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We are excited to announce that we will induct three tech industry leaders into our Hall of Fame. Aaron Skonnard, Amy Rees Anderson and Patrick Byrne will be honored at the UTC Hall of Fame Celebration which will be held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on November 10, 2017. The Hall of Fame Gala has become the largest annual gathering of leaders from Utah’s thriving technology industry. The theme of this year’s gala is “Celebrate Transformation". This theme is especially fitting as we honor three innovative individuals who have literally transformed their companies and helped [...]

Utah Technology Council (UTC), the premier tech association for Utah, today announces that the Board of Trustees has unanimously appointed John Knotwell as President and CEO. Knotwell succeeds Richard R. Nelson, who will serve as advisor to the Board of Directors. “After an extensive, nation-wide, search, the Board is confident that John’s experience and talent are necessary to navigate the evolving and expanding landscape of Utah’s rapidly growing tech sector,” said Gary Goodrich, Chairman of the Board. “I have no doubt that he is the right person to take the helm at UTC.” Knotwell is a technology industry veteran, with [...]

Teachers and Industry Volunteers Encouraged to Create Profiles and Listings in New STEM Mentor Exchange to Help Prepare Students for Future Jobs Salt Lake City, UT – June 29, 2017 – The STEM Partners Foundation today announced the release of the STEM Mentor Exchange (STEM MX), a mobile app designed to connect teachers with industry volunteers and resources, and provide students with the learning experiences that will prepare them for the thousands of new STEM-skilled jobs being created every day. In Utah alone, it is predicted that STEM jobs over the next 10 years will grow 25% compared to 20% [...]

Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft, will be the keynote speaker Nov. 10 at the Utah Technology Council’s 19th annual Hall of Fame Gala in Salt Lake City. The council made the announcement recently. Nadella follows other prominent tech leaders as gala speakers, including Tim Cook of Apple, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Marc Benioff of Salesforce, Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn, Steve Ballmer of Microsoft, Mark Hurd of Oracle, and Eric Schmidt of Google. “The Hall of Fame is the premier event for Utah’s 6,000 tech companies where we celebrate the vitality of our dynamic industry,” said Richard R. Nelson, [...]

By Brice Wallace When experts talk about the “Internet of Things,” or IoT, some people may get lost in the “things” part of the phrase. Mark Sunday, chief information officer and senior vice president at Oracle, recently clued in a Salt Lake City audience, stressing that those things include sensors used in medical care, vehicles throughout the transportation sector, and devices that can be controlled by thoughts. During a keynote presentation at the Utah Technology Council’s annual members meeting, Sunday said IoT is having a huge impact — and will have more in the future — on people’s ability to [...]

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will keynote the Utah Technology Council’s (UTC) 19th Annual Hall of Fame Gala event on Friday, November 10, 2017 in Salt Lake City. “The Hall of Fame is the premier event for Utah’s 6,000 tech companies where we celebrate the vitality of our dynamic industry,” said Richard R. Nelson, president and CEO of UTC. “Hosting Mr. Nadella is a major coup—he’s a brilliant visionary.” Nadella is known for transforming Microsoft to be more driven with a strong sense of purpose. This can be seen in Microsoft’s mission which is “to empower every person and every organization [...]

Keynote speaker excites audience to cheer on Oracle TEAM USA as they use extreme technology to win America’s Cup SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Utah Technology Council (UTC) invited its members to celebrate its achievements over the last year by honoring several tech champions, and were pleased to hear keynote remarks on “The Exponential Future of Technology and Innovation” by Mark Sunday, chief information officer and senior vice president of Oracle Corporation, a company that offers a wide variety of servers, databases, applications and cloud technologies for today’s business climate. Throughout his remarks he offered compelling examples of human ingenuity, starting [...]