www.slenterprise.com April 1, 2019 Volume 48, Number 36 $1.50 OF NOTE UTC, Silicon Slopes throw in Jobs and strong together to push tech industry business climate “Silicon Slopes couldn’t be more Brice Wallace thrilled to unite with UTC to continue serv- The Enterprise ing Utah’s startup and tech community,” lead jump in CAI said Betts, who also is a Silicon Slopes co- Following a little hiccup in February, Utah’s most prominent technology or- founder. “We’re committed to continuing the Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude ganizations will be speaking with a unifi ed the rich heritage of UTC and view this as a Index (CAI) soared 8.6 points to 122.5 in voice. marriage of equals.” March. But the index is still down 7 points The Utah Technology Council and Sili- Knotwell took over as UTC’s presi- from its record high a year ago. con Slopes announced last week that they dent and CEO in September 2017, suc- The national Consumer Confi dence One of the family would unite the state’s startup and tech ceeding Richard Nelson, who had served Index, the nationwide measure that corre- community. Among the changes, UTC’s in those positions for 18 years, including sponds to the CAI, fell 7.3 points in March. One-third of Utah workers in a president and CEO, John Knotwell, will a time when UTC was known as the Utah The Utah Present Situation Index, a recent survey indicated they want leave those positions, and Clint Betts, ex- sub-index to the CAI, jumped up 5.6 points paid leave following the death of ecutive director at Silicon Slopes, adds ex- month-to-month in March to 134.4, the a pet — on average, four days. ecutive director of UTC to his duties. see UTC/SLOPES page 14 The survey by pet product review second-highest score recorded since Cice- ro Group and Zions Bank began tracking website MyPetNeedsThat.com the numbers in 2011. Year-over-year the indicated that 35 percent of work- Present Situation Index is 0.2 points above ers nationally think pet owners where it was in March 2018. The jump should get paid leave following since February is due in large part to im- the loss of a pet. Surveyed pet- provements in Utahns’ perception of local owning workers in South Dakota business conditions and job availability, as want the most time, 5.5 days. well as to seasonality, which often brings improved economic perceptions as spring Industry News Briefs arrives. pages 6-7 The other CAI sub-index, the Utah Expectations Index, jumped 10.7 points in Business Calendar March to 114.5, the largest month-to-month page 9 increase in the past 12 months. Utahns’ ex- pectations around future business condi- Opinion tions and job availability improved, with page 13 more Utahns feeling business conditions will improve in the next six months. Year over year, the Expectations Index has fallen 11.8 points from the all-time high of 126.3 set last March. Utility jobs are among the categories where Utah residents are still fi nding employment. The jobless “Even though we hear people around rate in the state dropped again in March to 3 percent. the country are lowering their expectations for the national economy, Utahns remain very confi dent in our local economic situ- ation here in Utah,” said Randy Shumway, Jobless report: Unemployment chairman and partner of Cicero Group, a Salt Lake City research fi rm, that does data collection and analysis for the CAI. “Utah dropping, Utahns fi nding jobs is seeing strong job growth across most ev- Utah jobseekers keep fi nding em- from February to 3.8 percent. ery major industry, one of the highest em- ployment. The state’s unemployment rate Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment ployment growth rates in the nation, and inched down another tenth a of a percent- for February grew by an estimated 2.8 per- one of the lowest unemployment rates in age point in February to 3 percent, accord- cent, adding 42,400 jobs to the economy the nation. This all contributes to very posi- ing to data released last week by the Utah since February 2018. Utah’s current em- tive consumer sentiment.” Department of Workforce Services, mean- ployment level sits at 1,536,300. Utahns also feel positive about their ing approximately 48,300 Utahns were out “Over the past several years, Utah’s income growth relative to infl ation over of work during the month and actively seek- ing a job. Meanwhile, the national jobless rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point see EMPLOYMENT page 8 see CAI page 8 2 • April 1-7, 2019 • The Enterprise - Utah's Business Journal

Clyde Cos. reorganizes Plaid's new SLC offi ce to hire 50 engineers Orem-based Clyde Companies Inc., the parent company of San Francisco fi ntech com- in the future of engineering and opportunity for Salt Lake City to W.W. Clyde & Co., Geneva Rock Products, Sunroc Corp., Sunroc pany Plaid is opening an engi- become the next innovation hub Building Materials, Scott Contracting, Beehive Insurance Agency innovation.” neering offi ce in Salt Lake City defi ning the future of fi nancial and Clyde Properties, has announced several organizational and “We could not be more ex- leadership changes. and hiring 50 engineers to staff cited that Plaid has selected Salt services.” The variously entities within Clyde Companies have been it. Kira Booth, a University of Lake City as its new home for en- The expansion comes on the Utah computer science grad and reorganized into two separate organizations. The newly formed gineering,” said Theresa Foxley, heels of a $250 million Series C engineers, has been hired to lead funding round the company an- Clyde/Geneva Group will include W.W. Clyde, Geneva Rock, president and CEO of the Eco- the new operation. nounced in December. Earlier this Scott Contracting and Beehive Insurance Agency. The new Clyde nomic Development Corporation Business Group includes Sunroc Corp. and Sunroc Building Ma- Plaid has developed a tech- year, the company was named to of Utah. “Utah has a deep talent terials. nology platform that allows con- the Forbes Fintech 50 list and re- Jeff Clyde, currently serving as president of W.W. Clyde, has sumers to connect their bank pool of software engineers and ceived recognition as a Most In- been appointed president of the Clyde/Geneva Group and Jeremy accounts to digital fi nancial ser- Plaid’s role in powering the fi n- novative Company by Fast Com- Hafen, current president of Sunroc Corp., is the new president of vices applications like Venmo, tech ecosystem provides a unique pany. the Clyde Business Group. Acorns and Coinbase, according Wilford Clyde will continue as chairman and CEO of Clyde to a release from the company. Companies Inc., and will continue to oversee all companies with- The Salt Lake City engi- in the Clyde organization. Rhys Weaver, who has been president neering hub will build integra- and chief operations offi cer of Clyde Companies, will leave the tions for more than 10,000 banks company on May 31 to accept a calling as a mission president for and fi nancial institutions in the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nashville, Ten- U.S. to enable people to connect nessee. to their accounts. The fi rm said Additional leadership changes include Dustin Olson, current that one in four people connect vice president of W.W. Clyde, being appointed its president. Lon with U.S. bank accounts using Schumacher, general manager of Scott Contracting, will become Plaid applications. its president and Scott Okelberry, current executive vice president “Plaid is adding the best and and COO of W.W. Clyde, has been appointed president of Sunroc brightest talent to facilitate an Corp. ‘everybody wins’ fi nancial sys- “Today’s announcement refl ects the successful growth of Clyde Companies and help position our organization for contin- tem where technological innova- ued success and expansion,” said Wilford Clyde. “I am pleased to tion, protection of personal data promote some of the great talent we have and express my appre- and consumer choice and con- ciation to Rhys for his many years of dedication and commitment trol are all possible,” said Booth. to our company. I wish him and his wife, Pam, well on their next “As the Utah Computer Science adventure.” Grant Act (HB227) heads to The changes became effective March 18. (Utah) Gov. Gary Herbert’s desk Founded in 1926, the combined Clyde organizations operate for his signature, Plaid is focused from more than 50 locations in Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, on laying the foundation for fi n- Wyoming and New Mexico. The company employs more than tech for decades to come and is 3,000. excited to lay down roots in a lo- Grady Kohler of Windermere Real Estate Utah, left, welcomes Jess Reid, own- cation that is equally as invested er of Jess Reid Real Estate, which Windermere purchased recently. Windermere Real Estate Utah acquires Jess Reid Real Estate

