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Information Technology in Utah Major Universities and Colleges Major Employers

Information Technology in Utah Major Universities and Colleges Major Employers

EDCUTAH INDUSTRY PROFILE | FY 21-22 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MAJOR UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES MAJOR EMPLOYERS

ON THE COVER 1 4 Westminster College 6 University 8 1 Inovar Adobe Lehi Campus 2 5 Salt Lake 7 9 2 Control4 Community College giant Adobe will substantially expand its Utah 3 3 Health Catalyst

presence, announcing plans to build a new $90 million facility in 4

addition to the $74 million facility already completed in Lehi, UT. A 5 SalesForce

6 Symantec

7 Workday

8 Instructure LOGAN 9 Jet.com 1 1 1 B 10 MasterControl

11 SanDisk

12 SoFi

13 Overstock

14 inContact OGDEN 15 AdvancedMD 2 2 16 HireVue 17 Ivanti (Formerly LANDESK)

SALT LAKE CITY 18 Lucid 3 4 5 3 A Software

B 19 eBay 13 4 20 C 14 19 20 21 22 21 Proofpoint 5 D 22 Thumbtack 35 6 36 37 23 Adobe

PROVO 24 Ancestry 7 E 25 DigiCert

26 Entrata Welcome to 27 Micron 28 MaritzCX D 29 Microsoft Industry • In 2020, Utah’s post-performance tax incentives 30 Oracle 31 Podium • Utah is proud to be home to companies like Adobe, program facilitated over 7,700 new jobs and more than 32 Solutionreach

Ancestry, Domo, Micron, , and many $430M in new state revenue. 33 Workfront

others. Utah is one of the top states in the nation for 34 Xactware • In 2021, the Tax Foundation ranked Utah’s Total Tax information technology employment, with an impressive 35 DOMO Climate as the Since 2011, employee base of more than 86,000. 8th best in the nation. 36 LogMeIn Utah has eliminated or modified over 400 business 37 SecurityMetrics • Just two of Utah’s efforts to align education and regulations to ease the burdens placed on businesses. MOAB 38 XANT E 39 industry are the Utah Technology Council (UTC), (formerly ) Workforce and the Utah Data Center Consortium (UDCC) 40 Qualtrics which supports the growth and sustainment of Utah’s • Utah has high employee concentrations of Software burgeoning Data Center Industry. Developers, Web Developers, and Information Research Scientists, and many other • Utah’s tech sector has been referred to as the next IT related occupations. 7 8 “”, and is one of the fastest-growing states for tech jobs in the nation with • With 11 major institutions offering programs related an increase of 4.3% in 2019. to Software and IT, Utah has a wealth of Software and Information Technology education resources.

Business Climate • Utah has over 4,200 IT related establishments 8 9 • Forbes Magazine recognized that call Utah home. In particular, Utah has an ST. GEORGE Utah as “The Best State for abundance of Software Publishing companies, with Business” six of the past eight more than 13,000 people employed in the industry years, ranking 3rd in 2019. and growing rapidly.

UTAH TECH COLLEGES

1 Bridgerland Tech 4 Tooele Tech 7 Southwest Tech

2 Ogden-Weber Tech 5 Mountainland Tech 8 Dixie Tech

3 Davis Tech 6 Uintah Basin Tech EDCUTAH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFILE EDCUTAH.ORG Updated June 2021 Major Information Technology Employers

COMPANY EMPLOYEES DESCRIPTION

Adobe 1000-1999 Adobe provides creative, marketing, and document solutions through a suite of software One of Utah’s map #23 programs and cloud platforms. “Unicorn” companies, DOMO has quickly grown into a software AdvancedMD 500-999 AdvancedMD provides cloud solutions and comprehensive medical office software for powerhouse on the “Silicon Slopes.” map #15 independent physicians and their staff.

Ancestry 500-999 Ancestry is the world’s largest online resource for family history, and helps pioneer the map #24 market for online family history research.

Control4 250-499 Control4 provides automation systems for homes and businesses, offering personalized map #2 control of lighting, audio, video, temperature, security, communications and more.

DigiCert 250-499 DigiCert is a cyber security provider for identity, authentication, and encryption map #25 protection for the web and IoT devices.

