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Skip Lei

HandsFree Labs Inc., a Vineyard-based hands-free footwear technology company, has secured a $3 million round of financing led by the Frazier Group. In addition to licensing its technology portfolio, HandsFree Labs uses its technologies to power Kizik foot ...

Loren Washburn

Armstrong Teasdale has added partner Loren Washburn to its office in Salt Lake City. Washburn is a trial lawyer focusing his practice in the areas of securities litigation, white-collar criminal defense, civil and criminal tax controversy and civil regula ...

Allison Chappell

Visit Salt Lake, a private, nonprofit corporation promoting Salt Lake as a convention and travel destination, has appointed Allison Chappell to the newly created position of director of research and analytics. In her new role, Chappell is responsible for ...

Garrett Parker

Garrett Parker has been appointed general manager of Hilton Salt Lake City. In his new role, Parker will be responsible for overseeing the guest experience and hotel operations of the 499-room property, located in the entertainment district of Salt Lake C ...

Kristin Schaefer

J.P. Morgan has appointed Kristin Schaefer as the leader of its private-banking business across Utah and Idaho. In her new role as market team lead, Schaefer, an executive director with the firm, will focus on growing the office’s client reach and impact ...

Eric Okerlund

Aquila Investment Management LLC, adviser/administrator to the Aquila Group of Funds, has hired Eric Okerlund as a Utah-based credit analyst. He joined as a member of the Aquila Tax-Free Fund For Utah (UTAYX) investment management team, and will conduct r ...

Tai Christensen

CBC Mortgage Agency, a Cedar City-based, nationally chartered housing finance agency and a source of down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers, has named Tai Christensen as its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer for 2021. She will lead ...

Lindsay Bayuk

Pluralsight Inc., a Draper-based technology workforce development company, has promoted Lindsay Bayuk to chief marketing officer. Bayuk has been with the company since 2016, serving as the company’s first vice president of product marketing and later expa ...

Jessica Johnson

Code Corp., a Salt Lake City-based company focused on barcode scanning and data capture technologies, has promoted Jessica Johnson to director of manufacturing. Johnson has been with the company for 10 years, starting as an intern and steadily working her ...

Martin Chavez

Recursion, a Salt Lake City-based digital biology company industrializing drug discovery, has announced the appointment of R. Martin Chavez as chairman of its board of directors. Chavez, who joined Recursion’s board in 2020, will serve as the company’s fi ...

Mark Bullock

Investment Property Exchange Services Inc. (IPX1031), involved in 1031 Exchange services, has expanded its Mountain Region operation to be managed by Mark Bullock. He has more than 20 years of legal professional experience, including 16 years in the 1031 ...

Meghan Stettler

Meghan Stettler, a director at the O.C. Tanner Institute, has been named to the Human Resources Director Global 100 list. Now in its second year, and drawing from the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Asia-Pacific and the U.K., the Global 100 recogniz ...

Vincenzo Alaimo

GEICO has opened its first local office at 2237 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Vincenzo Alaimo will lead a team of licensed agents at the new location. Alaimo previously spent eight years working in management at a health insurance provider. GEICO (Governm ...

Lisa McDonald

The Salvation Army in Utah has announced that Lisa McDonald has become grant and community development manager for the Salt Lake City Corps, Ogden Corps and St. George Outpost. She will be responsible for grant writing, community development and corp ...

Brain Anderson

D.L. Evans Bank has hired Brian Anderson as an assistant vice president commercial loan officer at its Logan branch. Anderson has 23 years of financial experience. Anderson earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Utah State University and his master ...

Scott Souter

John V. Evans Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of D.L. Evans Bank, is pleased to announce that Scott Souter has joined the bank as a Vice President Commercial Loan Officer at the Logan branch. Scott comes to D.L. Evans Bank with seventeen years ...

Abbigail Maughan

D.L. Evans Bank has appointed Abbigail Maughan as operations supervisor for its Brigham City branch. She will oversee day-to-day operations, train employees and recruit new hires. Maughan joins the bank with over two years of banking and financial experie ...

David Stahl

Hillcrest Bank, a division of NBH Bank, has promoted David Stahl to Utah Market President. In his role, Stahl will continue to lead and expand the commercial banking team. He will also be focused on providing advisory services, loans and treasury manageme ...

Brian Anderson

John V. Evans Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of D.L. Evans Bank, is pleased to announce that Brian Anderson has joined the bank as an Assistant Vice President Commercial Loan Officer at the Logan branch. Brian comes to D.L. Evans Bank with twe ...

Josiah D. (Sy) Winkelman, P.E.

Terracon announces the promotion of Sy Winkelman, P.E., to the position of principal. With more than 16 years of experience in materials testing, inspection, and construction, Sy serves as the Materials department manager in Terracon’s Salt Lake City offi ...