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BANKING
- WebBank, a Salt Lake City-based industrial bank, has announced that Jason Lloyd, its president and CEO, has joined the Utah Bankers Association board of directors. Since its inception in 1997, WebBank has originated and funded over $175 billion in consumer and commercial credit products.
- Bank of Utah, Ogden, has named Amanda Ortega as a new mortgage loan officer at its City Creek Banking Center in Salt Lake City. Ortega began her career as a loan officer in 2018 and has experience with VA and FHA loans. She started in processing.
CONTESTS
- Nominations are being accepted by the Utah Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI) until Aug. 16 for Utah composites companies to be celebrated as part of 2023 National Composites Week. The goal of National Composites Week (Aug. 21-25) is to celebrate and bring attention to the ways that composite materials and composites manufacturing contributes to the products and structures that shape the American manufacturing landscape. Details are available at (801) 871-8148.
DIRECT SALES
- Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., a Provo-based company offering personal care, nutrition and anti-aging products, has appointed James D. Thomas as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Thomas served as interim CFO for the past four months and as the company’s chief accounting officer for the past four years. Thomas joined Nu Skin in 2010. Prior to Nu Skin, Thomas worked as an assistant controller of another public, technology-enabled wellness company and served in the assurance practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Thomas earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Accounting degrees from Utah State University.
DIVIDENDS
- The board of directors of Zions Bancorporation NA, Salt Lake City, has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 41 cents per common share. The dividend is payable Aug. 24 to shareholders of record Aug. 17. The board also declared regular quarterly cash dividends on the company’s various perpetual preferred shares. Dividends on the series A, G and J shares are payable Sept. 15 to shareholders of record Sept. 1. The cash dividend on the Series I shares is payable Dec. 15, to shareholders of record Dec. 1.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
- Salt Lake City is ranked No. 4 on a list of mid-sized U.S. cities for the share of luxury homes for sale, compiled by point2homes.com. It has a median home price of $600,000 and 23.6 percent of listings for homes listed above $1 million. Glendale, California, leads the rankings, at $963,000 and 65.8 percent, respectively. Among 30 small U.S. cities, Murray is ranked No. 12, at $465,000 and 13.5 percent. Details are at https://www.point2homes.com/news/us-real-estate-news/rank-us-cities-share-of-luxury-homes-for-sale.html.
- West Valley City is ranked No. 136 and Salt Lake City is No. 147 on a list of “Best Cities for Hot Dog Lovers,” compiled by Lawn Love. It compared the 200 biggest U.S. cities based on nine metrics, including access to hot dog vendors, consumer ratings, topping contest awards, and whether a city hosts a hot dog eating competition. The top-ranked city is Chicago. The bottom-ranked city is Boise. Details are at https://lawnlove.com/blog/best-cities-hot-dog-lovers/#rankings.
- Utah is ranked No. 10 on a list of “Best States for Camping,” compiled by Scholaroo. It considered various factors, including number of campsites, average fuel prices, weather conditions during the summer, and number of national parks. Utah was ranked No. 6 for nature, No. 12 for infrastructure, No. 20 for safety and No. 42 for affordability. The top-ranked state is Wyoming. The No. 50 state is Hawaii. Details are at https://scholaroo.com/report/best-states-for-camping/.
- Salt Lake City is ranked No. 31 and West Valley City is No. 78 on a list of “Cities with the Best Residential Views,” compiled by Lawn Love. It considered homes featuring spectacular sights of mountains, water, cityscapes and green spaces, and it also factored in historical air quality data to gauge visibility. The top-ranked city is Honolulu. The No. 200 city is Fresno, California. Details are at https://lawnlove.com/blog/cities-with-best-residential-views/#rankings.
EDUCATION
- Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Draper, has appointed Dr. John Smith-Coppes as its next president and CEO. His predecessor, Sherry Jones, will continue to serve as advisor to the institution. Smith-Coppes joined the university in September 2022 and most recently was the university’s provost and chief academic officer. Prior to that, he was the vice president and executive director of Rasmussen University’s School of Nursing. After more than five years of service, Jones will transition from her role as president and chief executive of Joyce University to an advisory role.