Domo 500-999 Domo is a business software developer aimed at providing a data platform for easy map #35 access and decision making.

eBay 1000-1999 eBay’s Utah locations offer customer service, technology development for software tools, map #19 and operations that include human resources and the legal and finance departments.

Entrata 1000-1999 Entrata is a property management software provider offering a single-login, open-access map #26 Platform as a Service (PaaS) system, and a variety of online tools for their clients.

Health Catalyst 250-499 Health Catalyst is a data warehousing, analytics and outcomes-improvement company map #3 that assists healthcare organizations improve clinical, financial, and operational outcomes.

HireVue 100-249 HireVue provides team acceleration software—combining digital video with predictive map #16 analytics—to help companies build and coach higher performing teams.

Micron 1000-1999 IM Flash Technologies, a joint venture between and Micron, manufactures and map #27 develops flash memory used in mobile phones, hard drives, tablets, and .

inContact 500-999 inContact is a contact center cloud-based software company that helps organizations map #14 transform their customer experience into a business-driving competitive advantage.

Inovar 250-499 Inovar is a complete EMS company with service lines spanning from full-scale product map #1 design to end-customer fulfillment.

XANT (Formerly 100-249 XANT offers a sales platform built on Neuralytics, a predictive and prescriptive self-learn- InsideSales.com) map #38 ing engine to aid sales rep performance and provide buyer personalization.

Instructure 500-999 Instructure offers software aimed at making teaching and learning easier. More than 1,600 map #8 universities, school districts, and institutions around the world use Instructure products.

Ivanti (Formerly 250-499 Ivanti (Formerly LANDESK) is the only company with solutions in the 4 Gartner Magic LANDESK) map #17 Quadrants, composing End-to-End Service Management.

Jet.com 250-499 Jet.com is an online retailer that focuses on buyer transparency and creating efficiencies After seeing exponen- map #9 to lower costs. tial growth, Entrata needed more space and chose Lehi, Utah LogMeIn 500-999 LogMeIn, parent company of GoToMeeting, provides enterprise-grade Hosted VoIP and to spread its legs, fur- (Formerly Jive) map #36 Unified Communications to businesses and institutions. ther cementing Silicon Slopes as a formidable technology hub. Lucid 500-999 Lucid Software is a provider of cloud-based visual . Lucidchart and Software map #18 Lucidpress are two programs used by more than 9 million users in over 175 countries.

= Headquartered in Utah *SOURCE: Utah Department of Workforce Services

EDCUTAH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFILE EDCUTAH.ORG COMPANY EMPLOYEES DESCRIPTION

MaritzCX 100-249 MaritzCX helps organizations increase customer retention, conversion and lifetime value map #28 by ingraining customer experience intelligence and action systems into business operations.

250-499 MasterControl provides GxP process and document management software and a web Pluralsight is another MasterControl of Utah’s “Unicorn” map #10 based platform for the life sciences industry. companies, and spe- cializes in business training software, all Micro Focus 250-499 Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides software that allows companies to from its headquarters (formerly Novell) map #39 improve the business value of their enterprise applications. in Utah.

Microsoft 100-249 Microsoft’s Utah locations are primarily composed of engineering and software develop- map #4, 29 ers engaged in the development of new Microsoft products.

Oracle 100-249 Oracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in the data map #30 center–from servers and storage, to database and middleware, through applications.

Overstock 1000-1999 Overstock is an online retailer that offers its customers an opportunity to shop for bargains map #13 conveniently, while offering its suppliers an alternative inventory distribution channel.

Pluralsight 500-999 Pluralsight is an e-learning company providing professional technology learning in 4,800+ map #20 courses authored by experts in software development, IT, and creative.

Podium 500-999 Podium is an online reviews and reputation management company that helps businesses map #31 manage and analyze their customer interactions.

Proofpoint 250-499 Proofpoint is a cyber security company specilizing in advanced threat protection, infor- map #21 mation protection, email protection, and social media protection.

Qualtrics 1000-1999 Qualtrics is an online survey, market research, and consumer and employer feedback map #40 software developer.

SalesForce 100-249 SalesForce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship man- map #5 agement service and other enterprise applications for customer service and marketing.

