prodigy Communications Corporation ( Prodigy Services Corp. , Prodigy Services Co. , Trintex ) was an online service from 1984 to 2001 that offered its subscribers access to a broad range of networked services , including news , weather , shopping , bulletin boards , games , polls , expert columns , banking , stocks , travel , and a variety of other features . Prodigy was described by the New York Times as family-oriented and one of the Big Three information services in 1994 . Initially , subscribers using personal computers accessed the Prodigy service by means of copper wire telephone POTS service or X.25 dialup . For its initial roll-out , Prodigy used 1,200 bit/s modem connections . To provide faster service and to stabilize the diverse modem market , Prodigy offered low-cost 2,400 bit/s internal modems to subscribers at a discount . The host systems used were regionally distributed IBM Series/1 minicomputers managed by central IBM mainframes located in Yorktown Heights , New York . The company claimed it was the first consumer online service , citing its graphical user interface and basic architecture as differentiation from CompuServe , which started in 1979 and used a command-line interface . By 1990 it was the second-largest ( and 1993 the largest ) online service provider , with 465,000 subscribers trailing only CompuServe 's 600,000 . Its headquarters were in White Plains , New York until 2000 , when it moved to Austin , Texas .
The Jon M. Huntsman School of Business is located at Utah State University in Logan , Utah .
John Forzani ( April 5 , 1947 - October 30 , 2014 ) was a Canadian businessman , former Canadian Football League ( CFL ) player , and CFL team owner . He was the Chairman and co-founder of FGL Sports .
FGL Sports Ltd. is a Canadian sporting goods retailer based in Calgary , Alberta . It operates under these corporate banners : Sport Chek , Atmosphere ( renamed from Coast Mountain Sports ) , Sport Mart ( all stores closed as of March 2013 ) , National Sports , Pro Hockey Life , Athletes World ( all stores closed as of March 2013 ) , Sports Experts , Intersport , Tech Shop , RnR , Hockey Experts , Nevada Bob 's Golf , The Fitness Source ( all stores closed ) , Pegasus , S3 , and Econosports . [ citation needed ] With revenues of over a billion Canadian dollars a year , FGL Sports Ltd. ( FGL ) accounts for 16.4% of the Canadian sporting goods retailing market , which in 2003 was worth CDN $ 6.753 billion . FGL competes on a regional basis with independent retailers and regional chains , and on the national level with Sporting Life , Mountain Equipment Co-op , Hudson 's Bay Company , and Walmart . FGL Sports has 551 stores shared between its corporate and franchise banners . By 2009-2010 , Athletes World was discontinued in Quebec . [ citation needed ] In 2011 , Canadian Tire bought FGL Sports Ltd. ( referred to as Forzani Group Ltd. prior to being renamed upon acquisition ) for $ 771 million , and has since embarked on a large scale brand restructuring .
Sport Chek is the largest Canadian retailer of sporting clothing and sports equipment , with 195 stores throughout Canada as of 2017 . It is the only national big box sporting goods retailer in Canada , although it is absent in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut , while Quebec and Yukon are served by its sister brand Sports Experts instead . Its parent company , FGL Sports , also owns over a dozen sporting brands . In 1999 , a Sport Supercenter flagship store was opened on the top level of the Londonderry Mall , replacing an existing Walmart store . In 2014 , the Londonderry Mall store relocated to Manning Town Centre , and was replaced by Simons in 2017 . There was a second one in Place d'Orléans , but it was converted to Sport Chek/Nevada 's Bob Golf in 2012. [ why ? ] In 2011 , Canadian Tire bought Sport Chek 's parent company , FGL Sports ( then known as Forzani ) , for $ 771 million , and has since embarked on a large scale brand restructuring . New SportChek stores with Samsung OLED screens , tablets , and high tech were opened at West Edmonton Mall in 2014 , Square One and Yorkdale in 2015 , and a flagship SportChek/Atmosphere opened in Sherway Gardens in the GTA in July 2016. [ why ? ]
Overstock.com , Inc. is an American internet retailer headquartered in Midvale , Utah , near Salt Lake City . Overstock.com was originally founded in 1997 by Robert Brazell as D2 : Discounts Direct . Two years later , it was sold to Patrick M. Byrne who renamed it Overstock.com . The company initially sold exclusively surplus and returned merchandise on an online e-commerce marketplace , liquidating the inventories of at least 18 failed dot-com companies at below-wholesale prices . The company continues to sell home decor , furniture , bedding , and many other goods that are closeout merchandise ; however , it also sells new merchandise . In May 2002 , Overstock held an IPO at a per-share price of $ 13 , and after achieving significant growth and profits in some early quarters , achieved a profit of $ 7.7 million in 2009 and reported its first billion-dollar year in 2010 . The business started rebranding in early 2011 , as O.co , to simplify and unify its international operations but interrupted this effort a few months later , citing consumer confusion over the new name .
