Utah Business
March 18, 2005
Cover Story
Forty Under 40
By Jacky Olsen
AS Utah Business launched its quest to identify 40 of the state's hottest and brightest business leaders under the age of 40, we found candidates with vision, charisma and grit. Each of these nominees and their business ventures dramatize the quality of the state's thriving business landscape. This year marks the third annual Forty Under 40 feature in Utah Business magazine. The result is a glimpse intro the cosmos of Utah's rising stars.
Linda Archibald
Age: 37
executive director Miller Business Innovation Center
As the first director of the Miller Business Innovation Center (MBIC), Archibald helps new entrepreneurs find resources to build lasting businesses. In 1998 she and her sister Bonnie ventured into their own business—a company that averaged over 600 percent growth per year in the first four years. Archibald also worked as a marketing guru for many other businesses before directing the MBIC and growing it from zero to its notable success today. She has taken over management of the Genus Group, "the" grassroots organization for the technology and entrepreneur environment.
First Job: Debris cleanup on construction sites
Last Book Read: Ripples from the Zambezi: Passion, Entrepreneurship and The Rebirth of Local Economies by Ernesto Sirolli
Favorite Restaurant: Café Rio
Isaac Austin
Age: 35
owner/CEO/ head coach Utah Snowbears
Austin took over ownership of the new ABA basketball franchise Utah Snowbears in the fall of 2004, putting the organization in order and surrounding himself with experienced people. He has since coached the team to the top spot in the 33-team national league. An ex-NBA star who played from 1991-2002, Austin's goals are to prepare his players for spots in the NBA, and to become the developmental team for the Utah Jazz when the NBA changes to a farm-team system in the future. He played two years for the Utah Jazz and suited up for eight different NBA teams in his professional basketball career.
First Job: Cutting lawns, working for McDonalds
Last Publication Read: People magazine
Favorite Restaurant: Rib Alley
Josh Bevans
Age: 31
president Design To Print/ SteamRoller Copies
Bevans brought the concept of computer-driven pre-press to Southern Utah in 1995 and expanded the business to include grand format (billboard-size) printing. Design To Print has printed graphics for companies wordwide, including many Fortune 500 Companies. This year Bevans' company was recognized as one of MountainWest Venture Group's 100 Fastest Growing Companies for the third consecutive year, a first for a Utah printer. Bevans was recognized last year as Southern Utah's Entrepreneur of the Year.
First Job: Smith's grocery stores bag boy
Last Book Read: The Anatomy of Buzz by Emanuel Rosen
Favorite Restaurant: Scoma's in San Francisco
Jeff Bickel
Age: 36
senior manager- Pricewaterhouse-Coopers LLP
Bickel graduated with a Master's Degree in taxation from BYU in 1993 and started with Pricewaterhouse-Coopers in January 1994. He has assisted in growing the tax practice from five to 18 people during his 11 years with the firm, helping to increase revenue by five times through his efforts in attracting new clients and servicing existing clients. He is also active in many nonprofits, such as the Cancer Wellness House and the Deseret Foundation, and served as vice chair of the Business-to-Business Expo for the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce.
First Job: Paper route
Last Book Read: Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
Favorite Restaurant: The Cheesecake Factory
Corey Bowers
Age: 32
president/CEO IntelliChoice, Inc.
After plying his trade with a Fortune 100 company for five years, Bowers went to work for a small start-up company as the director of sales. While there, he helped take the new business from a local software provider to a regional company with a customer base across the West. Upon leaving that company he co-founded IntelliChoice, Inc., which provides state-of-the-art law enforcement software to cities, counties and universities across the U.S. The company has grown from a regional to a national base in less than two years.
First Job: Dishwasher
Last Book Read: The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley
Favorite Restaurant: Port City Chop House
Randy Cosby
Age: 34
Vice President InfoWest, Inc.