SanDisk 250-499 SanDisk flash memory technologies are used by many of the world’s leading data centers map #11 and are embedded in the most advanced smartphones, tablets, and laptops.

SecurityMetrics 250-499 SecurityMetrics is a leading provider and innovator of computer and network security, map #37 payment data security, and compliance for businesses worldwide.

SoFi 250-499 SoFi is a technology based financial service company that specializes in refinancing and map #12 consolidating debt to help customers take control of their finances.

Solutionreach 250-499 Solutionreach is a software development company devoted to providing patient relation- map #32 ship management for healthcare providers.

Symantec 250-499 Symantec is a provider of security, storage, and systems management services, helping map #6 businesses and consumers to secure and manage their information platform.

Thumbtack 250-499 Thumbtack is a software technology company that provides a platform for linking together map #22 local commerce directories.

Workday 250-499 Workday is a cloud-based software developer that creates enterprise finance and human map #7 resources software platforms for businesses. Qualtrics is currently Utah’s most valuable private tech company, Workfront 500-999 Workfront is a cloud-based software developer that creates enterprise work and project valued at over $2.5 Bil- map #33 management software platforms for businesses. lion and growing. The innovative survey com- pany operates from Xactware 500-999 Xactware provides computer software solutions for professionals involved in estimating their new headquar- ters in Provo, Utah. map #34 all phases of construction building and repair.

= Headquartered in Utah *SOURCE: Utah Department of Workforce Services

EDCUTAH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFILE EDCUTAH.ORG Recent Announcements

Tech Company Scorpion To Open an Office in Utah (2021) Scorpion announced plans to open an office in Utah, adding up to 1,007 new high-paying jobs and $18.9 million in capital investment in the state over the next five years. Scorpion is a digital marketing and technology company that provides business growth services, technology solutions, and software applications to small and medium-sized businesses across the country to help companies attract more customers, improve operational efficiency, and increase revenue.

Facebook to Expand Utah Data Center Campus by 900,000 SF (2021) announced plans to expand its Eagle Mountain data center campus­­ by more than 900,000 square feet with two new buildings. Once completed, this data center will represent an investment of more than $1 billion. The Eagle Mountain Data Center will be supported by 100% renewable energy from solar projects funded by Facebook, including more than 600 MW of new solar energy to the Utah grid. In addition, the company has invested in a project that will restore water to the .

Domo To Expand Its Utah Office(2021) Domo announced plans to expand its Utah location, adding up to 2,230 new high-paying jobs and $30 million in capital investment in the state over the next 10 years. Domo is a cloud-based software company that helps customers transform the way business is managed and drive more value from their business data by making it accessible and actionable for everyone, from the CEO to the front-line worker. The company, with revenue growth of more than 20% per year, was founded in Utah County in 2010 and went public in 2018.

Novva Brings Major Data Center Campus to West Jordan (2020) Novva, Inc announced plans to build a 380,000 square-foot multi-tenant data center in West Jordan, creating up to 50 new high-paying jobs and an initial capital investment of $100 million. The first phase, currently under construction, consists of a substation and a 300,000 square foot Data Center Hall, and an additional 80,000 square feet of office space. The data center will be available for client deployments in early 2021. According to Wes Swenson, Novva’s founder and CEO, this will be one of the largest single data center campuses in the Western .

Qualtrics creates up to 2,245 new jobs in Utah (2019) The Qualtrics head- quarters in Provo, UT. Qualtrics, a leading company in Utah’s tech sector, announced plans to create up to 2,245 new jobs in Utah over the Qualtrics plans to dou- ble their presence in next 10 years. Qualtrics is an experience management company headquartered in Provo, Utah. Qualtrics Experience their Utah headquar- ters and add a 40,000 Management is the only software platform that helps brands continually assess the quality of their four core experiences— SF daycare focused on STEM education. customers, employees, products, and brands.