- The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah has appointed Jen Brown as chair of the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy. Brown succeeds Matthew Higgins, who served in this role from July 2020 through June 2023. Brown’s three-year term began July 1. Brown has been a professor at the Eccles School since 2017. Before that, she taught at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include examining competitors’ incentives and strategies in tournaments and job seekers’ behavior during the Great Recession. She is currently working on projects studying the consequences of consumer protection laws, how choices in higher education vary with students’ gender, how individuals gather information when making risky decisions, and how firms’ investment in safety varies with firm type. Brown teaches courses including managerial economics and competitive strategy at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
FRANCHISING
- Five Star Franchising, a Springville-based platform of home service brands, has hired Mike Miller as vice president of franchise development. He will help lead franchise development efforts for the Five Star brands Bio-One, 1-800-Packouts and 1-800-Textiles. Miller has 15 years of franchise development experience, specializing in new franchise placements, resales and conversions in the printing, marketing and graphics industry, with a focus on long, complex sales cycles.
GOVERNMENT
- The Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity has appointed Antonella Packard as director of its Utah Small Business Credit Initiative, a federal loan program that includes $69 million in funding to expand access to capital for small businesses in Utah, especially for underserved communities. As director, Packard is responsible for interfacing with stakeholders and partners to administer the federal program. Packard will manage Utah’s new State Small Business Credit Initiative relationship with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, foster relationships with other federal, state and community partners, help recruit and enroll lenders into the program, and bolster the USBCI team’s work. The program is expected to stimulate up to $690 million of private investment in Utah’s small businesses. Packard’s experience includes most recently serving as director of community initiatives, a senior business advisor and a loan officer for the Suazo Business Center.
- The Utah Office of the State Auditor has announced a new tool providing taxpayers insights into real property valuation across Utah. The Property Values Tool is the result of taxpayer concerns about inequitable valuations and questions about adequate oversight. Utah property owners are currently receiving their 2023 Notice of Property Valuation and Tax Changes. The new tool is timed to help taxpayers review those notices within the larger context of property valuations within their neighborhoods and across their counties. The tool can be viewed at PropertyValues.utah.gov or on Transparent Utah at transparent.utah.gov.
GRANTS
- Co-Diagnostics Inc., a Salt Lake City-based company that develops, manufactures and markets diagnostics technologies, has been awarded grants by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation related to the tuberculosis (TB) and human papillomavirus (HPV) tests on the company’s Co-Dx PCR Home platform. The company will use the funds toward completion of TB and HPV tests for its new platform. The TB and HPV grants are in the amounts of $1.33 million and $987,000, respectively. Co-Diagnostics also has been awarded $1.2 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health as part of the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) Tech program for completion of its upcoming upper respiratory panel on its Co-Dx PCR Home testing platform. The Co-Dx PCR Home is currently undergoing clinical evaluations in anticipation of its submission to the FDA and an initial product launch for a COVID-19 test.
- In its final act, the Utah Women’s Giving Circle, a grassroots group formed to change the statistics for women in Utah, announced its 12th and final round of grants, collectively investing more than $225,000 through a total of 62 nonprofit projects since its inception in 2011. Seven community initiatives were approved for a total of $30,000 ($4,285 each) in this funding round: Seekhaven Family Crisis & Resource Center for domestic violence and sexual assault crisis support; the AHA Foundation for its Stop FGM Utah project; the Utah Abortion Fund for its reproductive wellness kits; the Utah Women & Leadership Project for dashboards (data visualization and metrics); Clean Slate Utah for legal fees for criminal record expungement for women; Utah Public Radio for its UWGC Utah Cares project; and The Salt Lake Tribune for women’s reporting.
HEALTHCARE
- The One Utah Health Collaborative has formed a healthcare Innovation Advisory Board. The collaborative was launched last year by Gov. Spencer Cox to address healthcare costs in Utah. The advisory board’s chairman is Dan McMaster, chief strategy office and director, 3M Health Information Systems. Other members are Dr. Brent James, clinical professor, Stanford University School of Medicine; Dr. Douglas Smith, chief medical officer, Utah Cigna Healthcare; Erika Tse, pediatric physician assistant, Sacred Circle Healthcare; Josh Walker, co-founder and chief operating officer, Nomi Health; Katie Swenson, executive clinical director, Intermountain Health; Dr. Mara Rabin, medical director, Utah Health and Human Rights; Oreta Tupola, program coordinator, Utah Community Health Worker Association; Dr. Peter Weir, executive medical director of population health, University of Utah Health; Preston Cochrane, CEO, The Other Side Village; and Yemi Arunsi, director of hospital care management, Intermountain Health.
