Technology

38 Utah County tech entrepreneurs make vSpring Top 100 list -- Thirty-eight entrepreneurs in the technology and biotech industries in Utah County made vSpring Capital's list of Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs this year. The honorees were selected based on their leadership, innovation and ability to lead a successful startup venture over the next five to seven years in the IT or biotech sectors in their role as chief executive or chief technology officer.

"One of the challenges to having a vibrant high-tech life science economy is having enough human capital in the marketplace to start and grow a business. Human capital refers to executives who can start or run a high-tech or biotech company," said David Politis, spokesman for vSpring.

"vSpring is looking for companies it can invest in. Most important to venture capitalists is the executive team. It's not the idea. Not the industry. Not the product or the service. Its the team. That's the most critical aspect of any venture-based enterprise," he said.

The Utah County winners include: Curt Allen, CEO of Agilix Labs Inc. of Orem; Scott Lemon, technical evangelist/strategist of Agilix; David McGinn, chief operating officer of Agilix; Paul Allen, CEO of Infobase Ventures; Brock Blake, CEO of FundingUniverse.com of Orem; Paul Brockbank, CEO of Enhance Interactive Inc. of Provo; Fraser Bullock, managing director of Sorenson Capital of Lehi; Greg Butterfield, president and CEO of Lindon-based Altiris; Carine Clark, vice president of marketing of Altiris; Jan Newman, vice president of business development; Steve Christensen, CEO of Broadweave Networks of Lehi; Josh Coates, founder and CEO of Mozy.com and Berkeley Data Systems Inc. of American Fork; James Endicott, president and CEO of Exact Wave of Provo, formerly Veevix, and Distriba of Orem; Brett Error, chief technology officer of EVP products for Omniture in Orem; Christopher Harrington, president of global sales and client services for Omniture; Josh James, CEO of Omniture; John Pestana, cofounder and executive vice president of Omniture; Robert Frankenberg, CEO of Alpine-based NetVentures; Matthew Hawkin, vice president and general manager of American Fork-based Henry Schein Inc.'s Technology division; Ron Heinz, chairman and CEO of Helius Inc. of Lindon; Jeff Kearl, chief marketing officer of LogoWorks of Lindon; Clarke Miyasaki, vice president of business for LogoWorks; Gary Kennedy, chairman, president and CEO of RemedyMD Inc. of Provo; Ty Mattingly of Independent Consultant in Orem; Darl McBride, president and CEO of The SCO Group in Lindon; David Moon, general partner of EsNet Ltd. of Provo; Ben Peterson, Provo-based founder of Spark Networks in Los Angeles; Michael Proper, president and CEO of DirectPointe Inc.; John Richards, associate director of the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship; Eric Ruff, president and CEO of QuicKutz in Orem; Tom Stockham, president and CEO of MyFamily.com in Provo; Daren Thayne, chief technology officer and senior vice president of development of MyFamily.com; Michael Wolfgramm, vice president of development of MyFamily.com; Benoy Tamang, president and CEO of Digital Media Publishing Group in Orem; Brett Walker, chief marketing officer of VitalSmarts of Provo; Brad Walters, chairman, president and CEO of MaxStream Inc. of Lindon; Phillip Windley, associate professor of BYU Computer Science; and Ralph Yarro, president and CEO of ThinkAtomic Inc. of Orem.

Real Estate

Prudential Utah expanding to Saratoga Springs -- Prudential Utah Real Estate of Orem, which has 250 workers at its four offices in Springville, Orem, Alpine and American Fork, will open its fifth office in Saratoga Springs in summer to tap the growth in north Utah County.

Located at 1305 N. Commercial Drive, the Saratoga Springs branch will have 45 workers over the next year.

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page B7.