Cosby has been involved in the creation and management of InfoWest with business partner Kelly Nyberg since its inception in 1994. Revenue and profitability set new records in 2004, and in December, the company became the first ISP in southern Utah. Cosby's entrepreneurial spirit started early when in high school he founded SoundFX, where he DJ'd and produced independent dances. While creating InfoWest, he simultaneously founded and managed 32bit.com and DevShed.com, which were eventually sold. Cosby serves on the board of directors for the St. George Chamber of Commerce.
First Job: Wrote an educational computer game called "Math Decathlon" when he was 13 and sold it to Kaypro Computers; also cook at Larsen's Frostop
Last Book Read: Doctrines of Salvation, Volume II by Joseph Fielding Smith
Favorite Restaurant: Dammeron Valley BBQ
Michael M. Dale
Age: 39
director- Larkin Mortuary
Dale represents the fifth generation of family involvement in the business founded by George William Larkin (Dale's great-great-grand-father) in 1885. He is a graduate of the Boston University College of Communication and is a recipient of the Golden Mike award from the Southern California Radio and Television News Association, and the Chamber Champion award presented by the Salt Lake Chamber. Dale currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Salt Lake Chamber and is chairman of the Business-to-Business Expo, and of the Giant Step Awards. He is producer and host of "The KJZZ Senior Minute."
First Job: Bagging groceries for a local market
Last Book Read: The Art of Possibility by Benjamin Zander
Favorite Restaurant: Spencer's
Scott DuBois
Age: 35
partner -Snell & Wilmer
past president- Park City Bar Association
As president of the Park City Bar Association last year, DuBois led the Bar in providing more legal aid to the poor and undeserved. He is a partner at Snell & Wilmer and recently secured a $6 million judgment in arbitration in New York, representing a Utah company in a breach of contract action. In addition to graduating magna cum laude from Arizona State University and serving as recent developments editor of the Texas Environmental Law Journal when he attended the University of Texas Law School, he was named United Way's 2003 Outstanding Campaign Volunteer.
First Job: Assistant chef at a German restaurant
Last Book Read: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Favorite Restaurant: Riverhorse Café
Laura Ellingson
Age: 31
entrepreneur -DBA: Graphic Design Etc.
Ellingson rose through the ranks at KSL Television from an on-call designer to art director within the span of five years, leading the graphics department through a series of productive changes and growing pains, making improvements in technology, workflow, working environment and the on-air image of KSL TV News. She directed a team that developed an Emmy award-winning graphics package for KSL's coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympics and led the design department to a series of UBEE Awards for Best News Graphics and a Distinguished Service award from KSL TV. She recently moved on from KSL and founded her own company.
First Job: Red's Frozen Yogurt
Last Book Read: Veronica Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Favorite Restaurant: Michelangelo's
James Endicott
Age: 34
president/CEO Veevix Inc. and FlipClick.com
Endicott built his first million-dollar company by the age of 27 and has launched over 12 companies during his career. Over the last three years, he started three companies that have achieved over $1 million in annual revenue; Veevix has grown more than 500 percent per year since its inception. Zip Code Download, a subsidiary of Veevix, was ranked as the top provider of government data to U.S. corporations in 2004, and over 85 percent of Fortune 500 companies rely on various Veevix products to help run their online businesses. He recently launched FlipClick.com to help raise funds for under-funded schools and is chairman of the JKPD Foundation, a non-profit children's education organization.
First Job: Maintenance at SAIC in La Jolla, Calif.
Last Book Read: First Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
Favorite Restaurant: Macaroni Grill
Mark V. Erickson
Age: 35
partner- Tanner+Co.
Erickson was the youngest person (32) ever promoted to officer and board of directors member for Tanner+Co. One year later he was promoted to partner. He has played a key role in increasing the firm from approximately 25 people to over 50 people currently. Erickson left the company for two years to work in the corporate finance division of the Securities & Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. He has since been instrumental in training the staff on SEC rules and regulations, and his unique knowledge of the SEC has been a driving force in the growth of Tanner+Co.
First Job: Scraping cheese for a cheese packaging plant
Last Book Read: Flyboys by James Bradley
Favorite Restaurant: The Mandarin
Bjorn Espenes
Age: 39
president/CEO Infopia, Inc.
