Event and participant highlights:
J. Michael Mullis established the firm of J.M. Mullis, Inc. during the late 1970's to provide professional project location specialist services on an international basis for various private client groups.
Today, the firm typically does more than one billion dollars annually in new project establishments; and representative on-going clients include nationally and internationally recognized companies.
Mike Mullis began his economic development career during the late 1960's with the Tennessee Governor's Staff Division for Industrial Development. During his six years with this department, his responsibilities included the recruitment of new business to the state; the retention of existing
business; and community development preparedness work.
Mike is an active member of several state, regional, national, and international economic development organizations; as well as the International
Development Research Council, and the International Facility Managers Association.
Charles A. Burton, C.F.A., 56, is President and Senior Managing Director of Philadelphia Ventures. He has been a Managing Director and member of the Board
of Directors of Philadelphia Ventures since 1983. He serves as a general partner of six funds of Philadelphia Ventures. He also serves on the Boards of
Directors for three portfolio companies of Philadelphia Ventures. Mr. Burton is past President and Chairman of the Delaware Valley Venture Group, a regional professional venture capital organization.
Mr. Burton was also the former President of CIGNA Venture Capital, Inc. He holds a M.B.A. in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Gettysburg College of which he is a trustee.
Wilkinson Ferrari & Varela is one of the fastest-growing and most award-winning public relations and marketing firms in Utah. The firm provides a full range of communications services to businesses, public agencies and non-profits. Clients include Kennecott Development Company, United Way of Great Salt Lake, PacifiCorp/Utah Power, the Utah Department of Transportation, the Institute for State Studies, Wasatch Property Management, and Nu Skin.
Through WF&V, clients can count on creative and strategic branding. WF&V distills complex and abstract issues into the concrete. They hone meaningful and
memorable messages, targeted to the client's most critical audiences.
WF&V has been helping organizations engineer great reputations since the company was founded in 1993 by Brian Wilkinson and Lindsey Ferrari. Vicki Varela
joined the partnership in 2001, after 8 years of success branding and positioning Utah Governor Mike Leavitt.
Utah Business Club President Profile Timothy A. Bridgewater is Founder and President of Interlink Management Corporation. Interlink is an international investment bank and management consulting firm working with Fortune 500 companies, such as American Electric Power, Ford, PPG, U.S. Gypsum, Verizon and many others. They have many projects located in Indonesia, Malaysia, China,
Thailand and Hong Kong as well as the U.S. The primary industries they focus on are high-tech, telecom, building materials, manufacturing and real estate.
Bridgewater currently serves as an advisor to Telecom Asia Ltd., a Thai telecom company (a joint venture with Verizon) developing fixed line and wireless networks in Southeast Asia, and is Vice President of the American-Thai Foundation for Education that is a non-profit scholarship and rural Thai college support organization. He sits on the Board of Directors for China Motion Telecom International Ltd. and the Advisory Boards of LiveTutor Inc. and Gunderboom Inc.
Bridgewater was also involved in the U.S. Commerce Department Policy Advisory Committee during the Bush/Cheney transition and is Chairman of the Utah
County Republican Party.
He graduated with a Business Finance Degree from Brigham Young University and did graduate work in international economics at the University of Utah.
Smith's Food & Drug Stores is a division of The Kroger Co., (NYSE: KR), one of the nation's largest grocery retailers. Smith's operates 117 combination food and drug stores in 7 western states from its corporate
office in Salt Lake City, Utah. Smith's has been known for its innovation in the industry since the company began in 1948. Currently in addition to a full range of in-store departments many stores also include Smith's Fuel Centers, drive-through pharmacy, in-store banking and full service floral departments for
complete customer convenience.
Smith's has enjoyed preparing for the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and bringing the Games even closer to our Utah customers at every opportunity:
Smith's brand milk is the official dairy milk of the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Fresh wholesome 2% milk has been enjoyed by the world's top athletes while they compete in Salt Lake City. Utah schools competed to collect the most milk caps, and as a result enjoyed the Olympic Mascots at school assemblies.
