Monthly Archives: July 2019

New Report Shows Utah’s Tech Sector Invests In Its Workforce

A new report, released today by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, shows Utah's tech community leading the country in wage growth at a resounding 16.6% growth in the last year. It's followed by Washington and Nevada, respectively. Some other highlights include: Tech is growing twice as fast as other industries in the state, and three times as fast as tech across the country. Tech wages are two times more than the average wage in Utah. 28 out of 29 counties has at least one tech company. As a pillar of the state, tech supports nearly 1/5 of Utah's overall [...]

By |2019-07-29T16:58:51-06:00July 30th, 2019|

An Update From Executive Director Clint Betts

A couple of months ago, Silicon Slopes and Utah Technology Council joined forces to unite our community under the same umbrella. Since that time, I haven’t said much about how we plan to utilize the combined power of these two organizations to further strengthen Utah’s startup and tech community. In fact, it appears this is my first public communication to the members of UTC since the announcement. I hope you’ll forgive the delay. We’ve been working hard to ensure our community’s voice is sustained now that these two organizations are united under the same leadership and mission.  We’ve still got [...]

By |2019-07-09T11:48:58-06:00July 9th, 2019|

UTC Joins 34 Other Tech Councils Across The Country In Support Of The Use Of Blockchain

CompTIA-TECNA Blockchain Final Letter 7.3.19 Re: H.R. 1361/S.553, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019 Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader McConnell, Democratic Leader Schumer, and RepublicanLeader McCarthy: On behalf of a broad coalition of national, state and regional technology councils, we write today to express our strong support for H.R. 1361/S. 553, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019, and urge the House of Representatives and Senate to pass this important legislation during the 116th Congress. Emerging technologies such as blockchain are increasingly interwoven into our nation’s economy and national security. Blockchain technology is evolving at a rapid pace, and there is [...]

By |2019-07-08T10:41:16-06:00July 8th, 2019|