MWCN Business Forums
The MountainWest Capital Network is Utah’s first and most effective business networking organization devoted to supporting entrepreneurial success. As part of the initiative we have as a network, a few times a year, MWCN Strategic Sponsors host Keynote speakers in a setting that is small and intimate. These speakers are Utah business leaders, entrepreneurs, award winners and disruptive thinkers that play important roles in growing business in Utah and, often, on a national level. Unlike our Signature Events that command a hotel ballroom to fit attendees, Business Forums are small and intimate opportunities offering unique “un-plugged” moments and valuable insight into the business climate.
- Steve Palmer, CEO & Co-Founder, Thrive Freeze Dry
- Colton Pond, CMO LoanPro
- Trevor Farnes, CEO & Co-Founder, MTN OPS
- Ryan Johnson, Founder & CEO, Strut
- Jim Suva & Miranda Oliver; SVP, DoP; Cricut
- Allison & Angela, Co-Founders, Baltic Born
- Nate Randle, Greg Cole; CEO, CFO; Gabb Wireless
- Rhett Roberts, CEO & Co-Founder, LoanPro
- Hayden Wadsworth, Founder & CEO, HydroJug
- Cheryl Lee Eberting, CEO & Founder, AZOVA
- Tom Davin, Co-CEO, Black Rifle Coffee
- Derrik Porter, CEO, Beauty Industry Group
- Mikhail Shneyder, CEO, Nightengale College
- Jay Davis, Founder & CEO, Pillow Cube
- Jordan Erskine & Gavin Collier, Co-Founders, Dynamic Blending
- Syd McGee, Patrick Ord, Teresa Keck, Tawnee Madlin; Panel, Studio McGee
- Don Shaver, CEO, Western Botanicals
- Johnathan Ruggiero & Michelle Luchese, Co-Founders, Manly Bands
- Joel Peterson, Founding Partner, Peterson Partners
- Sterling Jones, Co-Founder & President, JoJo’s Chocolate
- Nico Dato, EVP of Marketing, Podium
- Michael Hall, Managing Director, Hall Labs
- Joel Peterson, Founding Partner, Peterson Partners
- Jeff Edwards, EDCUtah
- Daren Shaw, Managing Director,
- Investment Banking, D.A. Davidson & Co.
- Jeff Thredgold, Thredgold Economic Associates, Zions Bank
- Dave Williams, CEO and Mary Scott, President, Fishbowl
- Robert Pedersen, CEO, ZAGG, Inc.
- Wesley Smith, EVP Policy at the Chamber
- Michael O’Malley, Marketing and Communications Director, USTAR
- Mark Bouchard, Senior Managing Director, CBRE
- Gary Vickrey, President, JLS-Vickrey
- Chris Rothey, CEO, Radiate Media
- George Feiger, CEO, Contango Capital Advisors
- Alex Dunn, President, Vivint, Inc.
- Bob Millerberg, CEO & Founder, Crest Financial
- Bruce D. Milne, CEO, Corum Group
- Val Hale, Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Economic Development
- Andrew Limpert, CEO, Firefly Automatix
- Greg Warnock, Managing Director, Mercato Partners
- Martin Frey, Impact Investor
- Jon Schultz, Co-Founder & President, SilencerCo
- Val John Christensen, Board of Directors, InvestmentBank.com
- Kevin Knight, CMO, Experticity
- David Sturt, Executive VP, Marketing & Business Development, O.C. Tanner
- Spencer W. Young, Sr., Chairman of the Board & CEO, Young Automotive
- Johnny Hanna, CEO & Co-Founder, Homie.com
- Brad Bonham, CEO, Walker Edison
- Matt Marsh, Managing Director, Sorenson Capital Partners
- Gavin Christensen, Founder & Managing Partner, Kickstart Seed Fund
- Kristen Cox, Executive Director, Utah Governor’s Office of Management and Budget
- Joel Clark, CEO & Co-Founder, Kodiak Cakes
- Blake Murray, Co-Founder, CEO, Divvy, Inc.
- Rich McKeown, Co-Founder, Chairman, Leavitt Partners
- Casey Adams, President, Visible Supply Chain Management
- Barry Lutz, Managing Director, Wells Fargo Regional Investment Banking
- Andrew Braithwaite, Principal, The Cynosure Group
- Spencer Eccles, Managing Director, The Cynosure Group