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ASSOCIATIONS
• The American Health Council has named Charles Wade Dummer to the council’s Industry Board. He will share his knowledge and expertise on data analysis and visualization, biomedical engineering, patient risk management, process validation and design control. Dummer has 18 years of experience in the field, including serving as the senior manager of technical services and risk management at Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) is based in Layton. He earned his master’s in biomedical engineering from the University of Utah and in 1996 received his bachelor of science in molecular biology from the Brigham Young University.
HEALTHCARE
• USANA Health Sciences has promoted three executive directors to vice president of their respective areas. Ashley Collins, former executive director of public relations and social media, has been named vice president of marketing and public relations. Amy Haran, former executive director of communications, has been named vice president of communications. Howard Gurney, former executive director of quality systems and regulatory affairs, has been named vice president of product development process. Collins will continue leading PR and social media but will also steer USANA’s marketing and digital marketing teams. She began her career at USANA in 2000. In addition to overseeing digital communications for USANA’s 1,300 employees and 400,000 distributors worldwide, Haran will also guide the customer service, translation and content creation teams. Haran has worked in content marketing and communications at USANA for 13 years. Gurney will supervise the streamlining of the product development process across many departments at USANA in addition to overseeing quality assurance, quality control, regulatory affairs and regulatory systems.
INVESTMENT
• Dynatronics Corp., Cottonwood Heights, has completed a $975,000 private placement financing led by affiliates of Prettybrook Partners LLC. The financing involved the sale and issuance of the remaining 390,000 authorized shares of the company's 2 million shares of Series A 8-percent convertible preferred stock designated in 2015. In June 2015, Dynatronics sold 1.61 million shares of Series A Preferred to investors led by Prettybrook Partners. The terms of the recent offering were the same as the terms of the 2015 offering. The proceeds from the recent financing provide Dynatronics additional working capital to promote organic growth and pursue strategic acquisitions, the company said.
OUTDOOR PRODUCTS/RECREATION/SPORTS
• Vista Outdoor Inc., Farmington, has hired Fred Ferguson as vice president of government and industry relations. He will be responsible for leading the company’s legislative and executive branch outreach, industry association relationships and the company’s political action committee. Ferguson most recently worked as chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. He acted as principal policy advisor for legislative and political matters for Chaffetz, and he managed Chaffetz’ successful campaign for the chairmanship of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Ferguson previously was legislative director for U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, where he staffed and managed all activities at the Committee on Natural Resources. Ferguson’s education includes a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Utah.
• Utah’s 14 ski resorts are joining more than 300 in 35 other states for “Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month” in January. The month will feature special deals for first-time skiers and snowboarders. It is a national initiative that began in 2008. In Utah, most resorts are offering a two-hour lesson, rentals and lift ticket for $49. Details about resort deals can be found www.skiutah.com/lssm.
PHILANTHROPY
• KeyBank recently donated $5,000 each to TURN Community Services and Catholic Community Services. The TURN contribution benefits the organization’s Supported Employment program, which helps people with disabilities find jobs that match their capabilities and their goals. TURN’s employment program also helps participants learn the skills needed to make them valuable and responsible employees while forming a meaningful and supportive network of coworkers and employers. The Catholic Community Services donation is in support of the organization’s workforce training program for refugees who have resettled in Utah. The workforce training program pairs employable refugees with Catholic Community Services job developers, who help clients search and apply for self-sustaining employment and provide counseling and information sessions about how to become productive and effective employees. The training program has helped more than half of Catholic Community Services’ refugee clients become employed within six months.
REAL ESTATE
• IPG Commercial Real Estate, Salt Lake City, has hired Lisa Homel as an executive assistant and the director of information services. Homel recently graduated from the University of Utah with degrees in political science and international studies.
RECOGNITIONS
• CleanSpark Inc., Salt Lake City, was named a Top 10 finalist of the Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) Later Stage Awards 2016 in the Energy Storage/Smart Grid category. CleanSpark is a microgrid company that is combining a patented “stratified” downdraft gasifier with advanced engineering and software and controls for innovative distributed energy resource management systems. The award winners originate from the major cleantech industries, including solar, wind and clean web to lighting, energy efficiency, mobility, urban agriculture and water. The Top 10 finalists were narrowed down from more than 105 nominations.
TECHNOLOGY/LIFE SCIENCES
• Track Group Inc., Salt Lake City, has hired Peter Poli as chief financial officer. He will lead the company’s financial operations, finance team, sourcing and investor relations. Poli has more than 20 years of financial management experience, including serving as the CFO for more than 11 years at Grand Banks Yachts Limited and working in various positions of increasing responsibility in finance at Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., Morgan Stanley Online, FTD.com and I-Works Inc.
• Numetric, Salt Lake City, has appointed Greg Butterfield as chairman of the company’s board. Butterfield has been involved in board and advisory roles for multiple analytics companies, including Omniture and InsideSales. He has more than 25 years of executive-level experience in enterprise systems management software, including serving as chief executive officer, president and chairman of Altiris; serving as CEO of Vivint Solar; and serving in advisory roles for MaritzCX, SaltStack, Venafi and other technology organizations.