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.
By Elainna Ciaramella
On Nov. 4, 2022, Copilot launched its text-based platform offering positive, data-backed, mental health support tools for service members, first responders, teachers, administrators, businesses, and individuals.
Copilot is a proactive platform that reaches out and connects the individual (member) to mental health support, solving the typical disconnection
By Elainna Ciaramella
Derral Eves has been on YouTube since it started in 2005. Since then he has learned pretty much everything there is to know about YouTube. He created Channel JumpStart, a 12-week mentoring program where he teaches the ins and outs of growing a YouTube channel. He founded
Midvale-based GRIP6 has a twofold mission: create high-quality, long-lasting products while strengthening the U.S. economy through domestic manufacturing and constant innovation. As BJ Minson, CEO and Founder, explains: “These are lofty goals, but we’re ready to roll up our sleeves and make it work. Almost nothing in retail
Midvale-based GRIP6 has a twofold mission: create high-quality, long-lasting products while strengthening the U.S. economy through domestic manufacturing and constant innovation. As BJ Minson, CEO and Founder, explains: “These are lofty goals, but we’re ready to roll up our sleeves and make it work. Almost nothing in retail
By Elainna Ciaramella
On Nov. 4, 2022, Copilot launched its text-based platform offering positive, data-backed, mental health support tools for service members, first responders, teachers, administrators, businesses, and individuals.
Copilot is a proactive platform that reaches out and connects the individual (member) to mental health support, solving the typical disconnection
By Elainna Ciaramella
Derral Eves has been on YouTube since it started in 2005. Since then he has learned pretty much everything there is to know about YouTube. He created Channel JumpStart, a 12-week mentoring program where he teaches the ins and outs of growing a YouTube channel. He founded
By Jenny Rollins
A new Utah startup wants to recreate the sense of connection back when regulars would walk into a mom-and-pop shop and be treated like an old friend—a bestie, even.
Trevor Crump and Mark Goldhardt worked together in ecommerce and digital marketing for various companies. They have
By Jenny Rollins
Two Utah-based tech companies are coming together to develop the first autonomous road-to-rail solution. The founders sat down with TechBuzz recently to unveil their innovative transportation solution.
Salt Lake City-based autonomous tech acquisition company Genesis Electronics Group, Inc. (GEGI) recently merged with Glīd, a Lehi-based autonomous electric
Sam Shillingford, Co-Founder and CEO of KnowMe, noticed a need for a safe space for capturing memories when his good friend battled stage 4 cancer.
“He was having miserable experiences with chemo that he was sharing with our group chat,” remembers Shillingford. “Every few days we would get a new
By Elainna Ciaramella
Chad Bennett is a former teenage hacker of the non-malicious kind, who in the early 1990s, got his kicks downloading viruses. Today, Chad is the founder of HEROIC Cybersecurity, based in Lehi, Utah, a company fighting the endless battle to protect the data, devices, and cloud services
By Karin Anderson
Jeanette Padilla demonstrates how a childhood on the edges of poverty can inform astute humanitarian leadership. Padilla’s nonprofit organization, Food Justice Coalition, operates in answer to lived experience. The coalition works to provide blankets, kitchen implements, money, and bureaucratic assistance to people living without shelter, but