EDCUTAH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFILE EDCUTAH.ORG Cost Profile

Occupational Wages in Information Technology $180K SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2020

150 $184,300 $207,160 $207,160 $204,980 $162,400

120 $151,200 $150,800 $150,800 $145,600 $139,700 $139,700 $139,600 $139,600 $132,400 $89,200 $89,200 $129,500 $129,500 $130,900 $84,700 $84,700 $89,400 $89,400 $84,300 $130,900 $130,900

90 $119,070 $77,000 $77,000 $116,790 $116,790 $77,200 $77,200 $112,200 $76,600 $76,600 $72,200 $72,200 $68,700 $68,700 $106,200 $105,300 $104,300 $99,900 $99,900 $103,900 $103,900 $98,400 $97,200 $97,200 $98,800 $95,300 $95,300 $93,700 $91,800 60

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Information Technology Industry Computer & Information Computer Systems Analysts Computer Programmers Software and Web Developers, Web Developers & Digital Average Wage Systems Managers Programmers, & Testers Interface Designers

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Other Comparative Wages in Information Technology $240 SOURCE: RSMeans $36 SOURCE: Loopnet

200 30 OCCUPATION UTAH CALIFORNIA OREGON TEXAS WASHINGTON NATIONAL 160 24 Computer & $213.04 $181.31 $185.25 $183.77 $183.77 Information 120 18 $26.52 $23.12 $23.30

Research Scientists $89,900 $144,700 $118,900 $123,800 $146,300 $126,800 $160.80 $149.99 $149.99

80 12 $20.32 $18.43 N/A Software Developers 40 6 & Software Quality UTAH CALi. OREGON TEX. WASH. NAT. UTAH CALI. ORE. TX WASH. Assurance Analysts $100,300 $135,300 $104,900 $108,200 $139,500 $110,100 Oce Construction ($/sq.ft.) Oce Lease ($/sq.ft.)

Database Utilities Administrators 18¢ $12 SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, & Architects $92,600 $107,900 $101,300 $104,400 $115,900 $98,900 Mar 2021 15 10

Network & $12.37 12 16.54¢ 8 9.01¢

Computer Systems 8.93¢ 7.60¢ 7.58¢

Administrators $77,800 $99,200 $86,700 $82,600 $94,200 $84,800 $8.99 $8.02

9 6 $8.02 11.10¢ $7.13 6 4 $6.87 3 2 Architects $107,200 $134,100 $111,000 $120,700 $125,200 $116,800 UTAH CALIFORNIA OREGON TEXAS WASH. NAT. UTAH CALIFORNIA OREGON TEX. WASH. NAT.

Electricity / Commercial (¢/kWh) Natural Gas / Commercial ($/1000 Feet3) Computer User Taxes Support Specialists $47,500 $66,300 $56,100 $47,500 $59,300 $52,700 $2000 10% SOURCE: taxfoundation.org

1600 8% Computer Network $1,872

Support Specialists $58,400 $71,200 $59,200 $71,000 $84,300 $65,500 $1,037 1200 6% $1,607 $1,574 $1,498 $1,487 Computer 800 4%

Occupations, N/A N/A All Other $75,300 $102,900 $84,600 $89,800 $92,000 $92,900 400 2% CALI. NATIONAL WASH. UTAH TEXAS TEXAS UTAH CALIFORNIA OREGON NATIONAL OREGON Flat Rate Flat 4.95% Rate 8.84% Flat Rate Top 7.6% GRT* GRT* Rate 6.60% Average

Property Tax (Collections per capita) Corporate Income Tax

EDCUTAH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFILE EDCUTAH.ORG * GRT = Gross Receipts Tax. Businesses are taxed on ALL business sales transactions instead of corporate income. Utah Data Center Tonaquint Consortium (UDCC) Data Center C7 Data ViaWest Centers Cybersecurity Research Lab Fibernet Brigham Young University Areas of Excellence Voonami CenturyLink IQ Networking 1 The Utah Data Center Consortium (UDCC) is an organization that supports the growth and sustainment of Utah’s burgeoning Data Center Industry. EdgeConneX 2 The Utah Technology Council is Utah’s premier professional association for over 5,000 high tech, clean tech and life science companies. Syptec University 3 Silicon Slopes was created to promote Utah’s growing technology community by providing resources for of Utah technology and life sciences companies, investors, and job seekers. They also track investors and their activity, including deal flow in Utah.

