vSpring Capital Releases Its List of the 2007 Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs
v|100 fosters collaborative partnering and mentoring among top regional
entrepreneurs
SALT LAKE CITY, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- vSpring Capital announced
today the 2007 class of the vSpring Capital Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs,
also known as the v|100.
The v|100 was created in 2004 by vSpring Capital as a tool to recognize
outstanding entrepreneurs who have ties to the state of Utah. Members of
the v|100 become part of a community of entrepreneurs that fosters
collaboration and provides advantages in building and growing companies.
Each year, vSpring asks members of the Utah business community to nominate
individuals 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. Those
nominees who garner the most votes from their peers in this second step of
the annual voting process are then elected into the v|100.
"The v|100 community of entrepreneurs continues to be an indication of
the abundance of one of the most important factors of production in our
region; human capital," said Ed Ekstrom, managing director of vSpring
Capital. "This year's results are especially interesting with the creation
of an audit committee consisting of David Jolley at Ernst & Young, Mark
Bonham at Wilson Sonsini and Professor Scott Schaefer at the University of
Utah. Their oversight of the nomination and voting process brings a level
of credibility which highly validates this v|100 class for their
accomplishments."
"The v|100 process is unique in that members are selected not by a
committee or a panel of judges, but by their peers," said Professor Scott
Schaefer from the University of Utah and member of the audit committee who
oversees the selection process. "This gives the results a unique and
compelling validity."
This year's list of winners consists of several multi-successful
entrepreneurs including Kevin Rollins, former CEO of Dell, Inc. Mr. Rollins
will address the v|100 community at an exclusive member's luncheon on June
14, 2007.
Facts about the v|100 Class of 2007
The 2007 class of the v|100 is the result of a community-nominated,
peer- selected group of the top technology and biotech entrepreneurs in the
state which includes a unique combination of experienced leaders and
dynamic young entrepreneurs. The 2007 class of the v|100 employ over
100,000 individuals and have raised a collective $3.5 billion in financing
over the course of their careers.
A complete list of members in the 2007 v|100 is enclosed below. Be advised
that positions/companies noted were current as of the date of the compilation
of the 2007 v|100 list of members. For additional information about the v|100
or vSpring Capital, please contact vSpring's Dennis Wood at 801-942-8999(wk)
or dennis@vspring.com.
Name Company Title Website
Shawn Adamson XO Communications VP & General Manager
www.xo.com
Jayson Ahlstrom ClassTop President
www.classtop.com
Bill Aho ClearPlay www.clearplay.com
Rick Alden SkullCandy Chief Executive Officer
www.skullcandy.com
Curt Allen Agilix Labs President & CEO
www.agilix.com
Paul Allen World Vital Records Chief Executive Officer
www.worldvitalrecords.com
Jared Allgood ClassTop Chief Executive Officer
www.classtop.com
Bill Allred Allegiance Corporate Sales Director
www.allegiance.com
Brandt Andersen NBA D League Chief Executive Officer
www.nba.com/dleague
Dallin Anderson Serial Capital Managing Director
Jeremy Andrus Skullcandy Chief Operating Officer
www.skullcandy.com
Matt Asay Alfresco VP, Business Development
www.alfresco.com
Terry Bagley Centershift President & CEO
www.centershift.com
Kirt Bailey Celio Corp President & CEO
www.celiocorp.com
Brad Baldwin Rocky Mountain Voices Cofounder & Executive Producer
www.rockymountainvoices.com
Bob Barnes Zonder Chief Executive Officer
www.zonder.com
Coleman Barney Cogito President & CEO
www.cogitoinc.com
Jeff Barson Surface Medical Spas/Nimble Chief Executive Officer
www.surface-med.com
Grant Beckmann WiLife Chief Operating Officer
www.wilife.com
Brian Beutler Alianza Chief Executive Officer
www.alianza.com
Dr. Ragula Bhaskar FatPipe Networks President & CEO
www.fatpipeinc.com
Brent L Bishop ContentWatch Chairman
www.contentwatch.com
Brett Blake Rahster.com Chief Executive Officer
www.rahster.com
Jon Bresee Backcountry.com Chief Executive Officer
www.backcountry.com
Dr. Jack Brittain University of Utah Vice President
www.business.utah.edu/tvd/tvd.php
Phil Burns TagJungle Chief Executive Officer
www.tagjungle.com
Greg Butterfield Altiris President & CEO
www.altiris.com
Dr. Patrick M. Byrne Overstock.com Chairman & President
www.overstock.com
David Carter S5 Wireless President & CEO
www.s5w.com
Don Cash Omniture VP of Mid Market Sales
www.omniture.com
Dr. Edwin Catmull Pixar Animation Studios President & Cofounder
www.pixar.com
David Clark Prolexys Pharmaceuticals President & CEO