As the Olympic Torch Relay passed through Utah and past several Smith's store locations, those awaiting the torch's arrival enjoyed free milk, donuts and other goodies compliments of Smith's.
Ticketing agent Smith'sTix has been the first stop in major entertainment plans of Utah customers for nearly a decade, and is the official local walk-up ticket outlet for the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Through Smith'sTix, 62,000 free tickets were distributed to the public for 16 consecutive nights of Olympic Medals Plaza celebrations. For months prior to
the Games' arrival, one-on-one customer service made choosing event tickets a trusted experience for thousands of Utah families.
Williams has been at the forefront of innovation for decades. They're also a leader in employee benefits, support of our communities and many other actions we take everyday. Williams is a global leader in energy. Through entrepreneurial-style risk taking and an unwavering commitment to their
shareholders, Williams remains a reliable investment opportunity and leader in our industries.
For 90 years, Williams quietly has grown into a multibillion dollar energy and high-technology company with a reputation for strong shareholder value, honest business dealings and an entrepreneurial spirit that aggressively pursues innovation. Williams traces its roots to 1908 with two brothers' construction projects in Fort Smith, Ark.
Within a few years Miller and David Williams were building cross-country natural gas and petroleum pipelines. By the time the brothers relocated to Tulsa
in 1919, they had a reputation for building a job on time and on budget.
For more than 60 years, the company did business as Williams Brothers. We adopted The Williams Companies name in the 1970s, reflecting our diverse businesses and shortened our name to just Williams in 1997.
The company began assembling its nationwide system of interstate natural gas pipelines in 1982 with the purchase of Northwest Energy Company, which had two
interstate natural gas systems. These now operate as Northwest Pipeline and Williams Natural Gas.
One of the most innovative ideas in American business began in 1986 when Williams ran fiber-optic cable through decommissioned pipelines. This was the
groundwork for WilTel, to become the nation's fourth-largest long-distance network. Our recent energy history includes the addition of MAPCO in 1998,
which brought refining, natural gas liquids pipelines and travelcenter assets into Williams.
Throughout our long history, you can see that Williams is an active, dynamic company that delivers innovation with its people and its assets. We see great things for the future and are ready to make this century even
more exciting.
Ingenix brings you the most powerful sources of data obtainable in health care. Their line of products provides leading health care information and analysis for the clinical and financial decision support market.
The 2002 Olympic Arts Festival is the Arts Festival associated with the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Since the ancient Games in Greece, the Arts
have been synonymous with Olympic ideals. Today, Olympism is defined as Sport plus art. The Olympic Arts Festival celebrates artists' achievements alongside athletes' accomplishments. Tickets are available at the venues.
This week the following will be presented as part of
the 2002 Olympic Arts Festival:
Tuesday, February 19:
The Pilobolus Dance Theatre will present a piece that will reflect the concentration and grace of Olympic athletes by mixing
gymnastics and humor to defy gravity and test human limits in dance.
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Center for the Performing Arts
The American Folk Ballet presents the Great American West, a reflection of America's spirit and a history of the country's people.
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Capitol Theatre
Wednesday, February 20:
An advance screening of the 20th anniversary edition of Steven Spielberg's classic hit "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" will be presented with
never-before-seen footage, computer-generated visual enhancements and a digitally-remixed soundtrack.
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: Abravanel Hall
Thursday February 21:
Repertory Dance Theatre presents masterpieces by three of the founders of modern dance: Martha Graham's Diversion of Angels (1948), Doris Humphrey's With My Red Fires (1936) and Helen Tamaris' Dance for Walt
Whitman (1961).