Espenes navigated Infopia through the post dot com era and turned the company around to profitability. Infopia was named the 11th fastest growing company in Utah in 2004 and boasted 2,600 percent growth over five years. Espenes is considered an Internet technology visionary and has attracted $10 million in investments. He earned an MBA from Westminster, was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Norwegian Infantry, is founder and CEO of Xanthon, which he sold in 1999, and is a former trustee and member of the executive committee of UITA.
First Job: Owned a ski school in Norway
Last Book Read: My Life by Bill Clinton
Favorite Restaurant:
Rio Grande Café
Edward J. Eyring, MD
Age: 37
colorectal surgeon- Center for Colon & Rectal Diseases
Dr. Eyring is a colon cancer surgeon who uses innovative approaches to increase awareness about colon cancer screenings. He helped Utah secure federal funding for a major colon cancer awareness campaign and chaired the first Colorectal Cancer Summit in 2003, which brought together physicians, advocates and survivors to discuss strategies for decreasing colon cancer deaths and increasing access to screenings. He has also worked as a chair of the Utah Cancer Action Network and as a member of the American Cancer Society's Community Council.
First Job: Sold corn dogs, worked in a coal mine, baled hay
Last Book Read: Good to Great by James Collins
Favorite Restaurant: Lugano's
Aaron Garrity
Age: 36
president/CEO XanGo, LLC
Garrity co-founded XanGo in November 2002, and in two years the company has grown from 14 to almost 400 employees. Its network of distributors now numbers in the hundreds of thousands. The company recently completed a move into a new 60,000 square foot office building at Thanksgiving Point that will serve as international headquarters. In the decade prior to co-founding XanGo, Garrity served in management positions in the health and nutrition industry. He was responsible for overseeing the successful launch of hundreds of products into the international marketplace.
First Job: Toured the U.S. as a professional singer when he was eight years old
Last Book Read: As A Man Thinketh by James Allen
Favorite Restaurant: Les Souffles in Paris
Randall L. Hales
Age: 37
president Back to Basics
After a successful career in company leadership in Texas and a three-year period as CEO and president of First Scientific in Salt Lake City, Hales joined the Back to Basics team in 2002 as CEO. In October 2003 he assumed his current role of president and has been instrumental in helping the business manage rapid growth while maintaining outstanding customer service. Back to Basics is a privately held Inc. 500 company that employs 76 in Bluffdale. The company was also selected in 2004 by Ernst & Young as an "Entrepreneur of the Year" recipient under his leadership.
First Job: De-tassling corn for a farmer in Idaho; mowing lawns
Last Book Read: Every Second Counts by Lance Armstrong
Favorite Restaurant: Javiers in Dallas, Texas
Manal Zakhary Hall
Age: 38
partner- Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough
Hall is a member of the Jones, Waldo Women Lawyers Group, the first of its kind locally, and is a junior partner in the firm's corporate and securities law group. She assists corporations and businesses in various aspects of general corporate and securities-related areas and counts among her clients Lehman Brothers, Triangular Investments, Inc., Sundance Doors, Inc., and FabTech Manufacturing, Inc. She started her career in New York City after graduating from Fordham University School of Law, having served as notes and articles editor for the Fordham Law Review. She was born in Cairo, Egypt and speaks both Arabic and French fluently.
First Job: Cashier at Burger King at age 14
Last Book Read: The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Favorite Restaurant: Barbacoa
Chiao-ih Hui
Age: 25
systems engineer- L-3 Communication/Communication Systems West
Hui is the president of the Society of Women Engineers and is responsible for highly sensitive military programs with large budgets in her work as a systems engineer. She is the chair-elect of the Industry Advisory Council, a member of the David Eccles School of Business Student Advisory Board, and was vice president of the Co-Op Association of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1999-2000. Hui was part of the team that started the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge.