Salt Lake City-based Win- will be rebranded with the Wind- dermere Real Estate Utah, a res- ermere name. Jess Reid will con- idential and commercial real tinue working in Park City as a estate company with 14 Utah of- Windermere branch manager. the fi ces, has acquired Jess Reid Real “In looking to sell, I wanted a Estate of Park City. Financial buyer with local ties,” Reid said. terms of the transaction were not “Grady is a great fi t. He and his Civil Structural disclosed. family are Park City residents and Engineering answer Engineering “Jess Reid Real Estate was are actively involved in the com- founded in the early 1980s and munity. Windermere offers the has been serving Park City longer technology and network to lead For Your Engineering, than any other brokerage,” said us in a new world of change.” Grady Kohler, principal broker Jess Reid Real Estate is the Surveying, Roofing and Paving only Utah fi rm with an affi liation and owner of Windermere Real Consulting & Landscape with Christie’s International Real Estate Utah. “In looking to ex- Estate. Christie’s is a global net- Architecture pand, the Jess Reid name offered work offering home and luxury us a tremendous opportunity to real estate services to buyers and greater meet the real estate needs sellers worldwide. needs of Park City locals and interna- Laser Consulting: Reid was the founding pres- Paving, Roofing& tional clients. With this acquisi- ident of the Park City Chamber Scanning & tion, we now have fi ve Winder- Landscape Bureau. He was on the found- Surveying mere offi ces in Park City.” Architecture ing board of directors for the fi rst Jess Reid Real Estate has Park City Board of Realtors and three offi ces in the Park City president of that organization. Follow Us On: 801-255-7700 area with 30 licensed real estate He was appointed by two differ- agents representing a combined ent governors to the Utah Travel www.mcneilengineering.com 300 years of real estate experi- Council board of commissioners ence, Kohler said. Those offi ces and served as its chairman. The Enterprise - Utah's Business Journal • April 1-7, 2019 • 3 Utah business leaders reaffi rm support for 2010’s Utah Compact On Nov. 11, 2010, Utah including business, civic, faith Advocates support for free market ed offi cials to champion policies on criminal activities, not civil business, law enforcement and and city leaders from across the policies to maximize individual that recognize the role immigrants violations of federal code,” said religious leaders gathered on the state, have signed on to reaffi rm freedom and opportunity. play in our society. Immigration Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike grounds of the Utah State Capi- their support of the Utah Com- 5. A Free Society. Recogni- policy based on the principles of Brown. “We serve the public, re- tol with other offi cials to sign the pact. tion that immigrants are part of the Utah Compact will strengthen gardless of status. We need im- Utah Compact, a declaration of The principles of the Utah society. States the need for a “hu- families, communities and greatly migration reform that recognizes fi ve principles of which the stated Compact as outlined in 2010 are: mane approach to this reality, re- benefi t our economy.” that many immigrants in Utah are purpose was to “guide the state’s 1. Federal solutions. Immi- fl ecting our unique culture, histo- The signing event comes on law-abiding, valuable contribu- immigration discussion.” Last gration, including border policy ry and spirit of inclusion.” the heels of the release of new tors to our community.” week a group of business leaders ,is a federal issue. “Immigration reform is a fed- data from New American Econo- “Our state’s economy faces met at the Salt Lake Chamber to 2. Law enforcement. Law eral issue, but the lack of smart my that shows how much immi- global challenges we must meet reaffi rm their commitment to that enforcement should have dis- policy that works for business is grant contributions add to Utah’s with effective immigration pol- declaration. cretion. Local law enforcement felt at the local level,” said Derek economy. According to NAE’s icy that balances security with “The Utah Compact seeks to should focus on criminal activity Miller, president and CEO of the analysis, in 2017, immigrants in the fl ow of people and goods recognize and support the posi- rather than violations of federal Salt Lake Chamber. “As Utah’s Utah paid $534.6 million in state across borders,” said Miles Han- tive impact that immigrants bring civil code. business leader, the Salt Lake and local taxes and held $5.3 bil- sen, president and CEO of World to Utah’s economy as workers, 3. Families. Opposition to Chamber is proud of the role we lion in spending power. Trade Center Utah. “Smart immi- business owners, taxpayers and policies that unnecessarily sepa- have played in elevating the level “Respect for the rule of law is gration policy not only recogniz- consumers,” the chamber said in rate families. of debate on this important issue fundamental for a society, but as es that Utah is best served by a a release. According the chamber, 4. Economy. Recognition of and we stand with our partners law enforcement offi cers, our lim- free-market philosophy that max- more than 120 prominent Utahns, the economic role of immigrants. across Utah to encourage elect- ited resources should be focused imizes individual opportunity, it also helps us compete in the glob- al marketplace by attracting the best talent and most industrious Utah becomes 3rd in nation for hiring people with disabilities workers to our state.” While a trend toward hiring efforts to expand job opportunities forms other, bigger states like Cal- it relates to employment and com- the disabled grows nationwide, and offer training for people with ifornia, New York and Texas. petitiveness in the workplace, we Utah is outperforming most states barriers to employment. Last Oc- “Our nation was founded have to stop thinking of disability in the effort. According a new re- tober, to celebrate National Dis- on the principle that anyone who as a liability and start thinking of it UTAH’S BUSINESS JOURNAL port by the nonpartisan advocacy ability Employment Awareness works hard should be able to get as an asset.” USPS # 891-300 group RespectAbility, the Bee- Month, USOR hosted a variety of ahead in life,” said Steve Bartlett, The report found that brand- Published weekly by: hive State now ranks third in the events for job seekers with disabil- chairman of Respectability, who name companies such as JP Mor- Enterprise Newspaper Group nation for employment of people ities, community providers and co-authored the Americans with gan Chase, Coca-Cola, Ernst & 825 North 300 West Ste. NE220 with disabilities. employers looking to hire the best Disabilities Act when he was in Young, IBM, Walgreen’s, Star- Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 According to the newly pub- workers possible. Congress. “People with disabili- bucks, CVS and Microsoft show 801-533-0556 FAX 801-533-0684 people with disabilities are suc- www.slenterprise.com lished 2018 Annual Disability Sta- The outcome of such work ties deserve the opportunity to tistics Compendium, Utah cur- has been clear, RespectAbility cessful employees. These compa- earn an income and achieve inde- PUBLISHER & EDITOR rently has an employment rate of said. In the past year, Utah has nies also know that these workers R. George Gregersen pendence, just like anyone else.” 47 percent for its citizens with dis- risen in its state ranking, jump- improve the bottom line. “Peo- PRESIDENT The RespectAbility study abilities. Out of 150,964 working- ing from seventh in the nation to ple with disabilities bring unique David G. Gregersen explored how the workforce is [email protected] age (18-64) Utahns with disabili- third. In that period of time, the characteristics and talents to the changing for people with dis- VP/GENERAL SALES MANAGER ties, 74,754 have jobs, the report employment rate for Utahns with workplace,” said RespectAbility abilities nationwide. According Dale Dimond says. disabilities has risen from 47 per- president Jennifer Laszlo Mizra- [email protected] to Vincenzo Piscopo of the Coca- The Utah Department of cent to 49.5 percent. That puts the hi. “Hiring people with disabilities MANAGING EDITOR Workforce Services and the Utah Beehive State close behind North Cola Co., “People with disabili- is a win-win-win for employers, John M. Rogers State Offi ce of Rehabilitation Dakota and South Dakota. It also ties bring a unique skill set that it people with disabilities and con- [email protected] (USOR) have been at forefront of means that Utah vastly outper- is very valuable for companies. 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Box 11778, Downtown Station Salt Lake City, Utah 84147 4 • April 1-7, 2019 • The Enterprise - Utah's Business Journal 19 ways to mess up on the job Salt Lake's Varex Imaging There’s everything right times, the word will get around and react. It doesn’t take long before about looking out for yourself and you’ll be left alone. they stop counting on you. your career. Right now, with more 4. Position yourself as the 11. They can’t do without acquires Stockholm fi rm jobs than people to fi ll them, it’s exception. You’ve fi gured it out you. You’ve been in the job for a Salt Lake City-based Varex Imaging Corp. has entered into easier than ever. and thought it through. There are while and you know the ropes, so an agreement to acquire at least 90 percent of Direct Conversion One month in mid- good reasons why what you’re feeling good about your- AB, a Stockholm-based manufacturer and marketer of linear 2018, job postings ex- applies to everyone in self. You talk more openly about array digital detectors utilizing direct conversion and photon- ceeded the number of your group doesn’t ap- coworkers and play a little loose counting technology. The company is also known by its brand unemployed by an eye- ply to you. Don’t bother with the rules. While you believe names of Ajat and XCounter. Varex is an independent supplier popping 659,000. With telling others about it. your job is secure, others see a of medical X-ray tubes and image processing equipment. this happening, it’s no They’ve fi gured it out on train wreck coming. The aggregate purchase price is 75 million euros for 100 surprise that 3.6 million their own. 12. Get upset if you’re not percent of the outstanding shares, of which 10 million euros will workers voluntarily quit JOHN 5. Do only so much getting a regular dose of praise. be paid in either Varex common stock or cash on the fi rst anni- their jobs in the fi rst sev- GRAHAM and nothing more. In fact, you’ve come to expect it. versary of closing. Varex plans to fund the payment using avail- en months of 2018. This You’re not going to be It’s almost an addiction. When you able cash and debt under its existing credit facility. The transac- 2.4-percent quit rate was the high- around long; you’re already look- don’t get it, you’re quick to com- tion is expected to be completed in the third quarter of this year. est since April 2001. ing for your next gig. So, why plain that you’re not appreciated. In 2018, Direct Conversion had revenues of 16 millioneu- No one can miss the message: knock yourself out? Just ignore the 13. Ask for help but nev- ros with projected double-digit annual growth rates over the more vacancies and not enough pressure to do more. Act busy, but er offer it. You can’t understand next fi ve years, Varex said in a statement. Direct Conversion takers to fi ll them equals better op- take it easy on yourself. why your coworkers are reluctant also has more than 40 million euros in signed multi-year supply portunities and higher pay. 6. Make it known that you’re to help you. It