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Capitol Theatre
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP was founded in 1886. Throughout their history, they have been committed to excellence in the practice of law. They have grown to be one of the 100 largest law firms in
the country, with over 400 lawyers and seven offices located offices in Baltimore, MD; Camden, NJ; Denver, CO; Philadelphia, PA; Salt Lake City, UT; Voorhees, NJ; and Washington, D.C. As a large, multi-office, multi-regional law firm, they are able to combine a national scope of practice with strong local market knowledge to represent companies, individuals, and other entities in virtually every state and around the world.
KSL is one of America's most respected television stations, having earned honors and awards from every television industry organization. It
began as radio station KZN on May 6, 1922, broadcasting from a tin shack atop the old Deseret News Building at Main and South Temple streets. The first broadcast of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir was on July 15, 1929. KSL was one of the earliest affiliates of the CBS network in 1932.
KSL Television came on the air June 1, 1949, using a transmission tower atop that same building on Main Street, then called the Union Pacific Building. The
station was part of the fledgling CBS Television Network. Later that year, KSL moved to Broadcast House on Social Hall Avenue.
The first color broadcast by KSL Television was in 1964. In June of 1964, Bonneville International Corporation was created as the parent company of KSL. Bonneville now owns and operates 21 radio and television stations from New York to Los Angeles.
In 1984, Bonneville and KSL relocated to the new Broadcast House at Triad Center. KSL Television became an affiliate of the NBC Television Network in September of 1995. KSL Radio continued its sixty-year affiliation
with the CBS Radio Network.
KSL Television continues to be one of the leading stations in America -- with outstanding audience loyalty, strong local news, trend-setting technology,
and unmatched community involvement.
Channel Five's roots run deep through these Utah mountain valley's and red rock canyons. It's a place we call home, a landscape of diversity, where news can happen anywhere, not just along the Wasatch Front.
Wherever the story happens in Utah, Eyewitness News Delivers: With Starwest Five's Satellite Technology, and Chopper Five, Utah's Only News Helicopter. There's a lot more to leadership than simply being number one. We're The News Specialists ... "Making a Difference."
Colliers Commerce CRG is the single most successful commercial real estate brokerage company in the Wasatch Front, providing a complete and full complement of commercial real estate services and specialties. Founded in 1987, as Consolidated Realty Group, COLLIERS CRG has consistently advanced its service delivery systems and expertise of its agents to a level where literally every other commercial firm in the market measures its capabilities and potential against CRG. This is reflected by our #1 market position in 1994,1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000.
In the fall of 1998 Colliers CRG merged with Commerce Properties, a 21-year old commercial firm, recognized in its own right as one of the most successful commercial real estate firms in the market. Together, COLLIERS Commerce CRG provides unequaled service spanning commercial brokerage services, property valuation services, consulting, information services and investment advisory services throughout the state of Utah and into several surrounding markets.
Commerce CRG's commercial brokerage expertise extends to all property types: Office Properties, Industrial Properties, Retail Properties, Investment Properties, Hospitality Properties, and Land.
The average tenure of the agents at COLLIERS Commerce CRG is one of the longest in the industry. Many have received numerous regional and national recognitions for their achievements in the real estate industry. As your
exclusive marketing agent, their objective is to bring to focus all of their significant resources to meet the unique needs of leasing your building.
Established in 1963, Freeport Center Associates provides preferred manufacturing and distribution facilities for companies serving the Intermountain market and all major West Coast markets.
With more than 90 buildings on 735 acres and 80 acres dedicated for future development. Freeport Center Associates offer available properties for lease, build-to-suit opportunities with onsite management and maintenance.
Wasatch Property Management is a service and investment corporation managing commercial and residential properties in the western United States. Wasatch Property Management achieves excellence through efficiency, skill, dedication to our principles, and customer satisfaction. Whether you are an individual or family seeking a home in one of our apartments, a business seeking a storefront, or an investor desiring to increase your portfolio in the commercial and multi-family residential market, Wasatch Property Management can meet your needs.
Jamaican Bobsled team member Devon Harris added his
signature to the growing number of celebrity
autographs that decorate the Celebrity Bison on the
west lawn of the Devereaux House.