First Job: Children's English teacher in Taiwan during summers in high school
Last Book Read: Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Favorite Restaurant: Bambara at Hotel Monaco
Heidi Huntsman
Age: 37
partner- UV Partners
Since Huntsman joined UV Partners in 2004, she has successfully led investments for the venture capital firm expanding its focus in the life science field. She transitioned from a career path in academic science to business, bringing technical expertise and fresh perspective to the group. She is Utah's first female venture capitalist. She has authored and published over 100 industry reviews and research notes on the medical device sector and authored three scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. She serves on the board of several startups and on the board of the non-profit organization Interplast.
First Job: Waitress at Ruth's Diner
Last Book Read: The Secret Lives of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Favorite Restaurants: Café Molise, East West Connection, Samurai Sushi, Red Iguana
Blake Modersitzki
Age: 38
general partner-UV Partners
Modersitzki began his career with WordPerfect and was instrumental in the creation of Novell's venture capital group and led an investment by Novell into Red Hat prior to its IPO. Also while at Novell, he managed a group responsible for establishing strategic relationships between that company and heavy hitters in the technology industry. He joined UV Partners in 2002 and has led and participated in investments in over 35 early stage, high tech companies. Modersitzki is also an avid runner, having run three marathons.
First Job: Farm worker, basketball referee, security guard for WordPerfect Corporation
Last Book Read: Deception Point by Dan Brown
Favorite Restaurants: Bambara, Sundance Tree/Grill Room, Bombay House
Josh James
Age: 31
CEO Omniture
James founded Omniture's predecessor, JPInteractive, in 1996 with $30,000 in credit card debt and $20,000 in personal loans. That venture later turned into MyComputer.com, of which the small-business arm was eventually sold. The large-enterprise arm was renamed Omniture in 2002. James has been directly involved with securing such notable clients as HP, AOL, General Motors and Wal-Mart. In October 2004, Jupiter Research named Omniture "Clear Market Leader." The company was also placed on the Inc. 500 and the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. ASPNews.com also recently added Omniture to its "Top 25 Provider" ranking. James is on the founding board of advisors for BYU's eBusiness center and was past chairman for Governor Leavitt's entrepreneurial committee supporting the Utah Silicon Valley alliance.
First Job: This is still his first job
Last Book Read: Turnaround: Crisis, Leadership, and the Olympic Games by Mitt Romney
Favorite Restaurant: Mr. Beef in Chicago
Michael R. Johnson
Age: 38
partner-Snell & Wilmer, chairman-Tooele City Council
Johnson was recently nominated for his fourth term as a Judge Pro Tempore of the Utah Third District Court, and was appointed by the Utah State Bar as a member of the Bar Examiner Committee, which is responsible for administrating and grading the Utah Bar Exam. He is on Snell & Wilmer's recruiting committee. He graduated summa cum laude from Utah State University and received his juris doctor from the University of Utah College of Law, where he was a Leary Scholar. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tooele Credit Union and serves on the Tooele City RDA board.
First Job: Dishwasher for a Mexican restaurant
Last Book Read: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Favorite Restaurant: Spencers
Kenner B. Kingston
Age: 33
principal architect- Architectural Nexus
Kingston is the youngest principal of Architectural Nexus, the largest full-service architectural and interior design firm in Utah. He was the project architect for the University of Utah Ortho-paedic Center, a 105,000 square foot, $20 million academic facility in the University's research park. He is the first architect at the firm to become professionally accredited by the United States Green Building Council. He was involved in the start-up of the Young Architects Forum, and is the Chair of the AIA Utah Architecture for Health Committee.
First Job: Stocker at Cloth World
Last Book Read: Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Favorite Restaurant: Blue Plate Diner (long live chicken fried steak!)
Bryan Lampropoulos
Age: 33
executive vice president of the OEM division and VP of international sales and marketing Merit Medical; entrepreneur
Lampropoulos was named the youngest vice president ever at Merit Medical eight years ago and now runs the fastest growing, most profitable division of the company. He was instrumental in moving Merit from 25th to 10th position on Fortune Small Business magazine's list of America's Fastest Growing Small Public Companies in 2004. As the founder of Joshua Bryan & Company, he was a leader in the film industry's niche for LDS comedy films, including such notables as The Singles Ward and The Home Teachers. He has built three multi-million dollar businesses independent of Merit and was named an entrepreneur of the year by the governor while still in high school.