- CancerVAX, a Lehi-based developer of a universal cancer vaccine that will use the body’s immune system to fight cancer, has appointed Dr. Jonathan Lakey to its Board of Advisors. Lakey has done extensive research in the fields of oncology, stem cells and organ transplantation. Lakey is a professor of surgery and biomedical engineering and the director of the Clinical Islet Program at University of California Irvine. Prior to that, he was the director of the Comprehensive Tissue Bank at the University of Alberta.
- Gold Cross Ambulance, Salt Lake City, has received national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services. Gold Cross Ambulance received a perfect score during the process. The accreditation places Gold Cross Ambulance Service in the top 1 percent of ambulance services in the country. Gold Cross is the only ambulance provider in the state to achieve the national distinction. The ambulance provider serves Salt Lake, St George, Uintah, Utah, Washington and Iron counties. The process of accreditation includes a self-assessment over several months and an independent outside review. Once achieved, the three-year accreditation is considered a “gold standard” among modern emergency medical service providers and often exceeds the standards established by state or local regulations.
- Dr. Bonnie Feola, a pediatrician for more than 30 years, has launched Nibbles and Sprouts, a first-of-its-kind practice created to help children overcome barriers to healthy eating by offering pediatric culinary medicine coaching for parents and children. With the launch of Nibbles and Sprouts, Feola aims to provide evidence-based insights to help parents of children 10 years old and younger learn to prepare wholesome foods their children will eat, and to help children savor foods that are healthiest for them. A professionally trained chef, Feola is offering personal consultations and customized nutrition and behavioral eating strategies for parents with children who struggle with common challenges in which food may play a significant role. On the Nibbles and Sprouts website, parents can choose from a variety of personal coaching options to fit their concerns regarding their child’s eating habits or health challenges.
INTERNATIONAL
- Applications are being accepted until Aug. 11 for companies to accompany Gov. Spencer Cox during a business trip to Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico, taking place Oct. 21-27. World Trade Center Utah and the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity are recruiting businesses to explore Mexico’s manufacturing sector and consumer market. The governor’s office says that a 2022 business trip to Mexico resulted in $32.4 million in new trade opportunities for the state. Details are at https://www.wtcutah.com/tradeevents/mexico-business-trip-2023.
INVESTMENTS
- Maddix Capital, a Lehi-based growth-stage private equity firm, has made a strategic investment for a 51 percent stake in AK Masonry, a South Jordan-based masonry and concrete contractor specializing in municipal and commercial building projects. The transaction amount was not disclosed. It is the first funding AK Masonry, founded in 2004, has taken to date. It plans to use the investment to lay the groundwork for the company’s rapid expansion of services and geographical reach beyond Utah. The company currently employs over 250 people. Founded in January 2022, Maddix Capital is a $100 million fund that invests in companies that bring in between $3 million and $40 million in revenue annually.
- DB Capital Management, based in Denver, has announced it has closed on the recapitalization of Ascent at Union Square, a 139-unit garden style community at 424 N. 300 E., Provo, acquired by the Denver-based multifamily investment firm in December 2020. Enhancements made over the past two years include the renovation of unit interiors, a new two-story on-site fitness center, upgrades to the pool and barbecue area, new landscaping and a refresh of the building exterior. The recapitalization replaces syndicated equity with an institutional equity partner. The partnership plans to improve building systems and amenities. Rawley Nielsen, Mark Jensen and Darren Nielsen of Colliers represented both parties in the transaction. Cameron Chalfant and Brian Eisendrath of Institutional Property Advisors’ Capital Markets team facilitated the agency financing execution.