Harris then visited with guests and volunteers and
signed autographs. The Celebrity Bison is a growing attraction for
the many visitors of Salt Lake City's Olympic Square.
Michael Hildreth, Partner and Emerging Growth Markets Leader in the Pacific North West, is a graduate of Stanford University and has been practicing public
accounting for more than twenty years, the last nineteen of which have been with Ernst & Young. Mike has extensive experience in serving technology,
communication and life science clients, from start-ups to multinational organizations, as well as local venture capital funds.
Mike is a recognized leader in assisting companies with strategic alliances as well as public and private equity offerings. He also regularly consults with
clients and colleagues on complex accounting, auditing and financial strategies and SEC matters.
In late 1999, the Palo Alto Venture Capital Advisory Group was created under Mike's leadership. This unit is dedicated to serving the needs of the local venture capital community, and this activity is now operational in 14 entrepreneurial hotbed markets around the world.
Mike is a frequent speaker on emerging industry, SEC and growth company issues. He co-developed the firm's IPO TransformationSM process, and he is a contributing editor for Ernst & Young's annual biotechnology survey. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants
Wade Tetsuka is Managing Director of August Advisors (www.augustadvisors.com) in charge of the practice office in Austin, TX. He is a member of the company's Interim Executive Management Team with an industry
focus upon medical device and healthcare technologies.
Wade has extensive experience conducting business internationally (Western Europe, Japan, and Singapore) with foreign subsidiary operations, distribution /
technology strategic partners, and shareholders.
August Advisors is a management consulting group with offices throughout the U.S. specializing in crisis and turnaround management, recapitalizations and M&A
advisory services.
Wade is also on the Board of Directors of Allante Art Group International (www.allantepub.com), a fine art publisher which represents exceptionally talented contemporary artists from around the world.
Ady International Company is headed by Robert Ady, a pioneer of the site selection and economic development industry. Mr. Ady, former president of The Fantus Company, has identified prime locations for more businesses in the United States and around the world than any other person. The methodology and techniques that he introduced into the site selection process are standards by which companies thoughout the world select new locations. Politicians, academics and business people interested in economic developement and corporate location issues continually seek his expertise.
Company Highlight:
Coporate Alliance is a locally owned and operated company run by owners who care about local business. Our members are made up of Business Owners, Partners, General Managers and other committed business professionals from almost every field and industry. Each member brings a unique history and set of skills that, when pooled, create the ultimate business
resource.
Our model of serving others by building relationships and creating strategic partnerships is what has contributed to the phenomenal growth of Corporate
Alliance and its members. It is the solution to effective relationship-based sales.
When you effectively utilize not only your resources, but the resources of each person you meet, you will exponentially expand your contacts. Corporate
Alliance provides innovative events, retreats, and a variety of relationship-based tools to help business decision makers effectively increase their sphere of influence.
Corporate Alliance has created an environment where businesses are free to help each other to learn, serve and grow.
When Les and Reva Olson founded The Les Olson Company in 1956, they became pioneers in Utah by introducing one of the first copying machines as a vital tool to increase business productivity. Today, The Les Olson Company continues to lead the way in copying, printing, faxing, and dictation technology. After more than 44 years, The Les Olson Company remains a family-owned and operated business with three generations of Olson's and many dedicated employees serving the State of Utah.
The Seventh Annual Utah Hispanic American Festival will be held in July 2002 at Franklin Quest Field.
It's a celebration of Utah's proud Hispanic American heritage and community. You'll enjoy great music from top local and national performing artists, children's crafts and activities AND some of the best, most authentic Hispanic food you'll ever taste. It's all part of a partnership fostering shared cultural awareness and community spirit. So come on. Catch a little culture! The Seventh Annual Utah Hispanic American Festival, July 2002 at Franklin Quest Field in Salt Lake City. Don't miss it!