First Job: Cleaning aquariums, which he turned into a thriving
tropical fish import/ export business
Last Book Read: Occupation & Resistance: The Greek Agony 1941-44 by John Louis Hondros
Favorite Restaurant: Spaghetti Factory
Kevin Laurence
Age: 39
partner-Stoel Rives LLP
Laurence is the immediate past chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Utah State Bar. He joined Stoel Rives in 2001 after graduating from BYU's law school in 1992. He focuses on patent-related services involving the life sciences. He is the founding organizer of the Utah Innovation Awards program, now in its third year, and he teaches intellectual property law courses at BYU and the University of Utah.
First Job: Mowing lawns for $5 per lawn at age 10
Last Book Read: John Adams by David McCullough
Favorite Restaurant: Bambara
David Lillywhite
Age: 34
founder/CEO- Summit Energy, LLC
Lillywhite founded Summit Energy in 1997 with two assets: his partner Jack Simper and $33,000 in cash. Today, Summit is an integrated energy company with annual revenues in excess of $100 million. Inc. magazine has twice recognized Summit among the fastest growing privately held companies in America (12th place in 2002 and 96th place in 2004). He is known for his impressive business acumen, his uncanny ability to orchestrate a deal and his integrity.
First Job: Farmhand
Last Book Read: E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
Favorite Restaurant: Del Frisco Steak House
Morgan Lynch
Age: 33
founder and president Arteis Inc. (LogoWorks)
Lynch started LogoWorks in 2001 with his own funds. He has since grown the company to revenues exceeding $3 million. Under his leadership, the business has grown from two employees to 35, and he has created a culture that combines cutting-edge innovation with old-fashioned hard work. Despite the company's great strides, Lynch is still often the first person in the office and the last person out, and he's often seen under a desk adding RAM to a computer. He created the world's largest corporate identity design firm in less than three years.
First Job: Marketing/sales at InsurQuote Systems
Last Book Read: The Origin of Brands by Al Ries
Favorite Restaurant: Chef's Table
Karianne Marcum
Age: 34
vice president/co-owner Creative Expressions, Inc.
Marcum is a driving force behind the company that began in a tiny basement room and morphed into a large facility with 50 employees, national accounts and an extensive outside sales force. She has been the leader in sales volume and new marketing campaigns as Creative Expressions has grown from a contract embroidery business to one of the largest players in the embroidery, screen print and specialty printing industry. She recently co-authored a book entitled 101 Ways to Get Your Foot in the Door.
First Job: Kentucky Fried Chicken
Last Book Read: 101 Ways to Get Your Foot in the Door
Favorite Restaurant: Red Lobster
Derek J. Mattsson
Age: 39
president/CEO Vehix.com
Since taking the reigns at Vehix.com in 2001, Mattsson has transformed the company into one of the country's fastest-growing automotive Websites. It now represents over 1,300 new and used car dealerships in 57 major markets across the country. Prior to being hired by Vehix.com, Mattsson played a key role in spearheading the partnership between the company and AT&T Media Services (now Comcast). It was the formation of this alliance that secured the company's future. He has served in upper management positions with several organizations and has played a role in supporting numerous civic and charitable organizations.
First Job: Dishwasher at Five Alls Restaurant at age 12
Last Book Read: Bargaining for Advantage, Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People by G. Richard Shell
Favorite Restaurants: Nobu in New York City, Pie Pizzeria in Salt Lake City
Shawn D. Nelson
Age: 28
founder/CEO
LoveSac
Nelson recently won The Rebel Billionaire's prize of a three-month position as the president of Virgin Worldwide and $1 million. After his tenure with Virgin, he will either return to Utah and LoveSac or serve as president of one of Virgin's many ventures. He laid the groundwork for a company that now has 55 retail locations nationwide and won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Utah in 2003. Prior to founding the company, he worked as a consultant for Professional Way, Ltd. in Shanghai, China, negotiating deals for clients like McDonalds, Whirlpool, Honeywell, Medtronic, Roche and other Fortune 500 companies.