isn’t because they agreements with customers, primarily for its photon-counting But not so fast. meant for better things. Sure, you don’t like you. With you, helping detector products. All this may be true in some do your work, but you also talk is a one-way street. “Upon closing, this acquisition will expand our product situations, but not everywhere — about how great it was at your last 14. Make it a point to play portfolio to include new linear array digital detectors along with and not forever. If you believe job or how good your friends have it safe. Whether it’s because you a revenue stream from these products for certain medical, dental jobs are “temporary” and the best it where they work. want to avoid criticism or you and industrial applications,” said Sunny Sanyal, CEO of Varex. is yet to be, you can create an 7. Disappear when there’s just can’t be bothered, never take “It is expected that the current applications will widen our ad- easy-to-spot trail of behaviors that a crisis. Coming in early or stay- a chance and step outside of your dressable market for digital detector products by approximately can put a cap on your career. In ing late when it’s needed doesn’t comfort zone. Everyone can see $200 million over the coming years, with additional addressable this environment, here are some work for you. Always have a rea- what you do, but not what you’re market expansion potential of up to $500 million by replacing of the ways to mess up on the job son ready why you can’t alter your capable of doing. current CT detectors with photon-counting technology in the fu- without even knowing it: regular schedule time or, better yet, 15. The rules don’t apply to ture.” 1. Take advantage of your even come in late or leave early. you. When the rules benefi t you, The X-ray imaging industry has been working on photon- team. To do this, make it clear 8. Pass the blame around. you make sure everyone knows counting technologies because detectors built with this technol- from the get-go that you’re a The directions were incorrect. about it. When they don’t, you ogy can signifi cantly improve image quality while using lower “team player.” This is what every- Someone gave you inaccurate in- come up with way to make it clear dose and performing more precise material discrimination, San- one wants to hear today, so keep formation, misled you, waited to that you are the exception. yal said. Direct Conversion has successfully commercialized repeating it. Now that you’ve set the last minute to notify you or 16. Overestimate your capa- linear array digital detectors for certain medical and industrial the stage, make sure everyone had it in for you — on and on it bilities. Hey, you’re not alone on applications and is expected to continue to work on applying knows you have too much on your goes. There’s plenty of blame to go this one. Most of us tend to exag- this technology to additional applications, including medical CT plate to support the team. around. gerate our skills, capabilities and detectors. 2. Cover up your mistakes. 9. See yourself as a silo of our performance, but some do it Spencer Gunn, CEO of Direct Conversion said, “We are To make this work, act totally in- one. You’re an island, entire of more than others and they’re sur- excited to be joining Varex at this point in the growth and ex- nocent. Rehearse your story so yourself, to paraphrase John Don- prised when they’re no longer pansion of our digital detector array products. This transaction you can act shocked if someone ne. “It’s blindness, which causes needed. is expected to accelerate the adoption of this technology in the calls you on an error. Never crack; people to do stupid things,” states 17. Always be ready to come marketplace utilizing Varex’s position as one of the leading pro- never confess. Once you get it Gillian Tett in The Silo Effect. up with a complaint. It’s one viders of digital detectors and its global distribution channels.” down pat, you’re ready for the 10. Behave inconsistently. thing after another. We can count Founded in 1930, Utah, Varex employs approximately next time — and the next. This is the most useful on-the-job on you to make a big deal out of al- 2,000 people located at manufacturing and service center sites 3. Always agree but don’t strategy for hiding in plain sight. most anything. Then, when some- in North America, Europe and Asia. perform. When asked to do One time you’re up and the next thing comes along that may be something, act interested and even time you’re down. Friendly, and worthy of a complaint, we ignore excited, but never get around to then aloof. You’re unpredictable; you. it. After you’ve done this several no one knows how you’re going to 18. Don’t learn new skills or expand your knowledge base. You don’t seem to recognize that no one arrives on a job perfectly prepared. It takes time to learn the ropes and then continue learning to become and remain highly produc- tive. 19. Bluff your way. If you haven’t found a way to success- fully mess up on the job, there’s always the other option: faking it. Claim to know something you don’t. Make up a story about an accomplishment or even awards or commendations. In other words, bluff your way. It will work — un- til it doesn’t. There may be other ways to mess up on the job that will jeop- ardize your future, but these are a good start.

John Graham of GrahamComm is a marketing and sales strategy consultant and business writer. The Enterprise - Utah's Business Journal • April 1-7, 2019 • 5 UofU-developed device to become part of new hearing-loss treatment A team of worldwide re- to treat hundreds of thousands of you can cover more individual dure and ensure it is safe and ef- cal Trial Center in Germany; Salt searchers including engineers deaf patients. It uses a tiny device frequencies and have better tonal fective. The fi nal two years will Lake City-based Blackrock Mi- from the University of Utah have implanted in the cochlea — a spi- range,” said Solzbacher, who is be devoted to implanting the de- crosystems LLC, an implantable received a $9.7 million grant to ral cavity of the inner ear that pro- the lead UofU researcher working vices on three patients with hear- neurotechnology device company design and develop a new im- duces nerve impulses from sound on the team. “That should allow ing loss who are normally not that has been developing the Utah plantable device and surgical pro- vibrations — to stimulate the au- you to get more realistic hearing.” candidates for cochlear implants. Electrode Array; and MED-EL, an cedure for the deaf that hopefully ditory nerve. But the implants Another benefi t of this tech- The team will be led by re- Austrian manufacturer of medical will cut through the noise and pro- don’t work for everyone because nology is that the electrode ar- searchers from the University of devices for hearing loss. duce much more detailed sound of some patients’ anatomy or oth- ray could be connected to exist- Minnesota and includes scientists Normann’s Utah Electrode than traditional hearing-loss treat- er malformations. And for those ing hearing aids normally used in from The Feinstein Institute for Array, which he began developing ments. in which it does work, the sounds regular cochlear implants and does Medical Research, the research in the 1980s, has also been used in The new procedure involves they hear may not be detailed, pre- not require specially designed de- branch of Northwell Health, head- a variety of research including for the use of a new version of the venting them from distinguishing vices. As a clinical product, the quartered in Manhasset, New pain modulation, the development Utah Electrode Array architecture, music or understanding voices in implanted array must be designed York; Hannover Medical School, of a bionic eye that can help the a brain-computer interface origi- a noisy room, for example. to last about 30 years in the body. a university medical center in blind see again, for bladder con- nally developed by University of The new procedure, which is During the fi rst three years of Hannover, Germany; Internation- trol, to regulate epilepsy and even Utah biomedical engineering pro- being funded by a fi ve-year grant the grant, the team will develop al Neuroscience Institute in Han- for neural disorders such as Al- fessor emeritus Richard Normann from the National Institutes of the technology and surgical proce- nover, Germany; Hannover Clini- zheimer’s. that can send and receive electrical Health, could help those who are impulses from the brain.  e normally not candidates for co- version used in the new study chlear implants, said University of is a special variant of the Utah Utah electrical and computer en- Slanted Electrode Array designed gineering professor Florian Sol- JOHN BITNER, MD for use in peripheral nerves. Ver- zbacher. That’s because the Utah sions of the Utah Electrode Array Electrode Array assembly, a small Dr. Bitner is the only physician in Utah fellowship-trained in both Facial Plastic Surgery are being further developed to al- (1.2mm x 1.8 mm) silicon chip at- and Hair Restoration Surgery. low amputees to move prosthetic tached to a bundle of wires and limbs with their mind and, in this connected to a stimulator device, case, to hear higher-resolution is implanted directly to the pa- sounds than with regular cochlear tient’s auditory nerve as opposed implants. to the cochlea. Since the mid-1980s, co- “You have much higher res- chlear implants have been used olution of sound, which means UTAH HAIR RESTORATION.com

