People & Culture articles focus on a specific person that is doing something remarkable or noteworthy in Utah's tech and startup ecosystem. Often, these individuals are not generally well-known or famous except for in their own circles where they exert a profound and important influence on those around them and the organizations they serve; as a result, they positively impact the local culture and community.
People & Culture
People & Culture articles focus on a specific person that is doing something remarkable or noteworthy in Utah's tech and startup ecosystem. Often, these individuals are not generally well-known or famous except for in their own circles where they exert a profound and important influence on those around them and the organizations they serve; as a result, they positively impact the local culture and community.
Awardco VP of People Operations Amy Poll Butler discusses her 2026 Utah Business Women to Watch honor, the company's path from bootstrapped startup to $1 billion valuation, and her measured approach to bringing AI into HR decision-making.
Today Mobly co-founder Zach Barney launched RealQuest AI, a gamified platform that lets teens build and run real businesses with AI coaching, CRM and marketing tools, parental permission controls, and Duolingo-style streaks.
Kristie J. Rowley, BambooHR's Senior Manager of AI/ML Engineering, discusses her unconventional path from rural Idaho to leading AI Operations at the Draper company, and offers advice for young women navigating the fast-moving, unpredictable world of applied AI.
Kristie J. Rowley, BambooHR's Senior Manager of AI/ML Engineering, discusses her unconventional path from rural Idaho to leading AI Operations at the Draper company, and offers advice for young women navigating the fast-moving, unpredictable world of applied AI.
Awardco VP of People Operations Amy Poll Butler discusses her 2026 Utah Business Women to Watch honor, the company's path from bootstrapped startup to $1 billion valuation, and her measured approach to bringing AI into HR decision-making.
Today Mobly co-founder Zach Barney launched RealQuest AI, a gamified platform that lets teens build and run real businesses with AI coaching, CRM and marketing tools, parental permission controls, and Duolingo-style streaks.
A Spanish Fork family of ten built a card game studio using AI to fill the roles of an illustration team, a software shop, and a marketing agency, creating employment for twin sons on the autism spectrum along the way.
Vidya Chavan, a microbiologist at 4Life Research (Sandy, UT), discusses her path from studying cancer cell lines in France to testing products for contamination, driven throughout by lifelong curiosity and passion for microbiology.
GoForth Foundation, an American Fork, Utah nonprofit, built an AI pipeline that takes a sacred site from research to published page in 15 minutes. It has its sights set on every temple, cathedral, and holy site on earth.
Abs King, Lead Product Designer at Palladyne AI (Salt Lake City, UT) bridges the gap between industrial workers and AI-powered robots through user-centered interface design, drawing on a background in organizational communication.
TechBuzz profiles Alison Smart’s campaign to preserve Levemir, the discontinued insulin detemir that some patients uniquely need, through stories from Michela Belluta, Kirill Zenchenko, Jaime Losinski, and Dr. Maisa Feghali, who warn alternatives can be riskier.