NONPROFITS
- BioHive, a public-private nonprofit representing Utah’s collective of life sciences and healthcare innovation companies, has appointed Jared Bauer as chairman of the board and Cindy Dunkle as vice chair. Bauer will succeed Chris Gibson (CEO of Recursion), who has served as chairman since BioHive’s inception in 2021. Bauer has more than two decades of experience in entrepreneurship, leadership and healthcare innovations. Prior to assuming his role as Chairman, Bauer served as BioHive’s vice chair. In addition to his new role as BioHive’s chairman, Bauer serves as CEO of Ioniq Sciences, CEO of Seek Labs, and trustee of the Oliver Fund (a nonprofit co-founded with his wife). Dunkle is chief people officer at Denali Therapeutics.
- Select Health, a Salt Lake City-based nonprofit health plan serving more than 1 million members in the Mountain West, has appointed Sean Dunroe as market president of the company’s Canyons Region, which includes Utah and Idaho. Dunroe has been with Select Health and the broader Intermountain Health family for more than 25 years. He began his career with Select Health in 1997 as a health benefit specialist and most recently served as Select Health’s chief strategy officer and president of ACA markets. His experience has included working directly with members, marketing and product development and implementing healthcare strategy. Dunroe has a bachelor’s degree in social science from the University of Utah and a master’s degree in healthcare administration from Weber State University.
- Visit Salt Lake, a private, nonprofit corporation promoting Salt Lake as a convention, meetings, sports events and travel destination, has named Krista Parry as chief development officer. She will be responsible for pioneering new models for growth to support a more robust visitor economy in Salt Lake. Parry has over 20 years of experience in the tourism industry, including serving as senior vice president of partnerships and media at Powdr. VSL also announced that Michael Mack has retired after a 30-year career. He was with VSL for nearly 28 years, including serving as the vice president of services and the director of travel trade and strategic partnerships. He also chaired numerous committees over the years, most recently the LGBTQ+ committee. Before joining VSL, Mack worked in private law practice and as a deputy district attorney, and also was CEO of the Utah Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau and Central Utah Film Commission. He also has served as president of Utah Travel Regions, president of Bicycle Utah, and president of the Utah Tourism Industry Coalition (now the UTIA).
PARTNERSHIPS
- Whistic, a Salt Lake City-based third-party risk management solution and vendor security network for software buyers and sellers, has announced a partnership with G2, a software marketplace. Whistic said the partnership will enable software vendors to transparently share their security and compliance information with prospective buyers on G2, making it easier for buyers to discover vendors who meet their security requirements.
- ArbiterSports, a Sandy-based company offering athletic management software, has announced a partnership with SquadLocker, a producer of custom team apparel software and fulfillment services. ArbiterSports said the partnership will make custom apparel, spirit wear and team gear readily available to 65 million Americans. SquadLocker provides a custom apparel solution, including an e-commerce platform, custom apparel decoration and fulfillment. ArbiterSports’ users can purchase custom apparel and spirit wear for their school and all supported activities and sports on the platform. The ArbiterSports team apparel stores are expected to launch at the end of the summer.
REAL ESTATE
- A groundbreaking ceremony recently took place for Ameyalli, a well-being resort in Midway. It will include residences, a 50,000 square-foot Ameyalli Wellbeing Center, re-activated hot springs, a boutique hotel and farm-to-table dining. Fifty of the site’s 78 acres will be designated open space to protect view sheds.
RECOGNITIONS
- Red Ledges in Heber has received the 2023 Outstanding Facility Award from the United States Tennis Association. The awards ceremony will take place Aug. 28 at the U.S. Open in Flushing, New York. Managed by Cliff Drysdale Tennis, a Troon company, and Michael Topp, director of Racket Sports, Red Ledges offers clinics, lessons, camps, leagues and special events for members. In 2022, it unveiled six new tennis courts and six new pickleball courts, adding to the four outdoor and two indoor tennis courts already in existence. Red Ledges was established in 2007 by Tony Burns and Nolan Archibald.
- ChamberWest has named the finalists for its annual awards, with winners to be announced Aug. 30 at its “Stars of ChamberWest” awards gala. Finalists for Small Business of the Year are Basin Upfitting, Hidden Peaks Coffee and Spherion Staffing. Finalists for Business of the Year are America First Credit Union, Comcast and South Valley Services. Finalists for Best Place to Work are Big-D Construction, Ridgecrest Herbals and Valley View Memorial Park & Funeral Home. Finalists for Volunteer of the Year are Bryan Scott, The City Journals; Jordan Larson, Varex Imaging; and Ryan D. Nelson, Avalon Health Care Management Inc. The Hall of Fame recipient is Jon Butterfield, past CEO of Holy Cross Hospital Jordan Valley.
