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vSpring Capital Releases Its List of the 2006 Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs
SB Informer
Wednesday, May 3, 2006; 05:44 AM
The v|100 was conceived by vSpring as a tool to recognize the region's outstanding entrepreneurs and to support and promote partnering and collaboration among the state of Utah's top entrepreneurs. Each year, vSpring asks members of the Utah business community to nominate individuals with ties to the state of Utah who are most likely to lead a successful startup venture in the next five to seven years in the IT (information technology) or biotech industries in a chief executive or chief technical officer role.
"The v|100 recognizes leadership and innovative excellence and fosters better networking in the entrepreneurial community within the state," said Dinesh Patel, managing director of vSpring Capital. "This year's v|100 includes some very remarkable people. The list itself serves as an instructive demonstration of the state's potential for growth and development, especially in the technology sector."
"The v|100 has emerged as a highly relevant group in Utah," said
Once the nominations are submitted, nominees are invited to participate in a confidential online survey to vote for the top 10 individuals they feel would most likely meet the selection criteria. Those nominees who garner the most votes from their peers in this annual process are then elected into the v|100. The result is a community-nominated, peer-selected group of the top IT and biotech entrepreneurs in the state. These individuals are then invited to participate in an array of ongoing interactions throughout the year designed to provide increased exposure, resources and collaboration among this important group.
"Developing and growing a small business can be a very challenging experience," said
Facts about the v|100 Class of 2006
The 2006 class of the v|100 includes a unique combination of dynamic young entrepreneurs, technology thought leaders and experienced leaders in the technology and biotechnology industries. This year 104 new members were inducted into the v|100.
A complete list of
members in the 2006 v|100 is enclosed below. Be advised that
positions/companies noted were current as of the date of the
compilation of the 2006 v|100 list of members. For additional
information about the v|100 or vSpring Capital, please contact
vSpring's
Bill Aho ClearPlay Inc. CEO Curt Allen Agilix Labs, Inc. CEO Paul Allen Infobase Ventures CEO Will Allred Firepoll CEO Dallin Anderson Montigen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. President and CEO Bob Barnes Vacation Rentals Online CEO Coleman Barney Cogito, Inc. President and CEO Grant Beckmann WiLife, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Dr. Ragula Bhaskar FatPipe Networks President and CEO Brent Bishop ContentWatch Inc. Chairman Brock Blake FundingUniverse.com CEO Paul Brockbank Enhance Interactive, Inc. CEO Fraser Bullock Sorenson Capital Managing Director Greg Butterfield Altiris President and CEO Patrick Byrne Overstock.com President and Chairman David Carter S5 Wireless, Inc. President and CEO Edwin Catmull Pixar Animation Studios President and Founder Steve Christensen Broadweave Networks CEO Gavin Christensen Kellogg School of Management MBA Candidate Brad Christensen Church of Jesus Christ of Manager of Product Latter-Day Saints Managers Carine Clark Altiris Vice President of Marketing Josh Coates Mozy.com / Berkeley Data Systems, Inc. Founder, CEO Dr. Gregory Critchfield Myriad Genetics Labs President Gary L. Crocker Crocker Ventures/Merrimack President of CV Pharmaceuticals LLC, Chairman of Merrimack Nicole Toomey Davis Centers of Excellence -- GOED Director COE and and Enclavix Pres./CEO Ed Donakey Church of Jesus Christ of Snr. Product Latter-Day Saints Manager of Strategic Relations James Dreyfous UV Partners Partner Adam Edmunds Allegiance, Inc. President/CEO James Endicott Exact Wave (formerly Veevix), Distriba President and CEO Brett Error Omniture CTO / EVP Products Bjorn Espenes Infopia, Inc. President and CEO Robert