Aaron McReynolds

Co-Founder & CEO at Alysio

With over nine years of experience in sales and sales management, Aaron is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of Alysio, a software company that helps sales teams optimize their performance and efficiency via AI. Aaron has a proven track record of leading and growing sales teams in various markets, such as enterprise, corporate, and international. He has also successfully sold and managed accounts for some of the leading software companies in the industry, such as Lacework, Okta, and Qualtrics. Aaron began his career at Goldman Sachs within the Asset Management Division. He is a Brigham Young University alumni. Aaron's mission is to empower sales professionals with the tools and insights they need to achieve their goals and refine their Sales teams. He values collaboration, innovation, and excellence, and strives to bring these values to his team and company. Aaron is passionate about creating a positive and inclusive culture that fosters learning, growth, and opportunity.

Alex Bean

Factory for Good

Having been an operator and founder, I’m passionate about helping current and future founders succeed in whatever way I can. That’s why, at Tandem we're building to invest in those who are currently founders. Because when one founder succeeds, we all succeed. Helping founders build is one thing, helping them navigate life after is something entirely different. Which is why we’re writing content on how to maintain a healthy purpose, cultivate strong relationships, and ultimately leave a legacy of positive contribution. I get into this my book, Factory for Good: The Pitfalls of Prosperity and How to Avoid Them, or you can access content that gets dropped weekly at: https://factoryforgood.com/

Anne Marie McDonald

Managing Partner, Mam Capital

I’m Anne Marie, a double first name with a single focus: transforming ideas into thriving businesses. As a founder, co-founder, and executive leader, I drive growth and sustainability through strategic marketing, funding, and community building.

Astrid Tuminez

President, UVU

Currently leading the largest public university in the state of Utah, Utah Valley University (UVU). Home of the Wolverines, UVU focuses on creating opportunity for traditional and non-traditional students. We offer technical-vocational, four-year, and master's degrees, and have current enrollment at 43,000+. Prior experience covered the technology, academic, corporate, non-profit, executive education, and public policy sectors. Previously led team that supported 15 markets and over $1 billion in revenues for Microsoft. Original thinker, accomplished global speaker, widely published author and media speaker, and proven leader of teams. Proven track record in five countries. Strong interpersonal and multicultural skills. Multi-lingual. Excellent writer, with numerous publications in academic and non-academic outlets. Numerous television interviews and commentary. Originated and delivered strong executive education programs to thousands of public and private sector leaders in Asia. Highly energetic, curious, and disciplined.

Barrett Edgington

Principal, Signal Peak Ventures

Barrett Edgington is an investor with Signal Peak Ventures, a SaaS-focused VC firm leading Series A rounds. Prior to Signal Peak, he held roles in various industries and functional areas including the NFL, Square 1 Bank, Peterson Ventures, BloomReach, Deloitte Consulting, and NBC Universal. Barrett has an MBA and BS in Strategy from BYU.

Ben Miller

CEO, SimpleNexus

I am an Engineer with an MBA to complement my business operations experience. I enjoy innovation and technology commercialization. I have a passion for working with amazing people to achieve extraordinary results.

Brandon Hightower

Partner and Founder, AXOM Partners

Specialties: Strategic Advisory, Mergers & Acquisitions, Valuation, Finance, Corporate Finance, Corporate Development, Business Strategy, Business Development, Due Diligence.

Caleb Hicks

Founder and CEO, SchoolAI

I'm an educator, founder, and angel investor with 15+ years of experience in instructional design, learning experience design, educational leadership, and early-stage startups. Currently, I'm running SchoolAI, where we're building AI-powered tools for teachers and school leaders to make their schools magic. They are passionate about [your areas of interest or expertise], and enjoy [something you enjoy doing in your profession]. In addition to my work at SchoolAI, I also founded and continue to support Factor, a non-profit helping students test drive careers and lifestyles by working with professionals from cool companies like Apple, SpaceX, and the San Antonio Spurs.

Chris Klomp

CEO and Chairman, Collective Medical

Husband. Dad. Entrepreneur. CEO. Board member. Investor.

Dallin Regehr

Cofounder, Artemis Health

I love technical problem solving and all things electronic. Specialties: JavaScript, AngularJS, Twitter Bootstrap, HTML/CSS, Python, Flask, Django, Java, MySQL, project management, systems design, networking (Cisco and Windows) and network architecture, teaching and training methods, Spanish.

Darrell Sorenson

Managing Director on the Relationship Management Team, SVB

Darrell Sorenson is a Managing Director on the Relationship Management Team at SVB serving technology and innovation clients in the great state of Utah including a full-service banking platform for Startups and Scaled-up companies including offering Venture Debt. Darrell has 14+ years of Venture Lending and commercial banking experience. Darrell and his team provide growth capital and working capital lending solutions to early, mid, and late-stage technology companies with debt sizes of $1MM – $50MM+.

Eric Hilton

Principal, Sorenson Ventures

Eric Hilton joined Sorenson in 2015 and focuses on early- and growth-stage investments in B2B software. Eric enjoys working closely with entrepreneurs as they strive to build and scale world-class organizations that can have positive economic and societal impact. Eric graduated cum laude from Brigham Young University with a B.S. in Exercise Science and minors in Business Management and Mathematics. He received his MBA at The Wharton School with distinction as a Palmer Scholar, and graduated with a dual emphasis in Finance and Entrepreneurship & Innovation. While pursuing his MBA, Eric worked in corporate development at Google, where he evaluated M&A and investment opportunities across several sectors. Prior to joining Sorenson in 2015, Eric worked at L.E.K. Consulting, where he served clients across a wide range of industries, including technology, healthcare, financial services, and media & entertainment.