www.prolexys.com
Rob Clyde Symantec VP Technology, Office of CTO
www.symantec.com
Josh Coates Berkelely Data Systems (Mozy) Founder & CEO
www.berkeleydata.com
Michael Colemere Colemere Consulting
Michael Dodd Jr. Omniture SVP Corporate Development
www.omniture.com
William Donahoo Cogito VP Product Mgmt & Marketing
www.cogitoinc.com
Ed Donakey LDS Church Manager, Strategic Relations
www.familysearch.org
John Dunn Banyan Ventures Director
www.banyanventures.com
Michael Dutton Winder Farms President
www.winderfarms.com
Adam Edmunds Allegiance President & CEO
www.allegiance.com
James Endicott Exact Wave President & CEO
www.exactwave.com
Brett Error Omniture CTO & EVP Products
www.omniture.com
Bjorn Espenes Infopia Chief Executive Officer
www.infopia.com
Christian Faulconer Public Engines Chief Operating Officer
www.publicengines.com
Ildar Fazulyanov S5 Wireless Chief Financial Officer
www.s5w.com
JD Gardner Monarch Partners General Partner
www.monarchvc.com
Lee Gibbons Podango.com Cofounder & CEO
www.podango.com
Terry Haas Solera Networks President & CEO
www.soleranetworks.com
Mike Hall Senforce Technologies President & CEO
www.senforce.com
Jeremy Hanks Doba CEO & Cofounder
www.doba.com
Greg Heaps Allegiance Chief Operating Officer
www.allegiance.com
Tim Hunt Lingotek Chief Executive Officer
www.lingotek.com
Josh James Omniture Chief Executive Officer
www.omniture.com
Kimberley Jones Verite Chief Executive Officer
www.verite.com
Jeff Kearl Logoworks Chief Strategy Officer
www.logoworks.com
Chris Knudsen Podango.com VP of Business Development
www.podango.com
Bruce Law Sprout Marketing Founder & President
www.sproutmarketing.com
Christopher Lee Heritage Makers Chief Executive Officer
www.heritagemakers.com
Darren Lee NextPage CEO & President
www.nextpage.com
Scott C. Lemon mediaFORGE Chief Technical Officer
www.humanxtensions.com
Shawn Lindquist Omniture Chief Legal Officer & SVP
www.omniture.com
Kyle Love Direct Controls Chief Executive Officer
www.directcontrols.net
Morgan Lynch Logoworks Chief Executive Officer
www.logoworks.com
Drew Major Move Networks Chairman
www.movenetworks.com
Ty D. Mattingly Independant Consultant/Investor
David B. McGinn Agilix Labs Chief Operating Officer
www.agilix.com
Glen Mella Control4 President & COO
www.control4.com
Larry Miller Larry Miller Group Chief Executive Officer
www.lhm.com
Craig Miller LDS Church Director Member Needs
www.lds.org
Clarke Miyasaki Logoworks VP Business Development
www.logoworks.com
Ryan Money HireVue CEO & Founder
www.hirevue.com
Shawn Nelson LoveSac Alternative Furniture Founder, Chairman,ChiefSac
www.lovesac.com
Dr. Tom Ngo NextPage Chief Technical Officer
www.nextpage.com
John Pestana Omniture Cofounder & EVP
www.omniture.com
Scott Petersen Best Vinyl Chief Executive Officer
www.bestvinyl.com
Ben Peterson MingleMatch CEO & Founder
www.sparknetworks.com
Martin Plaehn Bungee Labs Chief Executive Officer
www.bungeelabs.com
Michael Proper DirectPointe President & CEO
www.directpointe.com
Dr. Dallan Quass Foundation for On-Line President
Genealogy www.folg.org
Amy Rees Lewis MediConnect Global Chief Executive Officer
www.mediconnect.net
Professor Gary Rhoads Brigham Young Director,Entrepreneurship Center
University www.learnearnreturn.com
Professor John Richards BYU Center for Associate Director
Entrepreneurship www.marriottschool.byu.edu/cfe
Larry Rigby ZARS pharma Vice Chairman
www.zars.com
Kevin Rollins Dell Corporation Chief Executive Officer
www.dell.com
Rich Running LDS Church www.lds.org
Kevin Santiago Cymphonix Chief Executive Officer
www.cymphonix.com
Eric Smith Control4 Chief Technical Officer
www.control4.com
Timothy Stay Know More Media Chief Innovation Officer
www.knowmoremedia.com
Joshua Steimle MWI Founder & CEO
www.mwi.com
Tom Stockham Jr. 3point5.com www.myfamily.com
Jack W. Sunderlage ContentWatch President & CEO
www.contentwatch.com
Benoy Tamang HookSell President
www.hooksell.com
Cydni Tetro NextPage VP Marketing & Products
www.nextpage.com
Kent Thomas CFO Solutions Founder & Managing Member
www.utahcfo.com
Will West Control4 Chief Executive Officer
www.control4.com
Greg Whisenant Public Engines Chief Executive Officer
www.publicengines.com
Dr. Phillip Windley Windley.com Managing Partner
www.windley.com
Ralph Yarro ThinkAtomic President & CEO
www.thinkatomic.com
Richard Zinn BallardZinn Engineering President
www.ballardzinn.com
About vSpring Capital
vSpring Capital (http://www.vspring.com) is an early-stage venture
capital firm with $260 million under management. With offices in Utah and
New Mexico, vSpring invests in information technology and life science
companies that have the potential to transform their markets and create
lasting value.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Dennis Wood, vSpring Capital 801-942-8999(wk), dennis@vspring.com
SOURCE vSpring Capital
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