- Joel Carson, a real estate broker/agent at Utah Real Estate, based in Cottonwood Heights, has been ranked as the No. 1 real estate agent in Utah and No. 27 in the nation by real estate news and consulting company RealTrends Inc. The 2023 rankings are based on 2022 data. Carson closed 233 transactions last year with personal gross sales of $163.8 million. The remainder of the top five in Utah are Jennifer Davis, ERA Realty Center, Cedar City; Ryan Kramer, RE/MAX Associates, St. George; Richard Seay, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Utah Properties, Park City; and Jared Zimmer, RE/MAX Associates, St. George. There are 3 million active real estate licensees in the nation, according to the National Association of Realtors. Details are at https://www.realtrends.com/americas-best/.
- Four Utah hospitals are among “America’s Best Cancer Hospitals,” a list compiled by Newsweek magazine. They include No. 65 Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; No. 82 LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City; No. 87 Intermountain Medical Center, Murray; and 166 Intermountain Utah Valley Hospital, Provo. The rankings were compiled and awarded by the magazine and global research firm Statistabased on three data sources: a nationwide online survey, hospital quality metrics and patient experience data.
- Henry Crandall has been named the recipient of the 2023 Ivory Community Leadership Award. The award was established by Clark Ivory, former chair of the University of Utah Board of Trustees, and seeks to enhance the undergraduate experience, encourage student involvement, and promote leadership. The award includes a $2,000 prize and $10,000 to invest in programs/efforts led by the recipient. The award recognizes Crandall’s work as co-president and co-founder of the BioHive Student Chapter, a student-led initiative developed to strengthen ties between undergraduate and graduate students to Utah’s thriving life sciences, digital health and biotech industries. The chapter provides outreach projects, workshops, events, and professional development opportunities where students can connect with industry professionals and peers. Crandall’s studies focus on the intersection of electricity and the human body—specifically, the use of electricity to extract health data, and building new algorithms for noninvasive monitoring of cardiac health.
RECREATION
- Solitude Mountain Resort is auctioning 75 Eagle Express chairs from the retired lift via https://bit.ly/EagleExpressAuction. Interested bidders have until Aug. 7 to place bids. Opening bids started at $500. The highest bidders will be able to pick up their chairs from Solitude on Aug. 11. All proceeds from the auction will go toward the Solitude Fund, a new initiative created by the resort that staff will be able to access in times of unexpected hardship. Built in 1989, Eagle Express was the first high-speed detachable chairlift installed in Utah. The system is being replaced with a high-speed six-person chairlift this summer. The new Doppelmayr chairlift is currently under construction and is expected to be operational by mid-December.
RESTAURANTS
- The Dolly Llama, a waffle and artisanal ice cream restaurant, has expanded into Utah with its first location at 496 N. 990 W., Space RA3, American Fork. It will be the first of several Dolly Llama locations in the Greater Salt Lake City area, with a multi-unit deal signed by the franchise partners. The team plans on also opening in Pleasant Grove, Riverton, Saratoga Springs, Spanish Fork and Sugar House within the next two years. The expansion will be headed by franchise partners Hunter Asmus, Majd Obeid and Sal Naranjo, who have been in the hospitality and restaurant industry together for over 17 years. Begun in 2017, The Dolly Llama plans to have over 100 stores nationwide.
- The West Quarter, a joint venture between Utah-based real estate development companies The Ritchie Group and Garn Development, has announced that STK Steakhouse, a concept restaurant from The ONE Group Hospitality Inc., will occupy 8,500 square feet of interior space and 2,000 square feet of patio space on the ground-floor end cap of the West Quarter’s first residential building, The Charles. The 11-story, 240-unit luxury apartment tower is managed by Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC.
RETAIL
- A 2nd & Charles bookstore will open Aug. 24 at 140 E. University Parkway in the Family Center shopping mall in Orem. The store will offer patrons the ability to trade their used books, music, games and pop culture collectibles for cash or store credit. The company’s first location is also its most western location. Its first store opened in Alabama in 2010. The company now has more than 40 stores in 18 states.
