Meet Professor Cory Wengreen

Cory Arthur Wengreen

   Contact information

     Email: 10194349@uvu.edu

     Office phone: (512) 213-9480

Please contact me via email or phone if you need help or if you don't understand something. 

    Welcome Statement

Welcome to FIN-4185! I'm excited to share with you some of my experiences with international trade and finance. Let me tell you how I got involved in international business.

I went on my first overseas adventure at the age of 27 with my wife and two small boys (ages 4 and 1) to Cairo Egypt.

I had no clue what I was doing or getting myself or my family into. It was difficult—going through cultural shock, the different languages and customs, and hating everything about Egypt and its people. But, eventually, I came to love everything Egypt had to offer. Learning about cultural differences and then embracing them changed me forever.

It turned out to be the best thing ever and started my overseas career and working and living internationally in the Middle East for over 20 years. I have lived in Cairo, Egypt, twice for over 7 years; Doha, Qatar for over 1-year; Saudi Arabia twice for over 7 years; and just over 4 years in Abu Dhabi, UAE. I had an office in Bahrain for 3 years too. I have traveled and conducted international business in the Middle East, in all the Asian, and in most European countries. It’s been a ride, good and bad. I hope to share more of that in the upcoming weeks in this class as we go through the topics.

My advice to you is to be open to change, to see the world as it is and not as you want it to be. Enjoy the learning, share experiences, and most of all, be yourself.

   Education and Experience

I have 30+years’experience in change management consulting to private, public, and higher education organizations worldwide. My work has taken me around the world. I lived and worked in the Middle East for over 20 years.

I have achieved significant growth and transformation results with all the institutions I have worked for and was also proactively engaged with the startup of Al Faisal University and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia.

My previous professional experience includes serving in various leadership capacities with the Covey Leadership Center and Franklin Covey in the USA, Japan, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, The Kingdom of Bahrain, and Belgium, Texas A&M in Doha, Qatar, King Faisal Foundation, KAUST in Saudi Arabia, and the Emirates Advanced Investments Group (EAIG) in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

I have a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Garvin School of International Management, “Thunderbird,” and a BS in Accounting from Utah State University.

I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), State of Utah.