SALT LAKE CITY, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- vSpring Capital announced today the 2007 class of the vSpring Capital Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs, also known as the v|100. The v|100 was created in 2004 by vSpring Capital as a tool to recognize outstanding entrepreneurs who have ties to the state of Utah. Members of the v|100 become part of a community of entrepreneurs that fosters collaboration and provides advantages in building and growing companies. Each year, vSpring asks members of the Utah business community to nominate individuals who are most likely to lead a successful startup venture in the next five to seven years in the IT (information technology) or biotech industries in a chief executive or chief technical officer role. Those nominees who garner the most votes from their peers in this second step of the annual voting process are then elected into the v|100. "The v|100 community of entrepreneurs continues to be an indication of the abundance of one of the most important factors of production in our region; human capital," said Ed Ekstrom, managing director of vSpring Capital. "This year's results are especially interesting with the creation of an audit committee consisting of David Jolley at Ernst & Young, Mark Bonham at Wilson Sonsini and Professor Scott Schaefer at the University of Utah. Their oversight of the nomination and voting process brings a level of credibility which highly validates this v|100 class for their accomplishments." "The v|100 process is unique in that members are selected not by a committee or a panel of judges, but by their peers," said Professor Scott Schaefer from the University of Utah and member of the audit committee who oversees the selection process. "This gives the results a unique and compelling validity." This year's list of winners consists of several multi-successful entrepreneurs including Kevin Rollins, former CEO of Dell, Inc. Mr. Rollins will address the v|100 community at an exclusive member's luncheon on June 14, 2007. Facts about the v|100 Class of 2007 The 2007 class of the v|100 is the result of a community-nominated, peer- selected group of the top technology and biotech entrepreneurs in the state which includes a unique combination of experienced leaders and dynamic young entrepreneurs. The 2007 class of the v|100 employ over 100,000 individuals and have raised a collective $3.5 billion in financing over the course of their careers. A complete list of members in the 2007 v|100 is enclosed below. Be advised that positions/companies noted were current as of the date of the compilation of the 2007 v|100 list of members. For additional information about the v|100 or vSpring Capital, please contact vSpring's Dennis Wood at 801-942-8999(wk) or dennis@vspring.com. 2007 v100: Shawn Adamson XO Communications VP & General Manager http://www.xo.com Jayson Ahlstrom ClassTop President http://www.classtop.com Bill Aho ClearPlay http://www.clearplay.com Rick Alden SkullCandy Chief Executive Officer http://www.skullcandy.com Curt Allen Agilix Labs President & CEO http://www.agilix.com Paul Allen World Vital Records Chief Executive Officer http://www.worldvitalrecords.com Jared Allgood ClassTop Chief Executive Officer http://www.classtop.com Bill Allred Allegiance Corporate Sales Director http://www.allegiance.com Brandt Andersen NBA D League Chief Executive Officer http://www.nba.com/dleague Dallin Anderson Serial Capital Managing Director Jeremy Andrus Skullcandy Chief Operating Officer http://www.skullcandy.com Matt Asay Alfresco VP, Business Development http://www.alfresco.com Terry Bagley Centershift President & CEO http://www.centershift.com Kirt Bailey Celio Corp President & CEO http://www.celiocorp.com Brad Baldwin Rocky Mountain Voices Cofounder & Executive Producer http://www.rockymountainvoices.com Bob Barnes Zonder Chief Executive Officer http://www.zonder.com Coleman Barney Cogito President & CEO http://www.cogitoinc.com Jeff Barson Surface Medical Spas/Nimble Chief Executive Officer http://www.surface-med.com Grant Beckmann WiLife Chief Operating Officer http://www.wilife.com Brian Beutler Alianza Chief Executive Officer http://www.alianza.com Dr. Ragula Bhaskar FatPipe Networks President & CEO http://www.fatpipeinc.com Brent L Bishop ContentWatch Chairman http://www.contentwatch.com Brett Blake Rahster.com Chief Executive Officer http://www.rahster.com Jon Bresee Backcountry.com Chief Executive Officer http://www.backcountry.com Dr. Jack Brittain University of Utah Vice President http://www.business.utah.edu/tvd/tvd.php Phil Burns TagJungle Chief Executive Officer http://www.tagjungle.com Greg Butterfield Altiris President & CEO http://www.altiris.com Dr. Patrick M. Byrne Overstock.com Chairman & President http://www.overstock.com David Carter S5 Wireless President & CEO http://www.s5w.com Don Cash Omniture VP of Mid Market Sales http://www.omniture.com Dr. Edwin Catmull Pixar Animation Studios President & Cofounder http://www.pixar.com David Clark Prolexys Pharmaceuticals President & CEO http://www.prolexys.com Rob Clyde Symantec VP Technology, Office of