People On The Move

Piper Sandler is expanding its Special District Group in Utah with the addition of its new investment banking associate, Connie Gonzalez. The growing public finance investment banking group specializes in creating unique financing structures in partnershi ...

Golden State Equity Partners, based in California, has announced a partnership with Jon Larsen of Hidden Peak Investments, Holladay. His newly formed firm marks the first DBA for Golden State in Utah. Larsen has over 22 years of market and industry experi ...

Lightstream, a Salt Lake City-based company focused on cloud security, digital transformation and managed services, has hired Joe Vadakkan as executive vice president for global sales and engineering. He will lead Lightstream’s global cloud security engin ...

Shawn Vernon, PLS, also promoted to Associate, has been in the industry for 21 years and with Psomas for six years. As Project Manager, Shawn provides technical expertise to a wide variety of surveying and mapping assignments. His knowledge in Land Survey ...

Elevar Therapeutics Inc., a Salt Lake City-based biopharmaceutical company, has appointed Jenny Gizzi to chief people officer. She will be responsible for overseeing the company’s people strategy, including talent acquisition and administration, leadershi ...

Tanner LLC, a Salt Lake City-based certified accounting firm, has promoted Nathan Peterson to partner in Tanner’s Tax Services practice. Peterson specializes in serving companies with pass-through entities (partnerships, LLCs and S-corporations), mergers ...

Proprio, the Seattle medical technology company enabling surgeons to perform complex procedures through the combination of computer vision, machine learning, and immersive technology, is pleased to announce that Dr. Erica Bisson, MD, MPH has joined as a R ...

Chris Hupp, ENV SP, STP, promoted to Associate, is a talented Project Manager and Land/Active Transportation Planner and Urban Designer leading our planning and landscape design team. He has been with Psomas for six years and has experience in all facets ...

Travis Perry, PE, LEED AP, ENV SP, also named Regional Manager and Vice President in February of this year, was promoted to Principal. Travis has been with Psomas for over 15 years and has over 22 years of experience in the civil engineering industry. His ...

Bank of Utah, Ogden, has named Peter Lee as mortgage loan officer for Brigham City, Tremonton and Ogden. Lee has been in the banking industry since 1994 and has helped with purchases and refinance loans for 20 years.

D.L. Evans Bank has appointed Cindy Beecher to residential mortgage lending sales manager for the Northern Utah area. Beecher has 30 years of banking experience. She earned her business management degree while attending Salt Lake Community College and her ...

Grand America Hotels & Resorts, Salt Lake City, has appointed Andy Grinsfelder as vice president of sales and marketing. Grinsfelder will be responsible for leadership and oversight of sales, marketing, revenue management and reservations. Grinsfelder joi ...

World Trade Center Utah has hired Jennifer Nakao as chief financial officer and managing director of administration. Nakao will lead WTC Utah’s finance and administration team and will work with the team to streamline internal operations, including grant ...

The U.S. Hispanic Business Council has appointed Don Salazar, founder and CEO of Creative Times Inc., as chairman of its board of directors. The council is a nonprofit organization that serves as a voice for the Hispanic business community. For over 30 ye ...

EDA Grows administrative assisting and accounting staff. Architecture and design firm EDA has hired Lisa Aiono as an Administrative Assistant at their offices in Salt Lake City. In addition to front desk duties, Aiono will be assisting with accounting and ...

EDA converts into new member of its architectural staff. Having completed a four-month internship at the firm, Nicholas Gochnour joined the Salt Lake City-based architecture and design firm EDA as an Architectural Designer in December. “Nick impressed us ...

Turner Imaging Systems, an Orem-based company that has developed a portable, battery-powered, X-ray imaging device, has appointed Roberto Scorcia as vice president of sales and marketing. Scorcia has experience in medical imaging, most recently leading th ...

Savage, a Salt Lake City provider of industry infrastructure and supply chain services, has added Martha Bárcena Coqui to its board of directors. She will serve on the company’s audit and compensation committees. Bárcena is the former ambassador of Mexico ...

Angel Oak Home Loans, a retail mortgage lender, has opened branches in three cities, including Salt Lake City. The branch is led by John Newman. It will be under Angel Oak’s consumer direct division.

Sera Prognostics Inc., a Salt Lake City-based company focused on improving maternal and neonatal health by providing innovative pregnancy biomarker information to doctors and patients, has appointed Sandra A.J. Lawrence to its board of directors. Lawrence ...