WestHost SanDisk HireVue

Southern Utah Biotechnology Weber State Utah State University Innovation University University Organization (BIO) Utah Telecommunication Ancestry Open Infrastructure Microsoft Agency (UTOPIA)

Data Micro Focus (formerly Novell) Centers

Google MasterControl Lucid Software Fiber

SalesForce

eBay Data Center

Mozy Adobe Systems

Oracle

Silicon Software Slopes Wahoo Publishing Studios Made in 8fish Utah (MIU)

Move Evans & Networks Sutherland

SolutionReach

Bend Entertainment Arts Reality & Engineering Program University of Utah

Utah Valley Domo Univerity Smart Bomb Interactive Electronic Arts Neumont College of Instructure Computer Issimo Science Productions Adven Dixie State Ivanti Integrated University

Fusion Media Digital Salt Lake Westminster Community Thumbtack Xactware College Sandman College Qualtrics Studios Media

Lightstone Oracle Pictures Utah Technology Council (UTC) Solo The Dimension E”ects Edge LINE KEY

Eat Companies Accelerators Infrastructure Educational Institutions Sleep Electronic Play Arts Mobile Rider

EDCUTAH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFILE Strata EDCUTAH.ORG Education & Labor

A State of Education The Labor Picture Utah is home to 12 major colleges and universities and has an excellent talent pipeline of over 275,000 students. Utah’s labor force is well educated, growing, and affordable. Utahcreated over 40,000 jobs in 2019 and maintained Bachelor’s and graduate awards grew by 63.0% over the last five years. Utah has an educated workforce, with over one of the highest job growth rates in the nation throughout the year. Utah is the youngest state in the nation with a 93% of the population 25 or over with a high school diploma and over 34.8% with a bachelor’s degree. median age of 31.2 and has an average wage of $51,500, which is 10% lower than the national average.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYMENT INDEX

2019-20 TOTAL STATEWIDE ENROLLMENT & DEGREES Software Publishing Industry 241 278,074 Computer & Information Research Scientists 242 39,129 Enrollment Degree Computer Occupations, All Other 170 This graph represents an index 60,000 120,000 180,000 240,000 300,000 based on location quotients Web Developers & Digital Interface Designers 144 showing the large concentration SOURCE: Utah System of Higher Education of information technology related Computer User Support Specialists 142 TOP THREE SCHOOLS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY occupations in Utah. Any TOP THREE INSTITUTIONS WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-RELATED DEGREES occupation above the national Software & Web Developers and Programmers 128 average of 100 demonstrates a State of Utah Brigham Young University University of Utah Computer Programers 125 competitive advantage in Utah. DEGREE: Information Technology DEGREE: Physical and Mathematical DEGREE: Data Science - Data Pathways Sciences - Computer Science Management and Analysis 114 Computer and Information Systems Managers 212% Utah Valley 5-Year 35% The Information Technology UniversityBrigham Young University Degree TheBrigham University Young of Utah 39% 105 Network and Computer Systems Administrators University 5-Year Growth 5-Year Degree offers Bachelors, Masters, provides Masters and PhD Pathway program provides of Utah University Degree 2018 Enrollment Growth high school students with and PhD programs in in School of Computing Growth 50 100 National 150 200 250 300 350 2018 Enrollment 2018 Enrollment Average the 2,886skills required to create career computer science. Students are focusing on data science aspects. 2,319 1,661 opportunities within2016 Utah’s IT industry. prepared in computational2016 practice, Skills learned include2016 machine FIVE-YEAR EMPLOYMENT CHANGE Degrees 574 Students receiveDegrees certifications247 in computational theory, critical thinking learning, data mining,Degrees visualization,381 UTAH 16.0% programs related to digital media, and communication, and ethics and databases, algorithms, and other programming / software development, computing, four pillars for computer advanced computer science aspects. NATION 7.9% web development, etc. science mastery. 4 8 12 16 20

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Utah’s Silicon Slopes EAST IN PARK CITY With a low cost of living and a trove of tech talent streaming out of nearby universities, the 50-mile corridor south of has SKULLCANDY become a hotbed of tech activity. The number of tech companies in the state, most of which are clustered in that valley has jumped 96% INSTRUCTURE HEALTH CATALYST to 4,338 over the past decade. BACKCOUNTRY.COM

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