Executives from Agilix Labs Inc. of Orem made vSpring Capital's list of Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs for the second consecutive year, thanks to the company's strong software development expertise and the versatility of its mobile learning software in education markets locally and worldwide.

Agilix was one of 39 companies in the technology and biotech industries in Utah County whose executives made vSpring Capital's list of Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs this year. The winners 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.

Three of Agilix's senior executives made the vSpring list. They include: Curt Allen, its CEO; Scott Lemon, its technical evangelist/strategist; and David McGinn, its chief operating officer.

"Agilix has a policy of hiring more senior experienced people who have a strong understanding of managing software companies," said Mark Calkins, Agilix's vice president of product and corporate marketing. "Two of its three founders, Curt Allen and Dave McGinn, were also founders of MyFamily.com. Scott Lemon has a knack for staying on the cutting edge of technology."

Calkins, who has more than 40 years of experience in the tech sector in Silicon Valley, Colorado and Utah, including having served as Novell's vice president of marketing, said Agilix is in the process of securing its third round of early-stage funding. The company last received $3.5 million in venture funding from Intel Capital, vSpring and Ash Capital a few years ago.

"The award is also a recognition of our work with mobile learning software in the education market. Our course management systems are used extensively by universities," Calkins said. "These systems allow teachers to put course material on a server and gives the students the ability to download and access content rapidly."

Dennis Wood, director of human capital at vSpring Capital, said the vSpring awards create credibility for Utah in terms of its ability to generate human capital, including entrepreneurs to build vibrant startup companies. He cited a study in April by the U.S. Small Business Administration, which ranked Provo one of the five most "innovative, entrepreneurial regions" in the nation.

"Companies like MyFamily.com, Logoworks, Altiris and Omniture were the most visible technology companies in Utah County and the state in terms of their revenue growth and ability to get funding from tier-one venture capital firms, which have good networking connections and experience and are capable of delivering the best value," he said.

Twenty-three of the 39 Utah County winners are employed by a venture-backed company, and four others are working for a venture capital firm.

The Utah County winners include: 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 of Altiris; 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, co-founder 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, BYU associate professor of computer science; and Ralph Yarro, president and CEO of ThinkAtomic Inc. of Orem.