Frankenberg NetVentures CEO JD Gardner Monarch Partners General Partner Darin Gilson Banyan Ventures Partner Alan E. Hall MarketStar Corporation/ Grow Utah Ventures Founder and Chairman Mike Hall Senforce President and CEO Christopher C. Omniture, Inc. President, Global Harrington Sales & Client Services Matthew Hawkins Technology Division, Henry Vice President Schein, Inc. and General Manager Ron Heinz Helius Chairman and CEO Josh James Omniture CEO Steve Jones Auction Trust Network President and CEO Kimberley Jones Verite, Inc. CEO Jeff Kearl Logoworks Chief Marketing Officer Gary Kennedy RemedyMD Inc. President, CEO, and Chairman Blake Kirby Inovar, Inc. President/CEO Fred Lampropoulos Merit Medical Systems, Inc. Chairman and CEO Bruce K. Law Sprout Marketing President and Founder Darren Lee NextPage President and CEO Scott C. Lemon Agilix Labs, Inc. Technical Evangelist / Strategist Michael Levinthal Individual Investor/ Former MD -- Mayfield Fund Ransom Love Genealogical Society of Utah Director Strategic Relationships Drew Major Movie Networks Founder Ty D. Mattingly Independent Consultant Darl McBride The SCO Group, Inc. President and CEO David B. McGinn Agilix Labs, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Scott McKinley Neumont University Chief Executive Officer Peter D. Meldrum Myriad Genetics, Inc. President and CEO Glen Mella Control4 Chief Marketing Officer Craig Miller Church of Jesus Christ of Director Member Latter-Day Saints Needs W. Tim Miller Echelon Biosciences Inc. President Clarke Miyasaki LogoWorks Vice President Business Development Blake Modersitzki Utah Ventures General Partner Ryan Money HireVue CEO David Moon EsNet, Ltd. General Partner Shawn Nelson LoveSac Alternative Furniture Co. Chief Sac Jan Newman Altiris VP of Business Development Dr. Tom Ngo NextPage CTO Leslie Norris Snapp Norris Group PR President and Managing Partner Eric Olafson Tomax Corporation CEO Dr. Michael Paul LineaGen Research Corporation COO and President Brad Pelo NextPage Chairman of the Board John Pestana Omniture, Inc. Co-founder, Executive Vice President Ben Peterson Spark Networks Gregory Peterson GH Peterson Holdings Managing Partner Prof. Glenn University of Utah Presidential Prof of Prestwich Medicinal Chemistry Michael Proper DirectPointe, Inc. President and CEO Dallan Quass Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Contractor Amy Rees Lewis Mediconnect CEO John Richards BYU Center for Entrepreneurship Associate Director Larry Rigby ZARS pharma, Inc. Vice Chairman Bryce Roberts O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures Co-Founder and Managing General Partner Eric Ruff QuickKutz President, CEO, Founder Rich Running Church of Jesus Christ of Manager, Product Latter-Day Saints Management Kevin Santiago Cymphonix CEO Chuck Sharp Sharp Analytics Inc. CEO Craig Sherman Gaia Interactive CEO Derek Smith Oakley Networks CEO Eric Smith Control4 CTO Anthony Soohoo Yahoo! Inc. Vice President Jim Sorenson Sorenson Media CEO Tom Stockham MyFamily.com President and CEO Jack Sunderlage ContentWatch, Inc. President and CEO Benoy Tamang Digital Media Publishing Group President and CEO Cindi Tetro NextPage Vice President Marketing Daren Thayne MyFamily.com CTO and SVP of Development Mikko Valimaki Blue Coat Systems, Inc. Vice President Jay Verkler Church of Jesus Christ of Managing Dir. of Latter-Day Saints Family & Church History Doug Waddoups Batteries and Bands Brett Walker VitalSmarts Chief Marketing Officer Brad Walters MaxStream, Inc. Chairman, CEO and President Will West Control4 CEO Dr. Phillip Windley BYU Computer Science Assoc. Professor Michael Wolfgramm MyFamily.com, Inc. VP of Development Ralph Yarro ThinkAtomic, Inc. President and CEO About vSpring Capital
vSpring Capital (www.vspring.com)
is an early-stage venture capital fund focusing on investment
opportunities in Information Technology and Life Sciences. vSpring
capitalizes on the managerial skills and operating experience of its
principals to successfully invest in and mentor early-stage companies.
vSpring has offices in
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