Dr. Hal B. Heaton is a professor of finance at Brigham Young University. He has also served on the finance faculty at the Harvard Business School. He holds a PhD in finance from Stanford University, a master's degree in economics from Stanford University, and an MBA from BYU. Dr. Heaton also serves as a consultant to a number of multinational organizations on issues in corporate finance, valuation, exposure management, and capital markets and as an expert witness at hearings and court proceedings for cases involving business valuation.