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The leasing agent as well as assisting on each excursion. The May 2019 in site selection and development. in the Intermountain has stepped down as chief finan- 427,828-square-foot shopping cen- tour to Tokyo, Japan, is now open cial officer and has transitioned to ter is 97 percent occupied by Target, • LaBlast Fitness has for applications. Details are at West. Slings made senior vice president of finance and Sportsman’s Warehouse, Best Buy, leased 23,258 square feet in the https://instasize.com/creator-tour. to your specifications. strategic projects. Taylor Smith, Pier 1 Imports, Show Carnival, Northshore Industrial Center at Our staff has over 60 who had served as vice presi- PetSmart, Dollar Tree and Joann, 758 S. Auto Mall Drive, American EDUCATION/TRAINING dent of finance among others. It was built in phas- Fork. The space in the new build- • Three Utah universi- years of experience. and account- es from 1995 to 2008 at 1083 W. ing will serve as the corporate ties have made a list of best ing, will suc- Riverdale Road. Pete Bethea, vice home for LaBlast Fitness. Skyler online MBA programs in 2019. ceed Holiday chairman of Newmark Knight S. Peterson, senior vice president The University of Utah was as CFO. Smith Frank, along with Rob Ippolito at Newmark Grubb ACRES, ranked No. 52, Southern Utah also has served and Glenn Rudy, NKF senior man- and NGA industrial associate Tre University was ranked No. 77 and as director of aging directors, along with Ben Bourdeaux represented the tenant, Westminster College was ranked SEC reporting. Brown and Brandon Goodman of LaBlast Holdings LLC, in the No. 141 on the list compiled by Brad Holiday Before join- Mountain West as local market transaction. BusinessStudent.com. Programs ing ZAGG in partners, represented CIM. CCA without accreditations (AACSB or INVESTMENT 2011, he served was self-represented. RECOGNITIONS ACBSP) were not included. The • Tower Arch Capital LP, a in various roles • Alliance Residential has • Five people recently received rankings were determined by Salt Lake City-based investment at KPMG LLP announced The Ivy at Draper, an the Deedee Corradini Women’s analyzing five criteria: tuition, firm,We has carry announced more the than closing starting in apartment community for active Leadership Awards. They were accreditation, acceptance rate, of Tower Arch Partners II LP August 2004, adults (55-plus). The community presented by Salt Lake City Mayor student support and engagement. andheavy its parallel construction investment entity including senior has been implementing improve- Jackie Biskupski and recognize ments to its amenity spaces and female leaders who have helped with $450 million of capital com- manager, man- equipment. will soon feature its own hair and other women and their communi- GOVERNMENT mitments. Fund II closed at its Taylor Smith ager, senior nail salon, library and on-site café. ty. It also serves to honor the leg- • The U.S. Department of hardLight cap andequipment was substantially in associate, and They join a resident gaming room acy of Deedee the Interior has awarded more oversubscribed, Tower Arch said. associate within the audit group. and TV lounge, clubhouse, fitness Corradini, Salt than $291 million in conserva- Thestock. fund’s Mixers, investors includesaws, cur- Smith holds a B.S. and a mas- center, courtyard fireplaces and Lake City’s tion funding for states and tries rent and former management team ter’s degree in accountancy from pumps, generators, barbecues, and more. 32nd mayor to clean up and repurposed aban- members, foundations, diversified Brigham Young University. • Newmark Grubb ACRES and the first doned coal mines. The total financialjumping institutions, jacks, and university has added retail directors Tony woman to includes more than $1.36 million endowments and family invest- OUTDOOR PRODUCTS/ much more. Coop, John Owens and Jonathan hold the posi- in Utah. The Abandoned Mind ment offices. Tower Arch Capital RECREATION/SPORTS Owens to its Salt Lake City office. tion. Casey Land (AML) Reclamation grants • Castle Gate RV Park and professionals are significant inves- Coop and John Owens each have Chase, Ashlee are provided through the Office of Campground will open April Casey Chase tors personally and remain collec- 25 years of experience in the Espinoza 18 in Helper. It has 106 total Surface Mining Reclamation and tively one of the largest investors commercial real estate industry, sites and can accommodate rigs Enforcement. The grants, funded across Fund I and Fund II. Fund with Jonathan up to 100 feet with spaces wide in part by a fee based on coal II’s investment focus will continue Owens being enough for the largest slide-outs produced in the United States, to be in the lower middle market, in the field for on both sides, still leaving space help to eliminate dangerous con- targeting transformational oppor- the past decade. ditions and pollution caused by tunities where founder and fami- for awnings and tables and chairs. Coop makes the past coal mining. AML-funded ly-owned businesses need capital It also offers Wi-Fi, campfires, move to NGA projects have closed dangerous and/or professionalization to take a splash pad and playground for from Colliers mine shafts, eliminated highwalls, them to the next level of growth children, horseshoes and picnic International, Ashley Espinoza Remy Fowles reclaimed unstable slopes, treated and success. Shannon Advisors pavilion. 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trade, transportation and utilities EMPLOYMENT (10,400 jobs); leisure and hospi- from page 1 tality (8,700 jobs); and education and health services (6,100 jobs). economy has enjoyed moderate, The fastest employment growth sustainable growth,” said Car- occurred in information (7.4 per- rie Mayne, chief economist at the cent), leisure and hospitality (6.0 Department of Workforce Ser- percent) and natural resources vices. “February’s numbers show (4.4 percent). a continuation of this trend, with healthy job growth and low unem- CAI ployment.” Utah’s private-sector em- from page 1 ployment grew by 3.1 percent the next two years. More than a year-over-year with the addition third — 34 percent — feel it is of 38,500 positions. Eight of the likely their household income 10 private-sector industry groups will increase by more than the measured in the establishment rate of infl ation during the next survey posted net job increases two years, the highest level since in February, while other services May 2017 and tied with the high- showed no change and construc- est level recorded since Zions tion lost 300 jobs year-over-year. Bank began measuring Utahns’ The largest private-sector sentiment on the economy in employment increases were in 2011. The Enterprise - Utah's Business Journal • April 1-7, 2019 • 9 Calendar

Calendar listings are provided April 2, noon-12:50 p.m. Entrepreneurship,” a Salt I,” a Small Business Development of the 14-week Spring 2019 as a free service to our read- “Planning for Growth,” Lake Chamber seminar. Event is Center (SBDC) event. Location is Silicon Slopes Lecture Series at ers. Information about upcoming part of the 14-week Spring 2019 designed for all entrepreneurs: the Orem SBDC, 815 W. 1250 S., Utah Valley University, a UVU events may be sent to brice@ Silicon Slopes Lecture Series at those looking to go into business, Orem. Details are at https://utahs- Entrepreneurship Institute event. slenterprise.com. The submission early startup stage or those look- bdc.org/trainings. Speaker is Brent Bennett of Hub deadline is one week before pub- Utah Valley University, a UVU lication. Entrepreneurship Institute event. ing to improve an existing busi- International Ltd. Location is Speaker is Jason Olsen, founder ness. Presenter is Clancy Stone, April 5, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Utah Valley University, Clarke April 1, 7:45 a.m.-2 p.m. and president of Image Studios business advisor at the Women’s Monthly Luncheon Series, a Building, Room 101A, 800 W. Utah Technology Innovation 360 and Prestman Auto. Location Business Center of Utah. Location Holladay Chamber of Commerce University Parkway, Orem. Free. Summit, presented by Utah is Utah Valley University, Clarke is the Women’s Business Center, event. Speaker is Shannon Registration can be completed at Science Technology and Research Building, Room 101A, 800 W. 175 E. 400 S., Suite 600, Salt Lake Simonelli of Luminous Life Maps. Eventbrite.com. (USTAR) initiative. Event includes University Parkway, Orem. Free. City. Free. Details are at slcham- Location is Fav Bistro, 1984 E. keynote speakers and panels dis- Registration can be completed at ber.com. Murray Holladay Road, Holladay. April 9, 3:30-5 p.m. cussing innovation in the medi- Eventbrite.com. Details are at holladaychamber. Association of Talent cal, energy and clean tech sectors; April 4, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. com. Acquisition Professionals UT/ technology solutions for clear-air April 3-4 Strictly Networking Lunch- SourceCon SLC Meetup. initiatives; rural technology-based 2019 Utah Local Gov- eon, a West Jordan Chamber of April 5, 11:30 a.m. Location is Salt Lake Community “Give Up Now: Why economic development; funding ernment Human Resource Commerce event. Location is College’s Miller Campus, 9690 S. Product Ownership is an opportunities for Utah entrepre- Conference, an NFP Utah event. Famous Dave’s, 7273 S. Plaza 300 W., third floor, Sandy. Free. Impossible Job,” a Silicon Slopes neurs and startups; and recogni- Topics include “Utah’s Ongoing Center Drive, West Jordan. Free Registration can be completed at event. Speaker is Jeff Patton, an tion of the 2019 recipients of the Demographic Transformation: (pay if ordering from the menu). 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Event istration event featuring informa- Location is Employers Council, Grow,” part of the Lectures April 4, 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. includes nine breakout sessions, tion about rural initiatives and Utah office, 175 W. 200 S., Suite in Entrepreneurship Series at “Adding Value to Com- including Shannon Happe, a two- programs. Location is Morgan 2005, Salt Lake City. Cost is $145. Westminster College’s Center for panies,” part of the Reed and time Olympic medalist, discuss- County offices, auditorium, 48 W. Details are at employerscouncil. Entrepreneurship. Main present- Christine Halladay Executive ing “Epic Goal Setting,” and Young St., Morgan. Free. Details org. er is Anthony F. Mirabile from Lecture Series, a Utah Valley other breakouts titled “Creating are at https://www.sba.gov/tools/ Goldman Sachs. Panelists are University Woodbury School Your Personal Brand”; “Laughing events. Jason Olsen of Image Studios & of Business event. Presenter is April 2, 8-11 a.m. Yoga”; “Juggling Home, Work and Disaster Preparedness and Prestman Auto, Pete Gallegos of Crystal Maggelet, chairman and Life”; “Servant Leadership” and April 10, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Business Recovery Program Utah Scale Center, and Monique CEO of FJ Management Inc. , a “Employment Equality.” Location LinkedIn Luncheon, a Utah Higginson of Market Source Real Location is UVU, Ragan Theater, ChamberWest event that is the is the Utah Cultural Celebration Valley Chamber event. Activities Estate. Location is Westminster 800 W. University Parkway, Orem. first of a two-part series, with Center, 1355 W. 3100 S., West include networking, followed College, Bill and Vieve Gore Registration can be completed at the second taking place June 4. Valley City. Cost is $75 for mem- by Kate Bowcut, Utah Valley School of Business Auditorium, Eventbrite.com. Presenters are Logan Sisan, Be bers with RSVP. 