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BANKING
- Sunwest Bank, based in Sandy, has hired Chad Sprunt as senior vice president and Utah regional president-North. He will be responsible for the development and coordination of all banking relationships, including profitability, strategic goals and policies, for the Northern Utah market. He will also be responsible for creating and managing a cross-functional strategy to grow revenue in the local market through the growth of client and prospective client relationships. Sprunt previously was a senior vice president/commercial banking regional director at Zions Bank and managed and grew business banking portfolios at JPMorganChase. He attended the University of Utah, studying business administration. Sunwest Bank is a privately held commercial bank with operations in California, Arizona, Idaho, Utah and Florida.
CONSTRUCTION
- Suntec Concrete, a concrete subcontractor, has hired Kevin Neill as chief financial officer. Neill has over 30 years of experience in construction and engineering finance and joins Suntec following 12 years as CFO/treasurer of utility infrastructure services company Centuri Group Inc. Suntec specializes in structural, tilt panel, flatwork, foundation, concrete placement and finishing in a territory that includes Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and Idaho. In 2024, the company further expanded with Suntec Engineering & Design, a standalone, full-service structural engineering firm.
ENERGY
- Ionic Mineral Technologies, a Provo-based producer of nano-silicon materials for lithium-ion battery anodes, has appointed Rajan Patel as head of battery materials. Patel has a track record in advanced battery material development, underpinned by years of experience at the forefront of technological innovation. Patel has been involved in the development and commercialization of silicon-based anode materials. As a founding core team member at Group14, he played a key role in scaling production to multi-ton capacities, leading the process development for a 2,000-ton-per-annum facility in South Korea and two additional sites in Moses Lake, Washington, while driving continuous process innovations and improvements. Before Group14, he was a key figure at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
HEALTH CARE
- PhotoPharmics, a Lehi-based, privately held clinical-stage medical device company focused on specialized phototherapy for neurodegenerative diseases, has appointed Dr. Robert A. Hauser as chairman of its Clinical & Scientific Advisory Board. Hauser succeeds the late Dr. Warren Olanow, a visionary in the field of Parkinson’s disease research and a long-time advocate for advancing treatments to improve patient outcomes. Hauser is an internationally recognized expert in movement disorders and has been an member of the CSAB. As director of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at the University of South Florida, he has contributed to clinical research, including studies that have advanced the understanding and treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
LAW
- Holland & Hart LLP has added Brian Cheney as a partner in its real estate practice. Cheney advises owner/developers, resort operators, landlords, tenants, sellers, buyers and real estate investors and borrowers on large-scale, mixed-use projects, including resort developments, office and industrial parks, multi-family, employee and affordable housing, and data centers. His practice also includes structuring innovative financing solutions, including arrangements with traditional financial institutions and government agencies such as HUD, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Before joining Holland & Hart, Cheney was a shareholder at Dentons and a partner at Snell & Wilmer. He also founded a Salt Lake City-based boutique real estate firm.
- Mayer Brown, based in Chicago, has appointed Aaron Murdock to lead its Salt Lake City office. Murdock succeeds partner Ward Johnson, who has led the office since its inception and remains managing partner of the firm’s Northern California offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco. Murdock is a partner in the firm’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice and has a 20-year history in the Utah market working with startups, high-growth technology companies and venture capital funds, and has advised on a number of Utah’s most notable transactions. He has been with Mayer Brown since 2022, playing a key role in the development of the Salt Lake City office.
RETAIL
- Industrial Supply Co., a Salt Lake City-based distributor of maintenance, repair, operational and production (MROP) products and services in the Intermountain West, has appointed Jonathan Evans as vice president of technology and promoted Cody Naylor to regional vice president. A great-grandson of the company’s founder, Evans has been with the company since 2005, during which he has played a pivotal role in modernizing the company’s IT infrastructure and advancing technology objectives. Naylor previously served as the director of solutions and regional manager for the Ogden, Rock Springs and Gillette branch locations. Industrial Supply has eight locations in the Intermountain West that serve Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and surrounding areas.
TECHNOLOGY
- Vasion Inc., a St. George-based company focused on serverless printing and orchestrated automation, has appointed Bob Pritchard as chief revenue officer and president of global sales. He succeeds Jed Beck, who served as CRO and vice president at Vasion for six years. Pritchard’s experience in technology spans over three decades, including success driving growth and delivering value for AI and process automation organizations. Pritchard joins Vasion from M-Files, where he served as chief revenue officer during his three-year tenure. Prior to M-Files, Pritchard held various leadership roles at Camunda, Alfresco Software (now Hyland Software), Redwood Software, OpenText and IBM.