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ACCOUNTING
- Tanner LLC, a Salt Lake City-based audit, tax, transaction advisory, technology and cybersecurity company, has hired Matt Sadler as a tax partner. He has nearly 14 years of public accounting experience, with expertise in corporate and partnership tax compliance, ASC 740, and strategic tax planning and consulting. During his time with a Big 4 firm, he spent two years in the National Tax Office in Washington, D.C., specializing in M&A and IRS dispute resolution. He earned his Master of Accounting degree from the University of Utah.
ASSOCIATIONS
- ChamberWest recently ratified a new slate of officers and board members: Ryan D. Nelson as the new chair of the board, Nick Markosian as the new vice chair of the board, Nathanael Budge as past chair, and Kim Gilbert continuing as treasurer.
BANKING
- Bank of Utah, based in Ogden, has appointed Jeff Cummings as vice president SBA business development officer. In the new role, Cummings aims to help grow the Small Business Administration department. Cummings has 18 years of experience in finance. Throughout his career, he has held various positions, including teller, banker, branch manager, business banker and commercial loan officer.
- WebBank, a Salt Lake City-based industrial bank, has appointed Ken Laudano as senior vice president/head of lender finance. He will be responsible for growing the bank’s asset-backed lending business. Laudano has over two decades of experience in the asset finance industry, with a strong background in transaction structuring and execution, cash flow modeling, and portfolio management. Prior to joining WebBank, he served as senior vice president and deputy chief credit officer for structured finance and private equity at East West Bank. His career also includes roles at institutions including Moody’s Investors Service, Morgan Stanley, BNY Mellon and Credit Suisse.
- Chartway Credit Union, based in Virginia and with branches in Utah, Texas and Virginia, has promoted Jace White to senior vice president of talent engagement. Based in Chartway’s Utah market, White will drive strategic initiatives to attract, engage and retain top talent and foster a thriving workplace culture. White started at Chartway in 1999 as a part-time teller and has since advanced to various roles across retail banking, lending and human resources. Most recently, as vice president of talent acquisition and engagement, White successfully led initiatives to strengthen Chartway’s organizational culture and attract top talent.
CONSTRUCTION
- GSBS Architects, based in Salt Lake City, has promoted Zachary Stewart to principal. He has been with GSBS for over 19 years, working on interior design projects for commercial and institutional clients. Founded in 1978, GSBS Architects employs nearly 100 professional and support staff in Salt Lake City and Fort Worth, Texas, offices.
ENERGY
- Ionic Mineral Technologies, a Provo-based company focused on advanced battery materials innovation, has appointed Wenwei Zheng as head of research. Zheng has over 20 years of research and development experience in materials science, including more than eight years in battery materials research and commercialization. His track record of battery materials R&D and commercialization includes at Hong Kong’s top research institutes and battery manufacturer as a principal/senior scientist/engineer, including GP Batteries International and Applied Science and Technology Research Institute. He has led numerous international joint developments of battery technologies with academia and commercial partners on Si-rich anode cells, solid-state batteries, optical fiber sensors for early cell failure detection, among others.
HEALTH CARE
- Sethera Therapeutics, a Salt Lake City-based, privately held biopharmaceutical company, has appointed Robert Langer, a scientist, entrepreneur and co-founder of Moderna, to head and chair its Scientific Advisory Board. Langer is an institute professor at MIT. His work in drug delivery systems and tissue engineering has led to the development of numerous life-saving therapies. Sethera also added retired Brig. Gen. Larry V. Lunt, to its board of directors. Lunt served in numerous high-ranking positions within the U.S. Air Force, including commander of the Utah Air National Guard, and retired after 36 years of service in the Air Force. Lunt’s business career includes Key Property Management, Lunt Capital Management, and several oil and gas developments. He has served in the Utah Legislature. Lunt earned a bachelor of science degree in political science and a J.D., both from the University of Utah.
INSURANCE
- IMA Financial Group, a North American insurance brokerage, has promoted Kendall Empey as president in Salt Lake City and market leader for Utah. He will oversee employee benefits and property and casualty activities in the Utah market, drive revenue growth, and integrate teams to collaborate more effectively across the organization. Empey has decades of experience in operations and running both large and regional brokers. He has been with IMA for more than two years. IMA opened its Utah office through partnership with Diversified Insurance in 2021. IMA Salt Lake City now has more than 120 associates.
LAW
- Holland & Hart LLP has hired Jason Boren as a partner in its Salt Lake City office. Boren guides businesses through complex commercial disputes and employment law challenges and counsels employers on upfront prevention and risk evaluation. In civil commercial litigation, he frequently handles corporate governance, shareholder disputes and other related litigation on behalf of corporate officers and directors. In real estate disputes, he handles condemnation and zoning challenges, commercial landlord-tenant conflicts, construction disputes and mechanics’ liens, and represents developers in a variety of litigation issues. Prior to joining Holland & Hart, Boren was a partner at an AmLaw 100 firm and served as the managing partner of the Salt Lake City office. His education includes a bachelor of arts degree and J.D., both from the University of Utah.