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20 Years Experience in Utah The Enterprise - Utah's Business Journal • April 1-7, 2019 • 11 Lead by letting go Sgt. Herbert G. Tyson had and every man could assume that just fi nished lunch when some- sometime during the day he was body hollered, “Get out of the going to get beat some way or an- mess hall! Here they come!” other. It just got to be an accepted Tyson shared what happened fact. Once you went to work and next: “Everybody jumped up and the guards came out and started started for the door, where our checking, you’d be lucky if you helmets were setting on a table. weren’t picked on. Usually they When I got to the table, picked on everybody, I couldn’t fi nd my hel- there were no excep- met. Finally, there was tions.” only one and I was the Sgt. Tyson was only one left indoors, so liberated in Osaka, Ja- I grabbed it and ran out- pan, in September 1945. side. I crossed over to Like his fellow survi- the garbage pit and dove RICH vors, he was a skeletal in. The garbage pit was TYSON version of himself and it large enough that the took many months of re- Zeros could fi re into it habilitation to recover. and hit the opposite bank. So, dur- Some lingering effects never left ing this time I kept jumping from him; he had fl are-ups of malaria side to side, depending on which and there were terrible memories direction the fi ghters were coming that haunted him. from.” Fast-forward to 1960. Ty- It was December 1941 on the son, then a captain in the U.S. island of Luzon in the Philippines Air Force, was married and a fa- and World War II had begun. Sgt. ther of two sons — including me. Tyson was an Army Air Corps air- He had just received an assign- craft mechanic when the Japanese ment that would take our family Imperial Forces launched their at- to Tachikawa Air Base in Japan. tack, but it wasn’t long before he As we prepared to depart, Dad became a foot soldier, defending sat down with my brother (age 6) the Bataan Peninsula. and me (age 10), and talked to us What followed for Tyson and about the move. He related a bit his fellow combatants was truly about the war, but then emphati- tragic. After months of short ra- cally stated that the Japanese peo- tions, fi erce combat and disease, ple were a great and noble people Gen. Edward King was forced to who deserved our love and re- surrender approximately 75,000 spect. He and our mother had al- troops at Bataan in April 1942. ways stressed that we should love That set in motion the infamous our fellow man, so this instruction Bataan Death March, a forced didn’t seem signifi cant to me at march of approximately 65 miles the time. from Mariveles, on the southern It was only years later, when I tip of the Bataan Peninsula, to the had the opportunity to meet some town of San Fernando. of my father’s fellow survivors, Already starving and deal- that I realized how incredibly ing with horrifi c tropical heat, the unique his attitude was. Nearly trek took the lives of thousands all of these men had a great hatred of men, many of whom were bru- for the Japanese, which they ex- tally beaten, bayoneted or liter- pressed liberally. And this was, of ally crushed into the roadway by course, understandable. Japanese tanks. Survivors of the My father gave my brother march were then crammed into and me an enduring gift by his railcars and taken to prisoner-of- choice to let go of the horrifi c war camps. Thousands more died treatment he had experienced as a there from mistreatment, malnu- POW. He chose to forgive and he trition and disease. stripped away any potential biases Hunger became the normal based on “the sins of the fathers” condition for POWs. Tyson shared that might have infected his sons’ stories of short rations of watery attitudes toward the Japanese. He rice, often maggot-infested. He literally broke the cycle of hatred. even told of catching and eating As I consider the leadership rats. He also suffered from a va- principles I have learned over my riety of diseases, including dysen- career, one of the most signifi cant tery and malaria. was taught me by my father: Don’t But disease and starvation get hung up on what has happened were the easy parts. The brutality in the past. Forgive, forget and of his captors took the experience move forward. I believe this has to a much deeper, hellish level. In great merit for each of us in our his memoirs, he shared: “Being beaten was something various leadership capacities. you understood would happen to Richard Tyson is the founder, prin- you daily. You were either going cipal owner and president of CEO- to get slapped or you were going builder, which provides forums for to get beaten on the head with a consulting and coaching to execu- sledgehammer handle. Daily, each tives in small businesses. 12 • April 1-7, 2019 • The Enterprise - Utah's Business Journal Jumpstart Your Career.” Location working, an Ogden-Weber April 13, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. required. Details are at davis- CALENDAR is Minky Couture, 1782 Woodland Chamber of Commerce event. “Simple Steps for Growing chamberofcommerce.com. from page 9 Park Drive, Layton. Cost is $20. Location is the Weber Center, Your Business,” a SCORE Details are at davischamberof- 2380 Washington Blvd., Ogden. event. Location is Salt Lake Main April 16, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. April 10, 5:30-7 p.m. commerce.com. Free for WIB members. Details Library, 210 E. 400 S., Conference Southwest Valley Women Murray Women in Business are at ogdenweberchamber.com. Room C, Salt Lake City. Free. in Business. Location to be Meeting. Speaker Wendy Bird, April 11, 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Details are at https://utahsbdc.org/ announced. Cost is $15 for mem- founder of Pearls with Purpose, “Leadership Strategy and April 12, 8:30-11:30 a.m. trainings. bers the day of the event, $20 will discuss “Six Key Traits to Achieving Your Goals,” part of “Grow Your Business: for nonmembers. Details are at Learn by Doing.” Location is the Reed and Christine Halladay Phase II,” a Small Business April 15, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. southjordanchamber.org. Twigs Bistro & Martini Bar, Executive Lecture Series, a Utah Development Center (SBDC) Free Business Coaching, Fashion Place Mall, 6223 S. Valley University Woodbury event. Location is the Orem a West Jordan Chamber of April 16, noon-12:50 p.m. State St., Murray. Cost is $20 School of Business event. SBDC, 815 W. 1250 S., Orem. Commerce event. Greg Cassat of Spring 2019 Silicon Slopes before April 8. Details are at mur- Presenter is Anthony F. Mirabile, Details are at https://utahsbdc.org/ the Zions Bank Resource Center Lecture Series at Utah Valley raychamber.org. managing director of IMD oper- trainings. will be available for consulta- University, a 14-week UVU ations, Goldman Sachs & Co. tion in 30-minute appointments. Entrepreneurship Institute April 10, 6-9 p.m. Location is UVU, Ragan Theater, April 12, 11:30 a.m. Location is West Jordan Chamber event. Topic to be announced. “The Power of Female 800 W. University Parkway, Second Friday Casual office, 8000 S. Redwood Road, Speaker is Joe Salisbury of Entrepreneurs,” part of the Orem. Registration can be com- Lunch, a ChamberWest event. West Jordan. Details are at west- DAI Utah. Location is Utah Lectures in Entrepreneurship pleted at Eventbrite.com. Location is Wild Ginger Asian jordanchamber.com. Valley University, Clarke Series at Westminster College’s Cuisine, 4782 W. 4100 S., West Building, Room 101A, 800 W. Center for Entrepreneurship. April 11, 4:30 p.m. Valley City. Details are at cham- April 16, 8-11 a.m. University Parkway, Orem. Free. Main speaker is Rose Maizner “Wine and Whine,” a South berwest.org. “Harassment Prevention Registration can be completed at from Renewable Tech Ventures. Jordan Chamber of Commerce for Managers and Supervisors,” Eventbrite.com. Location is Westminster College, event. Location is Wing Nuts, The April 12, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. an Employers Council event. Bill and Vieve Gore School of District, 11580 S. District Main “Trends in Housing for Location is Employers Council, April 17-May 29 Business Auditorium, 1840 S. Drive, South Jordan. Details are Utah’s Aging, Active Population,” Utah office, 175 W. 200 S., Suite Entrepreneur Training 1300 E., Salt Lake City. Free. at southjordanchamber.org. a ULI (Urban Land Institute) Utah 2005, Salt Lake City. Cost is $145. Academy, a Sandy Area Registration can be completed at event. Panelists are Mark Erickson, Details are at employerscouncil. Chamber of Commerce event for Eventbrite.com. April 11, 6-8 p.m. managing director, Summit Vista; org. people looking to start a business “Business Essentials,” a a representative from Taylorsville; or business owners in the early April 11, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Small Business Development Mark Pace, partner, Gardner Cos.; April 16, 8:30-10 a.m. stages. Training takes place over “Lunch & Learn,” a Murray Center (SBDC) event. Location is Marcus Cordova, Summit Vista; “Marketing Collaborative: seven sessions on Wednesdays, Area Chamber of Commerce the Orem SBDC, 815 W. 1250 S., Connie Wittich, founding part- How to Make Sense of Paid 8:30-10:30 a.m. Cost is $500 for event. Speaker is from Volunteers Orem. Free. Details are at https:// ner, Metropolitan Studios; and a Search,” a Utah Technology chamber members, $1,000 for of America. Location is Soy’s utahsbdc.org/trainings. Summit Vista resident. Location Council event. Speaker Bjorn nonmembers. Details are at mur- Sushi Bar & Grill, 4927 S. State is Summit Vista, 3390 W. Signal Espenes, founder of CEO of raychamber.org. St., Murray. Cost is $20 for mem- April 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Peak Drive, Taylorsville. Details Finch, will discuss “Automate or bers, $30 for guests. Details are at “How and When to Network are at https://utah.uli.org/event/. Die.” Location is UTC, 13693 S. April 17, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. murraychamber.org. with Others in the Industry,” a 200 W., Draper. Registration can 2019 Women’s Entre- SCORE event. Location is Sandy April 13, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. be completed at Eventbrite.com. preneurial Conference, a Utah April 11, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. City Library, 10100 S. Petunia Second Annual RevRoad Women’s Networking Group April WIB Luncheon, a Way, Sandy. Free. Details are at Entrepreneur Competition. April 16, 8:30-11 a.m. event. Theme is “Harnessing the Davis Chamber of Commerce https://www.sba.gov/tools/events. Location is RevRoad, 1555 N. Digital Marketing Hack Power of Social Media & Digital event. Speaker Sandy Hendry, Freedom Blvd., No. 100, Provo. Series: “Instagram for Advanced Marketing.” Event features guest founder of Minky Couture, will April 12, 7:45-9 a.m. Open to the public. Details are at Users,” a Salt Lake Small speakers, breakout sessions, discuss “It’s Never Too Late to Women in Business Net- https://ecomp.revroad.com/. 