CTO http://www.symantec.com Josh Coates Berkelely Data Systems (Mozy) Founder & CEO http://www.berkeleydata.com Michael Colemere Colemere Consulting Michael Dodd Jr. Omniture SVP Corporate Development http://www.omniture.com William Donahoo Cogito VP Product Mgmt & Marketing http://www.cogitoinc.com Ed Donakey LDS Church Manager, Strategic Relations http://www.familysearch.org John Dunn Banyan Ventures Director http://www.banyanventures.com Michael Dutton Winder Farms President http://www.winderfarms.com Adam Edmunds Allegiance President & CEO http://www.allegiance.com James Endicott Exact Wave President & CEO http://www.exactwave.com Brett Error Omniture CTO & EVP Products http://www.omniture.com Bjorn Espenes Infopia Chief Executive Officer http://www.infopia.com Christian Faulconer Public Engines Chief Operating Officer http://www.publicengines.com Ildar Fazulyanov S5 Wireless Chief Financial Officer http://www.s5w.com JD Gardner Monarch Partners General Partner http://www.monarchvc.com Lee Gibbons Podango.com Cofounder & CEO http://www.podango.com Terry Haas Solera Networks President & CEO http://www.soleranetworks.com Mike Hall Senforce Technologies President & CEO http://www.senforce.com Jeremy Hanks Doba CEO & Cofounder http://www.doba.com Greg Heaps Allegiance Chief Operating Officer http://www.allegiance.com Tim Hunt Lingotek Chief Executive Officer http://www.lingotek.com Josh James Omniture Chief Executive Officer http://www.omniture.com Kimberley Jones Verite Chief Executive Officer http://www.verite.com Jeff Kearl Logoworks Chief Strategy Officer http://www.logoworks.com Chris Knudsen Podango.com VP of Business Development http://www.podango.com Bruce Law Sprout Marketing Founder & President http://www.sproutmarketing.com Christopher Lee Heritage Makers Chief Executive Officer http://www.heritagemakers.com Darren Lee NextPage CEO & President http://www.nextpage.com Scott C. Lemon mediaFORGE Chief Technical Officer http://www.humanxtensions.com Shawn Lindquist Omniture Chief Legal Officer & SVP http://www.omniture.com Kyle Love Direct Controls Chief Executive Officer http://www.directcontrols.net Morgan Lynch Logoworks Chief Executive Officer http://www.logoworks.com Drew Major Move Networks Chairman http://www.movenetworks.com Ty D. Mattingly Independant Consultant/Investor David B. McGinn Agilix Labs Chief Operating Officer http://www.agilix.com Glen Mella Control4 President & COO http://www.control4.com Larry Miller Larry Miller Group Chief Executive Officer http://www.lhm.com Craig Miller LDS Church Director Member Needs http://www.lds.org Clarke Miyasaki Logoworks VP Business Development http://www.logoworks.com Ryan Money HireVue CEO & Founder http://www.hirevue.com Shawn Nelson LoveSac Alternative Furniture Founder, Chairman,ChiefSac http://www.lovesac.com Dr. Tom Ngo NextPage Chief Technical Officer http://www.nextpage.com John Pestana Omniture Cofounder & EVP http://www.omniture.com Scott Petersen Best Vinyl Chief Executive Officer http://www.bestvinyl.com Ben Peterson MingleMatch CEO & Founder http://www.sparknetworks.com Martin Plaehn Bungee Labs Chief Executive Officer http://www.bungeelabs.com Michael Proper DirectPointe President & CEO http://www.directpointe.com Dr. Dallan Quass Foundation for On-Line President Genealogy http://www.folg.org Amy Rees Lewis MediConnect Global Chief Executive Officer http://www.mediconnect.net Professor Gary Rhoads Brigham Young Director,Entrepreneurship Center University http://www.learnearnreturn.com Professor John Richards BYU Center for Associate Director Entrepreneurship http://www.marriottschool.byu.edu/cfe Larry Rigby ZARS pharma Vice Chairman http://www.zars.com Kevin Rollins Dell Corporation Chief Executive Officer http://www.dell.com Rich Running LDS Church http://www.lds.org Kevin Santiago Cymphonix Chief Executive Officer http://www.cymphonix.com Eric Smith Control4 Chief Technical Officer http://www.control4.com Timothy Stay Know More Media Chief Innovation Officer http://www.knowmoremedia.com Joshua Steimle MWI Founder & CEO http://www.mwi.com Tom Stockham Jr. 3point5.com http://www.myfamily.com Jack W. Sunderlage ContentWatch President & CEO http://www.contentwatch.com Benoy Tamang HookSell President http://www.hooksell.com Cydni Tetro NextPage VP Marketing & Products http://www.nextpage.com Kent Thomas CFO Solutions Founder & Managing Member http://www.utahcfo.com Will West Control4 Chief Executive Officer http://www.control4.com Greg Whisenant Public Engines Chief Executive Officer http://www.publicengines.com Dr. Phillip Windley Windley.com Managing Partner http://www.windley.com Ralph Yarro ThinkAtomic President & CEO http://www.thinkatomic.com Richard Zinn BallardZinn Engineering President http://www.ballardzinn.com
About vSpring Capital vSpring Capital (http://www.vspring.com) is an early-stage venture capital firm with $260 million under management. With offices in Utah and New Mexico, vSpring invests in information technology and life science companies that have the potential to transform their markets and create lasting value.
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