First Job: Auto detailer at a car rental agency
Last Book Read: Why We Buy by Paco Underhill
Favorite Restaurant: J Alexander's
Robert C. O'Connor
Age: 35
managing partner, Salt Lake City office Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR)
O'Connor first joined WSGR in Palo Alto in 1995 but left the firm briefly to be general counsel of InsurQuote Systems in Provo before rejoining and opening the Salt Lake office in 2001. He has since built the local practice of the nationally renowned firm from two lawyers to 10 lawyers and eight staff with such clients as NextPage, Star Bridge Systems, Huntsman Biotechnology, Echelon Biosciences, and vSpring Capital. He was lead lawyer on the Altiris and Overstock.com IPOs and NPS Pharmaceuticals' $100 million public offering. He was third ranked corporate lawyer in Utah by Chambers USA in 2004 and is co-author of The Initial Public Offering: A Guidebook for Executive Officers and Directors.
First Job: Caddy
Last Book Read: 9/11 Commission Report by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Favorite Restaurant: Riverhorse Café
Torrey Powell
Age: 26
CTO IntelliChoice, Inc.
Powell has been the lead developer on many teams, implementing state-of the art technology since he first served an internship with Environmental Systems Institute in Southern California. He worked as a product engineer through the remaining years of his schooling before earning a BS from Utah State University. He co-founded IntelliChoice, Inc., which has grown from a regional company to a national company in less than two years and provides law enforcement software to government entities and universities across the country.
First Job: Washing windows
Last Book Read: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Favorite Restaurant: The Olive Garden
Mike Proper
Age: 29
founder/president/CEO DirectPointe, Inc.
Proper created a revolutionary business model to meet the needs of small- to medium-sized businesses, making technology simple, manageable and affordable when he started DirectPointe from the ground up. His company was named to Utah's "Top Twenty-Five Under Five" in 2000 and 2001. Prior to starting DirectPointe, he worked for Calculate Research & Technology where he helped grow the business from $100,000 to $10 million in annual revenues over a five-year period.
First Job: McDonald's crew chief
Last Book Read: Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan and Charles Burck
Favorite Restaurant: The Proper Kitchen (My wife is the world's best "fresh food" chef)
Dusty Rhodes
Age: 34
president/CEO Pro Look Sports Corp.
A self-titled soccer dad and armchair quarterback with no actual skills, Rhodes says he doesn't have a clue what he's doing in business. But he's surrounded himself with a brilliant office staff, efficient factories and sales reps that work for less than they deserve. Pro Look Sports is gaining considerable market share every year; last year, it ranked 199 on the Inc 500 list with an annual growth rate of 176 percent. "What better job could I have?" asks Rhodes. "I'm working in the sports industry with my friends and making a lot of money doing it. Well, I guess I could own the Red Sox...that would be perfect!"
First Job: Farming in Nevada.
Last Book Read: (lying) Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Favorite Restaurant: The rice pudding at Chuck-A-Rama rocks!
D. Todd Shepherd
Age: 35
co-founder/partner/chairman -Studeo
Shepherd and his partners have led Studeo from $7 million in revenues in 2001 to $90 million in 2004. In 2003, Studeo made the Inc. 500 list, and the company currently employs 102 people in Salt Lake City and Irvine, California. Studeo's multidisciplinary teams work for an impressive array of clients. Prior to Studeo, Shepherd co-founded and sold thre Internet startups including, NetProfit, Serus and TimeMarker. He's cur-rently serving as chairman of Studeo, a director of Metrobelle, Inc. and a board member of the Utah Chapter of Young Entrepreneur's Organization.
First Job: Wore the stripes—Footlocker
Last Book Read: The Endurance by Caroline Alexander
Favorite Restaurant: The Private Reserve
Eric Smith
Age: 36
co-founder/CTO- Control4
As Control4's CTO and one of the company's co-founders, Smith is responsible for setting the organization's technology vision and guiding development of its home automation systems. Previously Smith co-founded STSN, the worldwide leader in broadband services for business travelers, developing the intellectual property that made STSN's services possible. Prior to STSN, he co-founded PHAST Corporation, which became the leading control system in the residential control systems market. He works extensively with Utah's charter schools and holds a computer science degree from BYU.