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H. Miller Campus, Corporate nesses. Location is Holladay City Partnership Center, Room 101, Hall, 4580 S. 2300 E., Holladay. Every day is a great day . . . 9690 S. 300 W., Sandy. Cost is Cost is based on time of pur- chase. Registration can be com- $20. Details are at https://www. sba.gov/tools/events. pleted at Eventbrite.com. MMMM… TASTY WOW April 16, 9-10:30 a.m. April 17, 8-10 a.m. Mondays! Tuesdays! Wednesdays! “Library Resources for M.A.C.H. Speed Network- Businesses and Entrepreneurs,” ing, a Murray Area Chamber of a Salt Lake Chamber event. Commerce event. Location is TWISTY FRITTER SPRINKLES Speaker Matthew Phillips, The Art Center, 193 W. 2100 S., MThursdays! Fridays! Saturdays! an adult services library at the Murray. Free. Details are at mur- Salt Lake City Public Library’s raychamber.org. Chapman Branch, will discuss freely available library resources April 17, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. that can help a business with the “Boots to Business,” a U.S. Donuts Brownies Fritters initial business plan, scale-up, Small Business Administration training and more. A limited num- event that is a two-step train- ber of laptops will be available, ing program that provides par- Turnovers Muffins so participants are asked to bring ticipants an overview of business a device, if possible. Location is ownership as a career vocation, Glendale Library, 1375 Concord Family Owned & Operated an outline and knowledge on the St., Salt Lake City. Free Details components of a business plan, are at slchamber.com. a practical exercise in opportu- 2278 So. Redwood Road nity recognition, and an intro-

April 16, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. duction to available public and 801-975-6381 Business Alliance private sector resources. Location is 5837 D Ave., Building 150, M-F 5:00 am – 2:30 pm & Sat. 7:00 am – noon Networking Luncheon, a Davis Chamber of Commerce Airmen & Family Readiness event. Location is Boondocks with Darla’s Donuts! Fun Center, 525 Deseret Drive, see CALENDAR page 14 Kaysville. Free. No RSVP The Enterprise - Utah's Business Journal • April 1-7, 2019 • 13 Opinion This administration fi rst on record to achieve its rosy economic forecasts Much of my time is spent criticizing For both years, the Trump administra- Jeffrey Frankel published a National Bu- toriness of the busts.” politicians for misrepresenting the impact tion’s actual growth was equal or slightly reau of Economic Research paper on the un- While the Obama administration got of their policies. So, for once, I’d actually higher than the projected growth rates. While reliability of economic forecasting. Frankel tripped up by how long the burst lasted, the like to note an area where the Trump White it forecasted growth of 2.3 percent during looked at data from 33 countries and found a Trump administration could get cocky about House has represented the impact of its poli- Trump’s fi rst year in offi ce, it reached 2.5 systematic bias toward overly optimistic offi - the longevity of the boom. His latest budget cies more accurately, and even bet- percent. In the second year, its pro- cial forecasts for gross domestic product and projects 10 straight years of 3 percent real ter, than any other administration: jection of 3.1 percent was equal to budget balances. growth, but if this forecast fails to material- economic growth forecasts. It may actual growth. Overly optimistic assumptions for eco- ize, it will make the budget defi cits and debt not sound like much, and I’d rather By comparison, Pres. nomic growth lead to over-optimism in bud- levels worse than projected. they balance the budget, but that’s George W. Bush’s projections were get estimates. Frankel suggests that the “av- Interestingly, the CEA report adopts a a start. seriously off during his fi rst year erage upward bias in the offi cial forecast of posture of humility by not taking too much The Congressional Budget in offi ce. His administration pre- the budget balance, relative to the realized credit for the forecasting performance of and Impoundment Control Act of VERONIQUE dicted 2.6 percent growth but only balance, is 0.2 percent of GDP at the one- the administration’s fi rst two years, noting, 1974 requires that each adminis- de RUGY achieved 0.2 percent. His second- year horizon, 0.8 percent at the two-year ho- “Forecasts today could perform better than tration report “the economic and term projections were again overly rizon, and 1.5 percent at the three-year ho- forecasts in the past, for instance, due to im- programmatic assumptions” underlying optimistic by nearly a full percent. Growth rizon.” However, Frankel notes the United provements over time in the economics liter- a budget. The result is a database of every projections for his father, Pres. George H. W. States tends to be even more overly optimis- ature. The data seem consistent with at least administration’s growth forecasts released Bush, were off by 0.6 percent during his fi rst tic than other countries: “The U.S. and UK this pattern: this Administration, as the fi g- since 1975. Using this data, the Council of year and by 1.7 percent in his second year. forecasts have substantial positive biases ures in aggregate show, is the fi rst on record Economic Advisers (CEA) just released a re- President Ronald Reagan’s projections were around 3 percent of GDP at the three-year to have experienced economic growth that port showing that this administration “is the only off by 0.1 percent in his fi rst year, but horizon (approximately equal to their actual meets or exceeds its own forecasts in each of fi rst on record to have experienced economic his forecast was off by 4.6 percent during his defi cit on average; in other words, on aver- its fi rst two years in offi ce.” growth that meets or exceeds its own fore- second year due to a recession. age they repeatedly forecast a disappearance I suspect this humility will serve the ad- casts in each of its fi rst two years in offi ce.” The Trump administration’s accuracy is of their defi cits that never came).” ministration well, as we advance through this The report displays two charts that span an interesting anomaly. CEA acknowledges, Unsurprisingly, optimism bias is more president’s term and future forecasts. the Carter administration through the Trump “Forecasting macroeconomic growth is nev- pronounced during boom times, or times of administration. One chart shows the fi rst year er an exact science.” This is true, regardless economic prosperity. Yet Frankel found that Veronique de Rugy is a senior research fel- low at the Mercatus Center at George Ma- in offi ce, the other the second year, and each of which public entities published the fore- optimism also persists during busts: “Evi- son University in Fairfax, Virginia. show what the administration forecasted cast. It’s also generally true, regardless of the dently offi cial forecasters ... over-estimate growth to be versus what was achieved. country. Back in 2011, Harvard economist the permanence of the booms and the transi- COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM This romp of a novel will have you pining for the days of George W. Bush Nostalgia is what Thomas Mallon is to Terri Schiavo, who had been diagnosed as his moods, from third to reverse and back are constantly and theatrically disillusioned counting on to help draw readers to his new “persistently vegetative.” again,” his stubbornness and his occasion- about politics thereby confess to promiscu- novel Landfall, which takes them on a long So, why does Mallon think readers might ally unvarnished candor: ously embracing illusions. stroll down memory lane, back to the gold- want to revisit those days when real patriots “The U.S. representative to the six-par- Mallon, 67, has a Harvard Ph.D. and en days of President George W. ordered “freedom fries” with their ty talks had declared: ‘We are not going to for many years was a professor of English. Bush’s second term. Really. So, if cheeseburgers? To repeat: nostal- live with a nuclear North Korea.’ Perhaps it takes a novelist’s eye to notice Mallon’s wonderfully entertaining gia for any time other than this “Bush frowned: ‘What he said was dip- something that, once noticed, is stunning. romp attracts the attention it de- one. If Mallon is right, then the lo-speak for ‘until we agree to do what I just “Have you,” asks Mallon, “ever seen Don- serves, it will be partly because, most unlikely president has had said we wouldn’t.’” ald Trump laugh?” You probably have not. considered in the light of current the unlikely effect of rendering Writing a novel, says Mallon, who has Think about that. Mallon probably will not conditions, it was, comparatively a service to something that is, to written 10 of them, “is inherently an exer- think about it in a novel set in 2019 because him, only a rumor: literature. On cise in empathy,” something that is usually speaking, a golden age when: GEORGE characters worthy of appearing in serious The 43rd president was pro- WILL the eve of the 2016 election, Mal- in short supply when Americans judge the novels are not too simple to discern life’s moting his “freedom agenda” (“As lon wrote in The New Yorker: “As people they put into power and, hence, into incongruities, or too pompous to fi nd them freedom takes root in Iraq, it will we got deep into 2016, the Iraq in- dilemmas. Mallon’s many years in Wash- funny. inspire millions across the Middle East to surgency and Hurricane Katrina came to feel ington, where “the two chief conversational claim their liberty as well”), while Iraq was almost like refuges. So did the political dis- modes” are “argument and prediction,” have George Will’s email address is georgewill@ being enveloped in “the insurgency,” a.k.a. course of the early 2000s: I invite you, in not made him cynical. washpost.com. barbarism, becoming the abattoir that the our current ghost-tweeted political era, to go “Extreme cynicism is,” he says, “its (c) 2018, Washington Post Writers Group “Axis of Weasel” (France and others unen- back just eight years, to the Facebook post- own kind of naiveté.” Certainly, people who thusiastic about “the coalition of the will- ings of Sarah Palin, and tell me that they do ing”) had feared. not now read like a lost volume of The Fed- (One of Mallon’s characters is proposi- eralist Papers.” tioned by a man who suggests to her a “co- “In narrative and dialogue,” Mallon ition of the willing.”) Hurricane Katrina re- says, his novel “tries not to reconstruct actu- vealed the government’s competence to be ality but to reimagine it.” Some might ques- approximately what most people think it is. tion the propriety of imagining the dialogue Speaking of natural disasters, North of Condoleezza Rice in bed with the Cana- Carolina’s Democratic Sen. John Edwards dian foreign minister, but perhaps fi ction is (of whom a Mallon character says, “Some- its own excuse. (William F. Buckley, in the body ghost writes this guy’s conversa- fi rst of his 22 novels, solved what he called tion”) used prostrated New Orleans as the the problem of the OSS — the obligatory launch pad for his campaign to become the sex scene — with a fl ourish by having his 44th president. Harriet Miers was proposed dashing protagonist, Blackford Oakes, say to sit on the nation’s highest bench, where to Britain’s queen at the climactic moment, justices named Marshall, Harlan, Holmes, “Courtesy of the United States, ma’am.”) Taft, Cardozo, Brandeis and Jackson have Mallon is a sort of Republican — he sat. Congress, egged on by conservatives often voted Republican before the party be- who misplaced their suspicion of intrusive came a cult — and readers of Landfall will government, waded into a family dispute encounter an interestingly sympathetic por- over the medical care that should be provided trait of Bush, with “the fast gear-grinding of 14 • April 1-7, 2019 • The Enterprise - Utah's Business Journal W. Center St., Provo. Details are event offering relationship- event. Speaker is from Utah Speaker is Anita Grantham, chief CALENDAR at thechamber.org. building, business connections, Media Group. Location is Soy’s people officer at Pluralsight. from page 12 opportunities to present your Sushi Bar & Grill, 4927 S. State Location is Instructure, 6330 S. April 17, 3-5 p.m. business, and two 10-minute St., Murray. Cost is $20 for mem- 3000 E., Salt Lake City. Cost is Center, Hill Air Force Base. Free. “Starting Your Business presentations. Free for members, bers, $30 for guests. Details are at $10. Details are at siliconslopes. Registration is required. Details 101,” a Salt Lake Small Business $5 for nonmembers. Details murraychamber.org. com. are at https://www.sba.gov/tools/ Development Center (SBDC) (including location) are available events. event. Location is Salt Lake by calling (801) 977-8755 or at April 18, 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. April 20, 10 a.m.-noon Community College’s Miller [email protected]. “Why I Chose to Be a “How to Model Your April 17, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Campus, Miller Corporation Capitalist,” part of the Reed and Business After a Franchise By Valley Visioning Summit, Partnership Center, Room 110, April 17, 5:45-6:45 p.m. Christine Halladay Executive Setting Up Systems and SOPs,” an Association of Utah County 9690 S. 300 W., Sandy. Free. “Grow Your Business: Phase Lecture Series, a Utah Valley a SCORE event. Location is Day- Chambers event bringing togeth- Registration can be completed at I,” a Small Business Development University Woodbury School of Riverside Branch Library, 1575 er civic and elected officials Eventbrite.com. Center (SBDC) event. Location is Business event. Presenter is Steve W. 1000 N., Salt Lake City. Free. together with business owners the Orem SBDC, 815 W. 1250 S., Peterson, managing partner at Details are at https://www.sba. and leaders to plan for Utah April 17, 3:30-5 p.m. Orem. Details are at https://utahs- Millrock Capital LLC. Location gov/tools/events. Valley’s future. Location is Utah ChamberWest Business bdc.org/trainings. is UVU, Ragan Theater, 800 Valley Convention Center, 220 Connections, a ChamberWest W. University Parkway, Orem. April 23, 8 a.m.-noon April 17, 6-9 p.m. Registration can be completed at “Advanced Human Resource legacy of UTC continue and our “SEO: Outreach and Eventbrite.com. Management Program,” an UTC/SLOPES community strengthened by this Semantic Topic Modeling,” a Employers Council event on coming-together,” Clark said. from page 14 Utah DMC (Digital Marketing April 18, 3-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through May 21. “It’s an amazing achievement Collective) event. Presenters are “Jump Start: Intro to Information Technology Associa- Location is the Employers to have these two organizations Elli Bishop, director of earned Entrepreneurship,” a Salt tion (UITA). Knotwell, a resident Council, Utah office, 175 W. united and continually striving to media at Clearlink, and Bill Lake Chamber seminar. Event is of Herriman, has been in the Utah 200 S., Suite 2005, Salt Lake make Utah the best place to live, Slawski, director of SEO research designed for all entrepreneurs: Legislature since 2013, serving in City. Cost is $740. Details are at work and play.” at Go Fish Digital. Location is 50 those looking to go into business, the House of Representatives. employerscouncil.org. “We are so excited for these West Club, 50 E. Broadway, Salt early startup stage or those look- “Today’s news was made two organizations to be coming Lake City. Free for Utah DMC ing to improve an existing busi- possible thanks to the leadership April 23, 9:30-11 a.m. together,” Murphy said. “This members, $20 for nonmembers. ness. Presenter is Clancy Stone, of UTC’s executive committee “The Innovative Future,” a truly is the best of both and it Registration can be completed at business advisor at the Women’s and its outgoing president and Utah Technology Council event. will benefit our growing technol- Eventbrite.com. Business Center of Utah. Location CEO, John Knotwell. John is a Speaker is Andrei Iancu, under- ogy community. We are thrilled is the Women’s Business Center, remarkable leader who truly puts secretary of commerce for intel- to join forces and lead with one 175 E. 400 S., Suite 600, Salt what’s best for our community voice.” April 17, 6-9 p.m. lectual property and director of “The Power of Doing Lake City. Free. Details are at above everything else. This deal Utah has more than 6,500 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Good,” part of the Lectures slchamber.com. wouldn’t have happened and Sili- technology companies and more Office. Location is UTC, 13693 S. in Entrepreneurship Series at con Slopes wouldn’t be what it is than 300,000 people working in 200 W., Draper. Free. Registration Westminster College’s Center for April 18, 6-8 p.m. today without John and UTC’s in- the industry. can be completed at Eventbrite. Entrepreneurship. Main present- Contactos, a Utah Hispanic credible leadership.” “No industry is growing at com. ers are Heidi and Chris Nielson. Chamber of Commerce network- The changes announced last a faster pace,” the organizations Location is Westminster College, ing event. Location is 4770 S. week include UTC becoming “the said. “By uniting UTC and Sili- April 23, 10-11 a.m. Bill and Vieve Gore School of 5600 W., West Valley City. Free voice” of Silicon Slopes on public con Slopes, all members of the “The Art of Negotiation,” Business Auditorium, 1840 S. for UHCC members, $10 for non- policy, advocacy and government tech industry now have the abil- a West Jordan Chamber of 1300 E., Salt Lake City. Free. members. Details are at http:// relations. UTC is a 501(c)(6) enti- ity to lock arms to address the Commerce event. Presenter is Registration can be completed at www.utahhcc.com/. ty, which allows it to be involved unprecedented growth and chal- Marty Gale. Location is West Eventbrite.com. in a wide range of lobbying. Sili- lenges that come from the type April 19, 7:30 a.m.