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41 Utah county entrepreneurs win vSpring Capital awards -- Forty-one Utah County business leaders received the 2007 vSpring Capital Top 100 Venture Entrepreneur awards for their efforts in leading successful startup ventures in the information technology and biotech industries.

The 2007 v|100 winners employ more than 100,000 people and raised a total of $3.5 billion in financing over the course of their careers.

The winners include: Michael Colemere of Colemere Consulting in Alpine; Josh Coates, founder and CEO of Berkelely Data Systems in American Fork; Dallin Anderson, managing director of Serial Capital in American Fork; Brad Baldwin, cofounder and executive producer of Rocky Mountain Voices in Cedar Hills; Brian Beutler, CEO of Alianza in Lindon; Greg Butterfield, president and CEO of Altiris in Lindon; Michael Proper, president and CEO of DirectPointe in Lindon; Jeff Kearl, chief strategy officer of Logoworks in Lindon; Clarke Miyasaki, VP of business development of Logoworks in Lindon; Terry Haas, president and CEO of Solera Networks in Lindon; Phillip Windley, managing partner of Windley.com in Lindon; Curt Allen, president and CEO of Agilix Labs in Orem; David B. McGinn, chief operating officer of Agilix Labs in Orem; Scott Petersen, CEO of Best Vinyl in Orem; Martin Plaehn, CEO of Bungee Labs in Orem; Jayson Ahlstrom, president of ClassTop in Orem; Jared Allgood, CEO of ClassTop in Orem; Kyle Love, CEO of Direct Controls in Orem; Jeremy Hanks, CEO and co-founder of Doba in Orem; James Endicott, president and CEO of Exact Wave in Orem; Ty D. Mattingly of Independant Consultant/Investor in Orem; Lee Gibbons, co-founder and CEO of Podango.com in Orem; Timothy Stay, chief innovation officer of Know More Media in Orem; Brett Error, CTO of EVP Products with Omniture in Orem; Josh James; CEO of Omniture in Orem; Don Cash, vice president of midmarket sales with Omniture in Orem; Michael Dodd Jr., senior vice president of corporate development with Omniture in Orem; Shawn Lindquist, chief legal officer and senior vice president of Omniture in Orem; John Pestana, cofounder and executive vice president of Omniture in Orem; Rob Clyde, CTO with Symantec in Orem; Ralph Yarro, president and CEO of ThinkAtomic in Orem; Bob Barnes, CEO of Zonder in Orem; Tom Stockham Jr. of 3point5.com in Provo; Gary Rhoads, director of Brigham Young University Center for Entrepreneurship in Provo; John Richards, associate director of BYU Center for Entrepreneurship in Provo; Tim Hunt, CEO of Lingotek in Provo; Paul Allen, CEO of World Vital Records in Provo; Richard Zinn, president of BallardZinn Engineering in Saratoga Springs; Morgan Lynch, CEO of Logoworks in American Fork; Chris Knudsen, vice president of business development with Podango.com in Provo; and Phil Burns, CEO of TagJungle in Mapleton.

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page D6.