First Job: Shoveling "stuff" out of horse trailers at age 14
Last Book Read: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Favorite Restaurant: Suehiro
Sara Toliver
Age: 28
vice president - Ruby & Begonia/The White Fig/Olive & Dahli, co-owner - Chapelle, Ltd.
Toliver is vice president of Chapelle Ltd., where she created the marketing department and is marketing/advertising director. She co-owns and is responsibility for three retail stores on Historic 25th Street in Ogden. Ruby & Begonia was a back-to-back Gold award recipient of the National Retailer Excellence Awards sponsored by Gifts and Decorative Accessories magazine. She was also awarded Best of State in Utah for community service in the category of entrepreneurship. She authored two best-selling books and has co-authored two others.
First Job: Stock girl at Contempo Casuals
Last Book Read: Twins: Pregnancy, Birth, and the First Year of Life by Connie L. Agnew, M.D., Alan H. Klein, M.D. and Jill Alison Ganon
Favorite Restaurant: Roosters 25th St. Brewing Co.
Kamille Twomey
Age: 26
vice president of marketing, Overstock.com
Twomey has helped Overstock break new ground in Web retailing, Web marketing, customer relationship management and other marketing functions. She presides at the heart of the company's relationship with its customers and was instrumental in adding 514,000 new customers in the third quarter of 2004. Twomey recently was lead contact for a project with the Economic Development Corporation of Utah and assists in many civic organizations. Prior to her position at Overstock com, she was a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York City. She earned her bachelor's degree in neuroscience from Dartmouth College.
First Job: Financial analyst at Goldman Sachs
Last Book Read: Den of Thieves by James Stewart
Favorite Restaurant: Nobu in New York City
Douglas C. Waddoups
Age: 35
president/CEO, Batteries & Bands, Inc.,
Waddoups founded Batteries & Bands as a side venture while he had a thriving law practice, and though he opened the first store in October 2000, he and other executives ran the chain at night and on weekends until it grew to 10 stores across the Wasatch Front. At this point he left his law practice to take on full-time leadership, and in three years the chain has grown to 53 stores, 40 of which were opened in the first two years. Since its inception, the company has increased revenues by 416 times and now employs 370 people.
First Job: Sweeping gutters on a lawn mowing crew for Ray's Gardening at age 13
Last Book Read: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Favorite Restaurant: Lemon Grass
Brad Walters
Age: 39
president/CEO/chairman- MaxStream, Inc.
Walters has been active in Utah's high-tech community for 14 years and promotes the IT industry through positions on UITA's Executive Committee and Board of Trustees. He co-founded Lineo when he saw the initial need for Linux and spawned strategic investments from Motorola, Samsung, Acer and other leading IT companies. He led the Lineo sales team to over $8 million in sales the first year, before the company was sold to Motorola, then took the reins at Max-Stream and drove it to success, including such awards as: UVEF fourth place finish in 2004, winner of 2003 Stoel Rives Innovation Award, and Canopy Group's Fastest Growth Company in 2002.
First Job: Moving irrigation pipe at age 12
Last Book Read: What's Next by Clayton Christensen
Favorite Restaurant: Log Haven
David E. Wesemann, P.E.
Age: 39
principal electrical engineer/partner- Spectrum Engineers
Wesemann was promoted to principal and partner with Spectrum Engineers at 29 and is the second largest shareholder in the firm. He has grown the electrical engineering division to annual billings of $1 million. He's an award-winner who has worked on such high profile projects as the State of Utah Capitol restoration, Utah Olympic Speed Skating Oval, South Towne Exposition Center and The Gateway. He graduated in the top 10 of his class at the University of Utah and is licensed in 30 states. He's a board member of national and international electrical and engineering associations and COO of Spectrum's Higher Education Center of Engineering.
First Job: Delivered the Deseret News
Last Book Read: The Power of Design for Six Sigma by Subir Chowdhury
Favorite Restaurant: Japan Steakhouse
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