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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
In the publishing industry there are five large publishing houses often called the “big five:” Penguin Random House (PRH), Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan. In 2020, PRH announced that it would buy Simon & Schuster for more than $2 billion, causing unease among the book and
In the publishing industry there are five large publishing houses often called the “big five:” Penguin Random House (PRH), Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan. In 2020, PRH announced that it would buy Simon & Schuster for more than $2 billion, causing unease among the book and
Those in film production know it’s a sprint industry. Assignments are ramped up from conception to release, then dissipate and disperse just as rapidly. Work is distributed among an array of on-set, remote, creative, and technical teams; roles assigned and reassigned in a swirl of freelance, revision, and