-noon Jordan Chamber office, 8000 S. con Slopes is a 501(c)(3), which of success we’ve managed to Spring 2019 Nubiz Sym- Redwood Road, West Jordan. has heavy restrictions regarding achieve.” April 18, 7:30-9:30 a.m. posium titled “Elements of Free. Details are at westjordan- “Wasatch Business Series: lobbying and political activities. While the two organizations Effective Leadership.” Location is chamber.com. The 2019 Legislative Wrap-Up “The UTC organization and will share a mission and leader- Weber State University, Shepherd Breakfast,” presented by the its stellar legacy of public policy, ship, they will continue to be op- Union Ballroom, 3910 W. Campus April 23, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sugar House, South Salt Lake, advocacy and world-class events erated separately and offer their Drive, Ogden. Cost is $49 (two- Women in Business, a Sandy Murray Area and Holladay cham- will continue to thrive within the own programming and events, at for-one admission for chamber Area Chamber of Commerce bers of commerce; the Utah Silicon Slopes ecosystem. … Our least for now. Silicon Slopes will members). Details are at ogden- event. Speaker is Susan Madsen, Independent Business Coalition; community’s collective voice will remain based at 2600 W. Execu- weberchamber.com. Orin R. Woodbury professor of only be magnified and strength- tive Parkway, Suite 140, Lehi. and the Millcreek Business leadership and ethics and profes- ened with these two organizations UTC, currently at 13693 S. 200 Council. Speakers include April 19, 8-10 a.m. sor of organizational leadership at Dave Davis of the Utah Retail united under the same leadership W., Draper, will be moved to Utah County Speednet, a Utah Valley University, discussing Merchants Association, John Lair and mission,” the organizations a yet-to-be selected location in Utah Valley Chamber speed the status, challenges and oppor- of Momentum Recycling, and said in a joint news release last downtown Salt Lake City, per- networking event. Location is tunities for Utah women in the two state legislators. Location is week. haps by summer, Betts said. SCERA Center for the Arts, 745 workforce and beyond. Location Holladay City Hall, 4580 S. 2300 “Years ago, UTC plowed Each organization has un- S. State St., Orem. Free. Details is Kiln, 26 S. Rio Grande St., E., Holladay. Cost is $18. Details new ground in Utah and it has dergone changes over the years. are at thechamber.org. Suite 2072, Salt Lake City. Details blossomed into the fastest-grow- Silicon Slopes as a market- are at holladaychamber.com. are at sandychamber.com. ing tech scene in America,” Knot- ing concept has been around April 19,11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. well said. “I’m proud of our his- for about a dozen years. In late April 18, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. “Innovation Series: Utah’s April 23, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. tory and even more proud to have 2016, it joined with Beehive “Multiplying Lasting Pro- Alternative Transportation Women in Business Lunch- a small part in bringing these two Startups, with Silicon Slopes fo- fitable Relationships,” a West Future,” a Utah Technology eon, an Ogden-Weber Chamber of remarkable organizations togeth- cusing exclusively on the state’s Jordan Chamber of Commerce Council event. Speakers are Ben Commerce event. Location is Hub er, uniting our efforts to build tech community and Beehive event. Presenter is Clay Neves of Bolte of GreenBike; Brenda 801 Events, 3525 Riverdale Road, the strongest, most inclusive and Startups concentrating on early- Personal Sales Dynamics. Scheer, a professor of city and Ogden. Cost is $20 for members, most connected innovation com- stage startups and entrepreneur- Location is West Jordan City metropolitan planning; and Alex $30 for nonmembers. Details are munity in the country.” ship. Betts also founded Beehive Hall Community Room, 8000 S. Cragun, moderator. Location is at ogdenweberchamber.com. Another change announced Startups. The Utah Information Redwood Road, West Jordan. Free Salt Mine Productive Workspace, last week is that Carine Clark has for members, $10 for nonmem- Technology Association in 2006 7984 S. 1300 E., Sandy. Free. April 23, noon-12:50 p.m. been appointed the new chair of merged with the Utah Life Sci- bers. Details are at westjordan- Registration can be completed at Spring 2019 Silicon Slopes UTC, succeeding Kathryn Mur- ence Association to become the chamber.com. Eventbrite.com. Lecture Series at Utah Valley phy. CEO of Banyan, Clark is a Utah Technology Council. The University, a 14-week UVU member of the Silicon Slopes’ ex- life sciences element of the orga- April 18, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. April 19, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. ecutive board. nization split from UTC and was “Lunch & Learn,” a Murray “Building a Purpose-Driven “I’m excited to see the rich launched as BioUtah in 2012. Area Chamber of Commerce Culture,” a Silicon Slopes event. see CALENDAR next page 15 • April 1-7, 2019 • The Enterprise - Utah's Business Journal Revolutionizing Real Estate No matter what you are looking for, I can help you nd it!

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175 W. 200 S., Suite 2005, Salt April 24, 1-5 p.m. CALENDAR Lake City. Cost is $145. Details 2019 B2B Expo, a Davis from previous page are at employerscouncil.org. Chamber of Commerce event in partnership with the Davis CLASSIFIED April 24, 9-10 a.m. Entrepreneurship Institute event. Conference Center/Hilton Garden “Breakfast with the Topic to be announced. Speaker Inn. Keynote speaker is Tony President,” a West Jordan is Brent Andersen, founder Rubleski, president of Mind VOLUNTEERS Chamber of Commerce event fea- and CEO of Loveland Living Capture Group, speaking at 1 turing Aisza Wilde, president and Planet Aquarium. Location is p.m. Expo doors open at 2 p.m. CEO of the chamber. Location is Utah Valley University, Clarke Location is the Davis Conference Jim’s Family Restaurant, 7609 S. Building, Room 101A, 800 W. Redwood Road, West Jordan. Free Center, 1651 N. 700 W., Layton. University Parkway, Orem. Free. (pay for what you order on the Details are at davischamberof- Registration can be completed at menu). Details are at westjordan- commerce.com. International Relief Teams Seeks Skilled Eventbrite.com. chamber.com. Construction Volunteers April 24, 2-3 p.m. International Relief Teams (IRT) is seeking volunteers with construc- April 23, 5-7 p.m. April 24, 10-11:30 a.m. “Inventory Tracking and tion skills (handypersons or licensed contractors) for one week de- “Recipe for Success” Kick- Regulatory and Labeling Product Pricing,” a Women’s ployments to U.S. flood affected areas to help those families who can- Off, hosted by the Women’s Workshop, a Women’s Business Business Center of Utah event. not financially recover on their own, get back into their homes. Business Center of Utah. Event Our construction teams are currently working in Louisiana in the af- Center of Utah event featur- Presenters are Karin Allen, asso- termath of last year’s record floods, and anticipate we will be needed is designed to empower people ing two experts from the Utah ciate professor and extension in Texas in the near future. to start or grow their own food Department of Agriculture and food quality and entrepreneur- Although skilled construction volunteers are our first priority, we will business; to create excitement Food discussing labeling and ship specialist in the Department be adding a limited number of unskilled volunteers to each team. All around the local food and entre- regulatory requirements for of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food volunteers accepted for this assignment will be flown commercially preneurship movements; and to from an airport near their home to an airport near the job site, leav- foods that are sold directly to Sciences at Utah State University; celebrate the efforts and products ing on a Sunday and returning the following Sunday. IRT will provide the consumer and foods that are and Ruby Ward, USU professor of female entrepreneurs in Salt minivans for volunteers to use to for local transportation to and from for wholesale. Presenters are in the Department of Applied the arrival airport and to and from the job site. Lake City and Utah residents Eric Taylor, retail food program Economics and entrepreneur- Teams will be housed at local churches or other suitable facilities. Vol- who are growing thriving food manager, and Rebecca Nielsen, unteers are responsible for bringing their own bedding, towels, and and food-related businesses. ship specialist. Location is the toiletries. There is a $150 volunteer participation fee to help cover cottage food/labeling specialist. Women’s Business Center of Utah, Location is Salt Lake Culinary Location is Women’s Business airfare and local transportation costs, and volunteers are responsible 175 E. 400 S., Suite 600, Salt for their own meals while on assignment. Education, 2233 S. 300 E., South Center of Utah, 175 E. 400 S., Lake City. Cost is $10. Details are Work is performed Monday through Friday (full days) and a half day Salt Lake. Cost is $5. Details are Suite 600, Salt Lake City. Cost is at slchamber.com. on Saturday. Job assignments generally include installing windows, at slchamber.com. $10. Details are at slchamber.com. doors, kitchen cabinets; laying tile, linoleum, or wood flooring; build- ing handicap ramps to the home; roofing; drywall and mudding; finish carpentry work, finishing plumbing; and other related tasks. We ask April 24, 7:30-8:30 a.m. April 25, 9-11 a.m. April 24, noon-1:30 p.m. Excellence in Education each volunteer to bring basic hand tools, such as a tool belt, hammer, “Coffee Connection,” a “Food Truck 101: How to pliers, putty knives, tape measure, etc. Power tools, generators, com- Awards Luncheon, a Murray Holladay Chamber of Commerce Build a Successful Food Truck,” pressors, and other large specialty tools are provided by IRT and our Area Chamber of Commerce event event. Location is 3 Cups, 4670 a Salt Lake Chamber event. local agency partners. honoring 14 teachers and students For more information, contact Brett Schwemmer (bschwemmer@ S. 2300 E., Holladay. Details are Presenter is Eddee Johansen, irteams.org), or to apply for an assignment, fill out an online volunteer at holladaychamber.com. owner/operator of Yoshi’s from the Murray School District, application (www.irteams.org). Japanese Grill and founder of the Granite School District and AISU. About IRT: Since 1988, IRT has been actively involved in helping fam- April 24, 8-11:30 a.m. Utah Food Truck Co-Op. Location Location is Brio Tuscan Grille, ilies in need in 68 international disasters, and 24 U.S. disasters. IRT 6173 S. State St., Murray. Cost is construction teams worked for more than six years repairing and re- “Performance Document- is the Salt Lake Chamber, 175 E. building homes in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina, and four years ation Skills,” an Employers 400 S., Suite 600, Salt Lake City. $25. Registration deadline is April in New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy, and is now working in Louisi- Council event. Location is Cost is $10. Details are at slcham- 21. Pre-registration is required. ana after last year’s record floods. Employers Council, Utah office, ber.com. Details are at murraychamber.org. 16 · April 1-7, 2019 · The Enterprise - Utah's Business Journal

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