John Richard Motta ( born September 3 , 1931 ) is an American former basketball coach whose career in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) spanned 25 years , and he continues to rank among the NBA 's all-time top 10 in coaching victories .
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago . The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) as a member of the league 's Eastern Conference Central Division . The team was founded on January 16 , 1966 and played its first game later that year . The Bulls play their home games at the United Center , an arena on Chicago 's west side shared with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . The Bulls saw their greatest success during the 1990s when they played a major part in popularizing the NBA worldwide . They are known for having one of the NBA 's greatest dynasties , winning six NBA championships between 1991 and 1998 with two three-peats . All six of their championship teams were led by Hall of Famers Michael Jordan , Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson . The Bulls are the only NBA franchise to win multiple championships while never losing an NBA Finals series in their history . The Bulls won 72 games during the 1995-96 NBA season , setting an NBA record that stood until the Golden State Warriors won 73 games during the 2015-16 NBA season . The Bulls were the first team in NBA history to win 70 games or more in a single season , and the only NBA franchise to do so until the 2015-16 Warriors . Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose have both won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award while playing for the Bulls , for a total of six MVP awards . The Bulls share rivalries with the Cleveland Cavaliers , Detroit Pistons , Miami Heat and the New York Knicks .
The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington , D.C . The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) as a member of the league 's Eastern Conference Southeast Division . The team plays its home games at the Capital One Arena , in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington , D.C . The franchise was established in 1961 as the Chicago Packers based in Chicago , Illinois , and were renamed to Chicago Zephyrs the following season . In 1963 , they relocated to Baltimore , Maryland , and became the Baltimore Bullets , taking the name from a previous team of the same name . In 1973 , the team changed its name to the Capital Bullets to reflect their move to the Washington metropolitan area , and then to Washington Bullets in the following season . In 1997 , they rebranded themselves as the Wizards . The Wizards have appeared in four NBA Finals , and won in 1978 . They have had a total of 28 playoff appearances , won four conference titles ( 1971 , 1975 , 1978 , 1979 ) , and seven division titles ( 1971 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 , 1979 , 2017 ) . Their best season came in 1975 with a record of 60-22 . Wes Unseld is the only player in franchise history to become the MVP ( 1969 ) , and win the Finals MVP award ( 1978 ) . Four players ( Walt Bellamy , Terry Dischinger , Earl Monroe and Wes Unseld ) have won the Rookie of the Year award .
The Dallas Mavericks ( often referred to as the Mavs ) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas . They compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) as a member of the Western Conference Southwest Division . The team plays its home games at the American Airlines Center , which it shares with the National Hockey League 's Dallas Stars . Throughout the 1980s , the Mavericks were a perennial playoff team , led by All-Stars Rolando Blackman and Mark Aguirre . The team struggled during the 1990s , entering into a period of rebuilding . In 1998 , the franchise 's fortunes would change drastically with the acquisition of Dirk Nowitzki , who would become the cornerstone of the most successful period in franchise history , leading the team to its first NBA championship in 2011 . As of the 2017 season , the Mavericks have sold out 707 consecutive games since December 15 , 2002 , the longest currently running sellout streak in North American major league sports . Since their inaugural 1980-81 season , the Mavericks have won three division titles ( 1987 , 2007 , 2010 ) , two conference championships ( 2006 , 2011 ) , and one NBA championship ( 2011 ) .
Micron Technology , Inc. is an American producer of computer memory and computer data storage including dynamic random-access memory , flash memory , and USB flash drives . It is headquartered in Boise , Idaho . Its consumer products are marketed under the brands Crucial and Ballistix . Micron and Intel together created IM Flash Technologies , which produces NAND flash memory . It owned Lexar between 2006 and 2017 .
Gary Evan Stevenson ( born August 6 , 1955 ) is an American religious leader and former businessman who is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) . He served previously as the church 's Presiding Bishop and was the fourteenth man to serve in that position . He has been a general authority of the church since 2008 . Stevenson was appointed to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in October 2015 . Currently , he is the twelfth most senior apostle in the church .
Icon Health & Fitness , Inc. ( stylized as ICON Health & Fitness ) is a manufacturer , developer , and marketer of exercise equipment based in Logan , Utah , United States .