Winners of Silicon Slopes Awards honored at annual gala in Salt Lake City
Winners in the annual Silicon Slopes Hall of Fame & Awards program were recently announced. About 1,300 people attended the awards gala at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City.
The event celebrated and honored the accomplishments of individuals and companies in Utah who have contributed to the ongoing and growing success of Utah and Silicon Slopes. The awards program was launched in 1999 by an organization known then as the Utah Information Technology Association and later as the Utah Technology Council after UITA merged with the Utah Life Science Association.
In the awards for individuals, the CEO of the Year is Adam Edmunds of Entrata. Other finalists were Monte Deere from Kizik, Brock Blake from Lendio, Julie Castle from Best Friends Animal Society and Paul Walker from FranklinCovey.
The CFO of the Year is Felix Morgan of PCF Insurance Services. Other finalists were Dale Bowen from Instructure and Adrianne Lee from Overstock.
The Chief People Officer of the Year is Mindi Cox of O.C. Tanner. Other finalists were Brady Haider from Experlogix and Jordan Murray from Humanitarian Experience.
The Chief Product Officer of the Year is Taylor Allis of Avetta. Other finalists were Kristi Martindale from Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp. and Scott Boecker from CHG Healthcare.
The Chief Marketing Officer of the Year is Tarah Neujahr Bryan of Health Catalyst. Other finalists were Alex McArthur from Kizik and Burke Alder from Pattern.
The Chief Operations Office of the Year is Trish Cox of Galileo Financial Technologies. Other finalists were Ben Roberts from LoanPro and Eric Levesque from Strider.
The Chief Revenue Officer of the Year is Ryan Bott of Sodexo. Other finalists were Frank Maylett from Instructure and Mark Mangelson from Skillable.
The Chief Technology Officer of the Year is Sanchaiti Datta of FatPipe Networks. Other finalists were Daren Thayne from Domo and Joel Weight from Overstock.
The Intern of the Year is Carlee Hemmelgarn of CHG Healthcare. Other finalists were Isaac Smith from Utah Valley University and Pedro Rodriguez from Humanitarian Experience.
In the awards for companies, the award for advertising went to Dirty Dough. Other finalists were Kizik and Traeger Grills.
The award for aerospace and defense went to Intergalactic. Other finalists were Catalyst Campus Ogden and Teal Drones Inc.
The branding award went to Pattern. Other finalists were Spiff and Tafi.
The award for health and wellness was presented to CharityVision International. Other finalists were Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine and PeopleKeep.
The award in the media and entertainment category was presented to Limitless Flight (JUMP). Other finalists were Ancestry and Continuum.
The award for physical product went to Traeger Grills. Other finalists were Ivy City Co., NOMATIC and Thread Wallets.
The services award was presented to Tanner LLC. Other finalists were GUIDEcx and Lease End.
The software award was presented to Entrata. Other finalists were Avetta, Deepsee.ai, Pluralsight and Zeni.
The award in the “Spaces & Places” category went to the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. Other finalists were Stack Homes and Sundance Mountain Resort.
The Web3 award was presented to Tafi. Other finalists were Galvan and Giddy.
The Community Hero Award was presented to The Other Side Academy.
Silicon Slopes earlier had announced the three newest inductees into the Silicon Slopes Hall of Fame: Jeanette Bennett, founder of Utah Valley Magazine and BusinessQ Magazine and CEO of Bennett Communications; John Pestana, an entrepreneur and innovator in the Internet and software-as-a-service industries who co-founded both Omniture and ObservePoint, where he is currently the CEO; and Jonathan Johnson, CEO and board member of Overstock who previously served as president of Medici Ventures.