Erik Allebest

CEO, Chess.com

I like building things. I really enjoy chess. I love my team.

Gilbert Lee

CMO and Co-founder, Torus

Our mission at Torus is to empower communities and individuals to become their own renewable energy provider.

Grant Gordon

Cofounder, Artemis Health

I solve really hard problems.

Heather Zynczak

Chief Marketing Officer, AlphaSense

Heather is a growth-oriented tech executive. She has spent the last 25+ years in Marketing, Product and Revenue leadership positions at some of the world’s most successful tech companies. Currently, Heather is Chief Marketing Officer at AlphaSense, the leading market intelligence and search platform. Built on proven AI, AlphaSense helps the majority of the S&P 500, including Google, Pfizer, and JP Morgan, remove uncertainty from their decision-making. At AlphaSense, Heather leads AlphaSense’s global marketing initiatives, with an emphasis on customer engagement, brand awareness, and revenue growth driven by close alignment with the revenue organization.

Kirk Ouimet

CEO, Phi

I started a company, Scan, Inc. that was acquired by Snap. I worked at Snap for over 5 years leading the Creative Tools and Music teams with offices in Utah and Los Angeles. I retired from Snap in 2020 and now invest in and advise startups.

Nate Sanders

Product and Technology, SchoolAI

Specialties & Strengths: User Experience Design, Usability, Contextual Inquiry and Research, Product Strategy, Software Adoption, Visual Design, Business Modeling, Customer Development & Discovery, Lean Methodology.

Nate Walkingshaw

CEO and Founder, Torus

We are a modern energy storage and management manufacturing company. Making products for consumers, commercial, industrial and large scale utility.

Nolan Church

CoFounder & CEO, FairComp

Building the movement to ensure everyone is paid fairly.

Pete Larkin

VP of GTM, Parlay

Experienced marketing executive, entrepreneur, and creator. Working with clients like Apple, Nike, Google, Boeing, Home Depot, Vanguard, and many more. Focused on building strong relationships of trust that create cultures where people can thrive.

Rachel Hofstetter

Chief Marketing Officer, Seis

I love building big brands and driving major revenue growth. I'm a storyteller, connector and optimist. I'm passionate about data-driven marketing and consumer 'love brands." And I've spent much of the last decade building, growing, and leading high-performance and happy teams, across various functions. I was the Chief Marketing Officer at Chatbooks for 6+ years, where I owned Brand, Demand, and Product Marketing, brought on millions of customers, and built the team and an award-winning culture (Chatbooks was named the best place for women to work in the U.S. by Fortune in 2021!). Previously, I was an editor at O, the Oprah Magazine, author of best-selling business book Cooking Up a Business (published by Penguin-Random House), founder of technology startup guesterly (acquired by Chatbooks in 2015), and creator of an online course that taught thousands of entrepreneurs the insider secrets of getting press. *Winner of the 2020 CMO of the Year award from Utah Business* *Winner of the 2017 Growth Leadership Award from the Women Tech Council* *Winner of the 2016 Utah Venture Entrepreneur Forum's Peak 100 Top 10 Entrepreneurs*

Shane Rowley

Co-Founder & President, Nimbl

Shane is intentional in creating 'impact' to all those he serves. This includes building a leadership style focused on leading with impact with clients, team members, neighbors, family, and even those he briefly interacts with for only a moment of time. This intention of creating impact is cascaded in every area of his life. 'Leading with Impact' is the mission of the tech-enabled cloud-accounting company he co-founded, NIMBL. Nimbl is an outsourced accounting, tax, and finance solution for small and medium businesses. Nimbl serves 1,000+ businesses and their focus is helping founders and business owners create the impact they want to have in the world by providing the needed support in the accounting, tax, and finance side of their businesses. As the name would suggest, Nimbl meets businesses where they are to serve them in the very best way possible.

Sid Krommenhoek

Founder & General Partner at Album VC

Sid Krommenhoek is the Founder and General Partner at Album VC, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on software startups throughout the US. Album has made investments in more than 50 startups, many in Utah, and Sid has led investments in companies including Podium, Degreed, Weave, MX, Nav, BallerTV, and Andela. Sid is drawn to tight-knit partnerships with high accountability, which he sees as the best formula for navigating the chaos of startups and building long-term value. As a student-athlete, he was part of the 1998 WAC conference champion basketball team at the University of Utah; Sid later completed his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University.

Tim Hansen

CEO, Carketa

Living at the intersection of technology and finance. Building Carketa. Formerly @ $WEAV. Early investor in Allbirds, Ethos Life, & Lucid Software.

Tyler Jennings

Creator, Reference Group

Experienced leader in start-up, Inc 500 growth companies, and multi-national organizations. Focused on delivering exceptional customer experiences. My personal motto is "there is always a better way". Excited by new challenges and the opportunity to create products, platforms, and businesses. Passionate about helping Utah achieve it's potential.