VITAL STATISTICS
Age: 44.Where born: Salt Lake City.
Family: Wife Denise and two daughters, Elizabeth, 15, and Lindsay, 12.
Education: Bachelor of science in chemistry from University of Utah and law degree from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore.
Primary products: Intellectual property law services, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, franchising and related litigation.
Primary markets: Local and national technology-based companies.
Number of employees: 12.
Annual sales: $2 million.
PERSONALITY PROFILE
First "real" job: My first "real" job was as a research biochemist for the University of Utah and the University of Bern, Switzerland. We were supporting work on the University of Utah's artificial organs programs.
Management style: Hire the best people, give them a great deal of independence and work to make them successful.
Strategy for success: We provide our clients with excellent, responsive and cost-effective services. Our clients have to be lean and efficient in the world economy and we feel we should be the same.
A memorable failure: Attempting to start a solo general law practice right out of law school.
Heroes: Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
Leisure time and hobbies: Skiing, water skiing and tennis.
Favorite book and movie: "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand; "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Grand Canyon."