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Utah-based venture capital firm Signal Peak Ventures has announced its 2012 class of the Top 100 Venture-affiliated Entrepreneurs, also known as the v100.
Signal Peak Ventures, formerly known as vSpring Capital, first put out the list in 2004 "as a method to identify and recognize entrepreneurs with Utah ties that are most likely to favorably impact the venture community," the firm said in announcing its 2012 list.
Selection begins with the Utah business and academic communities, which are asked to nominate those who are most likely to lead a successful startup venture in the next five to seven years in the information technology or biotech industries.
Nominees are then asked to vote, and those who generate the most votes from their peers are named to the v100.
"The list of winners and the companies they work for is a very strong indicator of the up-and-coming entrepreneurs and businesses that Utah should be tracking," Brandon Tidwell, managing director of Signal Peak Ventures, said in a news release.
Members of this year's list will be honored at a luncheon in June at Rio Tinto Stadium. Josh James, the founder and CEO of Domo and co-founder and former CEO of Omniture, will be the keynote speaker. —
Signal Peak Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs for 2012
Adam Edmunds, Allegiance, President & CEO
Alex Lawrence, Weber State University, Vice Provost
Ben Bush, Voonami, Founder & President
Benoy Tamang, Shopping Nanny, Founder & CEO
Brad Baldwin, Control4, Sr. Product Manager, User Experience
Brandon Warburton, Backcountry.com, VP of Customer Marketing
Brandt Page, Launch Leads, Founder & CEO
Brian Beutler, Alianza, CEO
Brigham Tomco, Zylun, CEO
Brock Blake, Lendio, CEO
Bryan Bennett, MealDrop, Co-Founder & COO
Carine Clark, Symantec Corporation, SVP, Chief Marketing Officer
Cheryl Snapp Conner, Snapp Conner PR, Founder & Managing Partner
Christopher Bender, EventLeap, Partner
Clarke Miyasaki, Skullcandy, VP of Business Development
Clay Neves, Universal Accounting Center, National Seminar Director
Clayton Blackham, Snapp Conner PR, Partner
Curt Allen, Agilix Labs, President & CEO
Cydni Tetro, Disney, EIR in Imagineering
Dallen Allred, Appetizio.com, Founder
Dan Blake, EcoScraps, CEO
Darren Lee, Proofpoint, VP
Dave Bascom, Big Start, CEO
Dave Bateman, Property Solutions, CEO
Dave Blake, Adobe Systems, VP, Global Account Management
Dave Jaynes, MoneyDesktop, President
David Bradford, HireVue, CEO
David Bullis, Wavelink, President & CEO
David McGinn, Agilix Labs, COO
David McNally, Domain Surgical, Founder, President & CEO
David Politis, Xi3 Corporation, CMO
David Williams, Fishbowl, CEO
Derek Miner, OrangeSoda.com, Co-Founder
Dewey Mackay, MoneyDesktop, COO
Don Cash, Adobe Systems, VP Account Development
Don Parker, MoneyDesktop, VP of Strategic Partnerships
Eric Morgan, AtTask, President & CEO
Garrett Gee, Scan, Founder & CEO
Glen Mella, Cypher, CEO
Greg Butterfield, Sage Creek Partners, Managing Partner
Ildar Fazulyanov, Greener Ventures, Managing Director
Jack Brannelly, Vanguard Legal, Attorney
Jay Verkler, Consultant
JD Gardner, Zenprint, Founder & CEO
Jeff Hunsaker, UK2 Group, President, US Operations
Jeremy Andrus, Skullcandy, CEO
Jeremy Hanks, DropShip.com, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO
Jeremy Kartchner, Snapp Conner PR, Managing Partner
Jeremy Knudsen, eXperticity, CTO
Jeremy Warren, 2GIG Technologies, CTO
Jeron Paul, Scalar Partners, CEO
Joel Ragar, ForeUp, Co-Founder & CEO
John Sperry, Mindshare Technologies, CEO
Jon Bradshaw, BYU, Adjunct Professor
Jon Walker, GroSocial, VP of Business Development
Jonathan Bacon, Wilson Electronics, Director of Marketing
Josh Coates, Instructure, CEO
Josh James, Domo, CEO
Ken Kaufman, Aribex, President
Kevin Kirkland, GroSocial, Co-Founder & President
Maile Keone, VacationRoost, VP Marketing
Mark Bonham, SageCreek Partners, Founding Partner
Martin Frey, Connect Partners, Partner
Mary Michelle Scott, Fishbowl, President
Matthew Holland, UVU, President
Michael Zaro, MealDrop, Co-Founder & CEO
Morgan Lynch, Needle, Founder & CEO
Nate Gardner, MoneyDesktop, VP Marketing/PR
Nicole Toomey Davis, Enclavix, President & CEO
Paul Allen, FamilyLink, Board Member
Phil Windley, Kynetx, Inc., Founder & CTO
R. Lee Richan, AVLawDepot, Founder & CEO
Ralph Yarro, ThinkAtomic, President & CEO
Richard Hanks, Mindshare Technologies, Chairman
Rick Alden, Skullcandy & Stance, Founder, Co-Founder
Robert Wuebker, University of Utah, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Russ Page, Fifty Studio, COO
Russ Warner, ContentWatch, President & CEO
Ryan Caldwell, MoneyDesktop, Founder & CEO
Ryan Money, FanPole.com, SOB Starter of Businesses
Scott Lemon, HumanXtensions & Wovyn, Founder, CEO & CTO
Stead Burwell, Alliance Health Networks, CEO
Steven Roy, UVU, Associate VP Economic Development
Todd Pedersen, Vivint, Co-Founder & CEO
Tom Ngo, The Walt Disney Company, VP, Disney Research
Tom Stockham, eXperticity, CEO
Ty Kiisel, AtTask, Manager, Social Outreach
Warren Osborn, BRAVEN, CEO
Will West, Control4, Founder, Chairman & CEO
William Borghetti, Sendside Networks, CEO
Zach Mangum, GroSocial, Co-Founder & COO
Zack Bartlett, Page Transformer, Director of Operations
Zack Oates, Imply Labs, Founder & Vision