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ASSOCIATIONS
• Dan Griffiths has been named to the board of directors of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Griffiths is director of strategy and leadership at Tanner LLC, Salt Lake City. AICPA represents the accounting profession with 412,000 members in 144 countries. The association sets the ethical standards for the profession and U.S. auditing standards for audits of private companies; nonprofit organizations; and federal, state and local governments. Griffiths has served in a variety of capacities within the AICPA, including most recently as a member of the AICPA governing council. He previously chaired the Young CPA Network committee. Griffiths earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accountancy from Brigham Young University.
• Colton Lawrence recently was appointed to the American Trucking Association’s (ATA) Independent Contractor Policy Committee. Lawrence is president and chief executive officer of Equinox Business Solutions, Salt Lake City. The committee identifies and creates policy to promote independent truckers and the trucking industry at both federal and state levels of government.
BANKING
• Celtic Bank, Salt Lake City, has hired Daniel Choudhury as vice president of business development in the SBA and Commercial Lending department. Choudhury has been in commercial real estate finance for more than 15 years, holding such positions as commercial mortgage broker, lender, business development officer and president of his own mortgage brokerage.
CONSTRUCTION
• ARW Engineers, Ogden, has promoted Zach C. Hansen to a senior project structural engineer and shareholder at the company and Troy M. Dye to an associate principal. Hansen has nine years of experience working as an engineer, seven of those with ARW. He holds a master’s degree in structural engineering from Utah State University. Dye has worked at ARW for 15 years. He holds a master’s degree in structural engineering from Utah State University.
HEALTHCARE
• The Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (DOPL) has released the newest software version of the state’s Control Substance Database (CSD), which records all controlled substances dispensed in the state. The CSD is a resource that assists healthcare professionals in providing safe and efficient care for their patients’ controlled substances. More than $550,000 was invested in Utah’s effort to allow greater access to patient information. The database program was put into effect in 1995. The CSD collects data on the dispensing of Schedule II-V drugs from all retail, institutional, and outpatient hospital pharmacies, and in-state/out-of-state mail order pharmacies. The data is disseminated to authorized individuals and used to identify potential cases of drug over-utilization, misuse, and over-prescribing of controlled substances throughout the state. Over 74 million Utah controlled substance records have been entered into the state’s system since Jan. 1, 2002.
INTERNATIONAL
• World Trade Center Utah has hired Kelsey Price for the newly created role of marketing director and promoted Teren Taniuchi to trade services director and Marcie Wallace as full-time office manager. Price previously was a digital content captain with the Sacramento Republic FC soccer team. She also worked as a specialist for the Army National Guard and as marketing and SEO specialist for i4 Solutions Inc. In their new positions, Taniuchi is the WTC Utah point of contact for any company looking to expand globally, while Wallace is managing finances and office organization.
OUTDOOR PRODUCTS/RECREATION/SPORTS
• Vista Outdoor Inc., Farmington, has named Jennifer G. Anderson as vice president and treasurer, effective April 1. Anderson will be responsible for all aspects of treasury operations, including financings, cash and investment management, risk management, real estate and equipment leases, and derivatives. Anderson has served as vice president and assistant treasurer for Vista Outdoor since 2015. Prior to the spinoff, she was the assistant treasurer, the director of treasury and the director of financial reporting for Alliant Techsystems Inc. Anderson also was a manager for assurance and advisory services for Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1995 to 2001. Anderson succeeds Thomas G. Sexton, the company’s current vice president, controller and treasurer, who will retire after a 31-year career.
REAL ESTATE
• Inland Real Estate Acquisitions Inc., based in Illinois, has purchased four medical buildings, including one in Utah, on behalf of an Inland affiliate. Jordan Valley Cancer Center is a 25,056-square-foot community cancer center for inpatient and outpatient care at 3592 W. 9000 S., West Jordan. Built in 2016, the building is situated on the Jordan Valley Medical Center campus. Inland Real Estate Acquisitions is the purchasing arm for various entities that are a part of The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies Inc. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
RECOGNITIONS
• The Utah Engineers Council has honored three people with awards. Justin Don Naser is the recipient of the 2017 Engineer of the Year Award. Naser is a principal at ARW Engineers, Ogden. Jake Merrell is the recipient of the 2017 Fresh Face of Engineering Award. Merrell is president of Nano Composite Products Inc., Orem. Paul J. Barr is the recipient of the 2017 Engineering Educator of the Year Award. Barr is a professor at Utah State University.
• Kris Rudarmel has been ranked second runner-up in the “Recognizing Women in Restoration” program of Restoration & Remediation magazine. Rudarmel and husband Frank own Anchor Water Damage and Restoration, South Jordan. The business is an emergency flood and carpet cleaning service. The 40 nominees for the honor were graded on six categories: thoroughness of the entry, supporting documentation, journey and experience, worthiness of recognition, and advice to others.
• TMC, a global media company, has named TCN Platform 3.0 from TCN Inc., St. George, as a 2017 Customer Product of the Year Award winner. TCN Platform 3.0 was recognized for its advanced cloud-based contact center solutions, including an automated patient engagement platform, Vocal Rx, and its business intelligence technology with integrated analytics. The awards program recognizes vendors that are advancing the call center, CRM and teleservices industries. TMC produces Customer magazine.
• Brigham Young University is tied for No. 34 and the University of Utah is tied for No. 57 in U.S. News & World Report rankings for best graduate schools. The magazine ranked 131 of 471 MBA program accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. Criteria included quality assessment, placement success and student selectivity. To be included in the full-time MBA rankings, a program had to have 20 or more of its 2016 full-time MBA graduates seeking employment, and for a school to have its employment data considered in the ranking model, at least 50 percent of its 2016 full-time MBA graduates needed to be seeking work.
• Salt Lake City has been designated a “Main Street America” city by the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Two Salt Lake City neighborhoods in the midst of urban revitalization are named specifically: the Granary and sections of State Street. Main Street America’s network includes more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities that share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development.
SERVICES
• Simplus, Salt Lake City, has hired Randall West as its “quote-to-cash” practice director. West has worked in the “quote-to-cash” space for almost two decades. Most recently, he worked at Deloitte Consulting in Chicago, where he served as a senior manager for five years. He also worked at BigMachines as an engagement manager, senior director and the vice president of professional services.
TECHNOLOGY/LIFE SCIENCES
• Silicon Slopes has announced the launch of Silicon Slopes Magazine, a quarterly print and digital magazine that will provide in-depth coverage and analysis on Utah’s tech ecosystem. The inaugural issue features a cover story on VidAngel’s legal battle with Hollywood, an in-depth profile on Lucid Software CEO Karl Sun, and articles by prominent tech and community leaders in Silicon Slopes.
• Workfront, Lehi, has hired Laura Butler as senior vice president of people and culture. She is responsible for creating and reinforcing a culture “that the most passionate, innovative and customer-focused talent wants to join,” the company said in a news release. Butler has spent the last two decades shaping global talent management strategies for Fortune 500 corporations. Prior to Workfront, she was the vice president of talent management and chief diversity officer for Pacific Gas and Electric.
• Nuvi, a social media and enterprise data analytics developer, has named Derek Bryce as president of sales and marketing. Bryce will be responsible for building relationships in an effort to grow NUVI’s worldwide enterprise customer base, channel partners, marketing and lead generation as well as expanding the company’s enterprise sales force. Bryce most recently was group vice president for North America enterprise sales at Adobe.
• Copart Inc., an online vehicle auction company, has opened its second location in Utah near Ogden. The new location hosts live online car auctions Mondays at noon.