- Blue Compass RV, based in Florida, has announced the expansion of its brand to Utah with the opening of a flagship store in the Greater Salt Lake City market. The dealership facility sits on 26 acres and features 32 indoor service bays, a large indoor sales showroom, RV storage and a large retail parts store. The company this year is rolling out its brand to over 100 stores in 33 states.
SERVICES
- Food Safety Net Services has moved to a new laboratory with increased capabilities in Logan. The lab provides a range of microbiology and chemistry assays to companies across the food and beverage industry. FSNS has more than 30 accredited laboratories in North America.
- Protect Environment, a Kentucky entity that aims to prevent exposure to cancer-causing radon gas, has announced the launch of its second Utah-based operation in St. George to provide radon and vapor intrusion mitigation solutions to meet growing demands created by the increase in population density in St. George and surrounding communities. Having served the Salt Lake City and Greater Utah area since its founding in 2007, the company’s Salt Lake City operation, Radovent, was acquired by Protect Environmental in the spring of 2022. The Salt Lake City operation has been providing services to the St. George community for years.
- The Any Hour Group, an Orem-based provider of home services, has added Black Diamond Experts and Bumble Breeze Plumbing, Heating and Air to its group of brands. Financial terms were not disclosed. The partnership with Black Diamond expands Any Hour’s reach within Salt Lake City while adding a presence in the Park City and St. George markets. Any Hour’s partnership with Bumble Breeze marks the company’s expansion into the Las Vegas market, following last year’s entry into Reno.
- U-Haul Co. of Utah Inc. has announced that 700 Block Storage has signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer to serve the Salt Lake City community. Located at 681 S. 600 W., it will offer U-Haul trucks, trailers and support rental items. Founded in 1945, U-Haul has more than 23,000 rental locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces.
TECHNOLOGY
- Owlet, a Lehi-based company focused on baby monitoring, has added Melissa Gonzales to its board of directors. Gonzales has more than 20 years of consumer and provider healthcare experience. She currently is president of women’s health at Myriad Genetics Inc. She is the board chair for March of Dimes, Chicago, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving maternal and infant health in the U.S. Prior to Myriad, Gonzales was the executive vice president of the Americas at Medela LLC. Earlier in her career, Gonzales led commercial teams at Align Technology and Smith & Nephew.
- Measured Analytics and Insurance, a Salt Lake City-based provider of cyber insurance and technology risk solutions, has appointed Jay Chitnisas senior vice president of partnerships and has hired Zankhna Kapadia as AVP cyber underwriter. In his new role, Chitnis will be responsible for developing an extensive partner ecosystem addressing the entire cyber risk lifecycle.
- Pattern, a Salt Lake City-based company focused on e-commerce acceleration, has hired Carolyn Sarnoff as chief marketing officer. Sarnoff will oversee the company’s worldwide marketing efforts across 24 offices, studios and fulfillment centers. She has nearly 20 years of experience building and leading global e-commerce businesses and marketing functions, most recently serving as a director and general manager at Amazon over several business units. Prior to that, she as chief of staff to the CMO at Salesforce.
- Arcserve, a Draper-based provider of backup, recovery and storage solutions for unified data resilience against ransomware and disasters, has appointed Vitali Edrenkine as chief marketing officer. He is based in San Antonio, Texas. Edrenkine’s experience includes most recently serving as marketing leader at Vendr. Before that, he was senior vice president of demand generation and digital platforms at DataRobot.
- PassiveLogic, a Salt Lake City-based company offering an autonomous platform for buildings, has hired Simon Mahoney as head of the Quantum Alliance, a cooperative effort between industry and public agencies to move the building industry toward full autonomy through computational digital twins that operate on the Quantum Standard. Mahoney was previously general manager over Pacific of global products at Johnson Controls. At the same time, he was the business development manager over Asia at EasyIO. Before Johnson Controls’ acquisition of EasyIO, Mahoney served as EasyIO’s vice president of Asia and managed Google’s global accounts with EasyIO. Before joining EasyIO, Mahoney served as the director of distribution of Asia Pacific at Automated Logic, where he worked for 17 years.