- Jackson Lewis PC, a nationwide employment law firm, has elevated M. Christopher Moon of its Salt Lake City office to principal. Moon represents management in all areas of employment law, including defending employers against discrimination and retaliation claims in state and federal court. His practice also involves traditional labor law, and he has experience handling unfair labor practice charges and labor arbitrations.
MANUFACTURING
- Nature’s Sunshine Products Inc., a Lehi-based manufacturer of herbal and nutritional supplements, has appointed Katie A. May to its board of directors. May was the founder and CEO of Kidspot, an Australia-based online publisher. She became CEO at ShippingEasy, a Sydney based startup, in 2012, moved it to Austin, Texas, and built the e-commerce software solution company through its exit to Stamps.com in mid-2016, joining their board in 2019. Following Stamps.com’s acquisition of ShippingEasy, May also assumed leadership of St. Louis-based Shipworks, overseeing both companies until her retirement in 2020. May has served on the boards of directors of Vivi International Pty Ltd., an Australian education technology company, since February 2020; ROKT Pte Ltd., an e-commerce marketing technology company, since July 2020; and Onramp Funds, Inc., a financing technology platform, since March 2021. Ms. May previously served on the board of directors of Stamps.com Inc., Thinkific Labs Inc. and Pitney Bowes Inc. The Nature’s Sunshine board now consists of 10 directors, with nine serving as independent directors.
RETAIL
- Layton Hills Mall has named Heather Dustin as marketing and community engagement manager. The position is a new role at Layton Hills Mall supported by the investment of the center’s new owners, Second Horizon Capital. Dustin will focus on marketing, community engagement and impact through enhanced community outreach, expanded events designed to serve local community needs, and new partnerships with local organizations and nonprofits. Dustin previously worked at Layton Hills Mall from 2002 to 2015 in multiple marketing and management roles. She has worked in various management and marketing roles throughout her career, most recently as a manager at Legacy Trail Family Dental. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in professional sales and an associate degree in applied science and general studies from Weber State University.
- Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings Inc., a West Jordan-based outdoor specialty retailer, has named Jeff Dunn as chief merchandising officer. He will be responsible for the company’s merchandising, planning and private-label development strategies. Dunn has more than 35 years of omni-channel merchandising and leadership experience. He spent 25 years in merchandising with Walmart/Sam’s Club, which included responsibility for buying, planning, replenishment and product development in the categories of hunting, fishing, camping, sport shooting, exercise and team sports.
SECURITY
- LVT (LiveView Technologies Inc.), an American Fork-based company focused on customizable mobile security solutions, has four executive hires. Will Clive is chief human resources officer, managing LVT’s people team and driving the development of innovative initiatives aimed at enhancing the employee experience and productivity. Clive was previously the chief people officer at Pluralsight. Ryan Gurney is chief information security officer, leading the information security team to strengthen the company’s data security practices and maintain compliance with evolving industry regulations. Gurney was previously chief security officer with Looker. Spencer Steed is chief revenue officer, overseeing LVT’s go-to-market strategy and operations. He previously was senior vice president of sales in the public sector at Qualtrics. Taylor Wetzel is chief customer officer and will develop a customer-centric strategy and define performance indicators to optimize customer outcomes, loyalty and growth. Wetzel previously was senior vice president of customer success at Qualtrics.
- CenCore Group, a Springville-based company focused on security solutions, has appointed Michael Jackson as chief security officer. He will oversee CenCore’s security portfolio, consulting directly with the company’s government and commercial customers. Jackson joins CenCore after a 25-year career with the Central Intelligence Agency, where he most recently served as chief of industrial and area security. He also served as deputy chief of global response staff and deputy chief of SCIF accreditation.
TECHNOLOGY
- Pattern, a Salt Lake City-based company focused on global e-commerce acceleration, has appointed Ryan Byrd as chief technology officer. He will oversee the company’s worldwide engineering, artificial intelligence, data science, software development and IT efforts, which span 22 offices, studios, and fulfillment centers. Byrd has 25 years of experience scaling global technology teams. Prior to joining Pattern, Byrd served as CTO at Aptive and Entrata. Byrd received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in electrical and computer engineering from Brigham Young University.
- Fullcast, a Salt Lake City-based company offering a platform for go-to-market operations, has appointed Pete Shelton as chief revenue officer. He will oversee all sales initiatives, focusing on scaling the company’s sales functions to meet increasing demand for its innovative platform. Shelton has over a decade of leadership experience, mostly recently serving as senior vice president of sales for the Americas at Domo. Prior to that, he held senior sales leadership roles at organizations including Simplus and Adobe, and he was executive vice president of sales for North America at Simplus and later led Simplus’ North America division.
TRANSPORTATION
- SkyShare, a private aviation company with main offices in Salt Lake City and Ogden, has announced an ambassador sponsorship deal with Utah native and PGA Tour golfer Patrick Fishburn. The agreement runs for one year and provides Fishburn with transportation to some of tour’s top tournaments.