Industry Advisory Board
Our Industry Advisory Board convenes regularly to provide strategic direction for the aerospace, defense, and cyber ecosystem in Utah. Our members engage with government, media, and thought leaders to accomplish our mission: fostering talent, funding entrepreneurship, and fueling innovation.
Brett Petersen
PHM Technology
Seth Parkinson
JB&B Capital
Stephen Sansom
BZI
Emily Pilstl
OxEon Energy
Luke Crane
Cinch I.T.
Mark Davis
SIM-X
Blake Williams
IPC Foundry Group
David Poma
Guardian Construction
Louise Bristow
Odys Aviation
Wayne Gipson
ISSE Services
Sam Bousfield
Samson Sky
James Stewart
The Candy Bomber Foundation
Spencer Rose
Trackland
James Thurman
Portal Aircraft Company Portal Aircraft Company (PAC)
Brian Garrett
Utah Department of Veterans and Military Affairs
Steve Black
Utah MEP
Calli Forsyth
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera
Jesse Merkley
Varex Imaging Corporation
Shon Stevenson
Air Force Sustainment Center
Ryan Welker
Aurelius Technologies Group (ATG)
Tyler Rasmussen
Executech
Rex Odenwalder
Unchained Manufacturing
Kevin Brady
Highway 9 Consulting
Jeremy Heinks
CICNDT
Taylor Sulik
Mithril Mining
Debra Bennethum
Energy Fuels Inc
Kris Griffith
American Pacific
Paul Gollnick
Advanced Surface Technology (AST) / Hammon Plating
Mark Laub
Cache Valley Electric
Chris Lowe
Nusano
Brock Alexander
5N+
Shaun Jafarian
Counterdrone
Brigadier General (ret.) Dr. Cătălin Constantin Mihalache
Black Sea Strategies (B2S) Black Sea Strategies
Matei Balaita
Black Sea Strategies (B2S) Black Sea Strategies
Michael Penkoff
VFI Corporate FinanceRobert O’Brien
USRA
Dean Bartles
Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group
Chuck Churchill
Expeditors
Angel Shelburne
36th Street Capital (Venture Affiliate of BlackRock TCP Capital Corp)
Hailey Prendergast
HL Dynamics
Michelle Terpstra
Kiln
Kevin Ryan
Glidepath Aviation
Art Santana
Paramount Machine
Hubbert Smith
I4Ops
Steve Glover
Pelion Venture Partners
Charlotte Herhold
CleanJoule
Jacob Andra
Talbot West
Joey Berg
EnergiSpot
Matt Majewski
KIHOMAC
Tim Sheehan
Salt Lake Community College
John Grugan
Holland & Knight
Kory Ewell
KCM Cable and Manufacturing
Damian Dingley
BLG Vantage
Bethany Coates
BreakLine Education
Daniel O’Hare
Bank of America
Aaron Osmond
Knowledge Pillars
Skip McKee
The Honor Foundation
Jeff Chavez
Volition
Ed Walker
Private: Altitude AI
Alexander Halterman
Quartus Engineering
Mayor Ben Nadolski
Ogden City
Eric Sorensen
Duncan Aviation
Josh Hanes
Uplift Aerospace
Linda Martinez
TL+CO
Chris Kelley
J.P. Morgan
Nate Ruben
EPX
Sarah Gonzales
Delta Air Lines
Trevor Scott
HHI Corporation
Swamy Senthil
Strategic Tech Solutions
David Zimmerman
Big-D Construction
Matt Vogt
Palladyne AI
Tim McLain
Brigham Young University BYU
Parker Judd
GMRE Gauss Management Research & Engineering (GMRE)
Mossi Tull
Jackson and Tull
Stuart A. Stein, MD, MBA, MS (IT)
Hyde Park West Telecommunications
Marvin Hawkins
Private: Sentecor Solutions
Ken Bertagnolli
US Synthetic
Scott Danielson
Bridgerland Technical College
Rachel Erickson
BRPH
Kavita Ganesan
Opinosis Analytics
Steve Brosvik
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera UTAH SYMPHONY UTAH OPERA
David Zoppetti
Implementing Ideas
Arthur Elliot
Triumph Group
Rodman D. Grimm
AZ Build Right
Misty Dawson
Women Tech Council
Tye Hoffman
Tooele County
Anthony Panek
Private: Fabian VanCott
David S. Johnson
Cedar City & Iron County
Ben Crosby
Photonodes
Evan Berrett
Eagle Mountain
Greg Annick
Pasadena Capital Partners LLC
Cheryle Caplinger
Utah Tech University
Jared Hoskins
Summit V
Sarah Bertagnolli
LSI
Sarah Narjes
Mortenson
Daniel Schachtel
Precision Hermetic Technology
Robb Rigtrup
IMSAR
Serhiy Kharytonov
JetSoftPro
Greg Harwell
Albany Engineered Composites
Jon Ginn
3D Systems
Bo Jonas
Private: The Attic AI
Alex Klimaj
ARK Electronics
Antoine De Turckheim
Fairmat
Darin Brush
Davis Technical College
John Huber
Greenberg Traurig
Rick Allen
BAE Systems
Adam Kjar
Mountain CNC
Mike Mahoney
Teague
Weston Burke
Ārdeō Design and Engineering
Julie Fullmer
Vineyard City
Jake Hawksworth
Hypercraft
Suzanne Kao
Resolute Empire
Mandy Nelson
Bristow Group
Scott Weyburn
Apex Consulting
Lucas Truong
GoEngineer
Jonathan Freedman
Private: World Trade Center Utah
Chris Roybal
Northern Utah Economic Alliance
Dominic Kelly
Resolute Empire
Shawn Milne
Kendall Larsen
VirnetX
Aniza Brown
Private: The Rosie Project
Gage Matuszak
Insight Global
Paul Hendrickson
Draper Labs
David Merrill
Mission Support
Tucker Smith
HyPerComp Engineering
Brett Bangerter
Wasatch Container
Val Peterson
Utah Valley University
Vic Hockett
Utah System of Higher Education
Ben Hart
Utah Inland Port Authority
Tage Flint
Private: Utah Defense Alliance
Bobby Sakaki
UAS Nexus
Shawn Marchant
Tanner, LLC
Tina Hazlett
Spectrum Recruiting Solutions
Jennifer Silvester
Silvester & Company
Clint Murray
Prime Machine
Chuck Spence
Apex Accelerators
Ariana Farber
Military Installation Development Authority
Plymouth Nelson
Michael Best
Theo Smith
Kirton McConkie
Sam Haslam
IMA Financial Group
Erin Farr
Private: EDCUtah
Bob Stevenson
Davis County
Mark Shepherd
Clearfield City
Lon Crowell
Layton City
Stan Summers
Box Elder County
Aimee Edwards
Private: BioHive Utah
Mark Gaspers
Boeing
Brian McCann
Private: Intergalactic
Josh Embree
Innovative Precision
Bob Yancey
Hexcel Corporation
George Hansen
Conductive Composites
Brian Janroy
Apogee Worx
Brendan Stewart
Teal Drones
David Manzanares
Hummingbird Aero
Adam Robertson
Fortem Technologies
Jason Burgess
ElectraFly
Craig Rees
Private: Shipcom
Jim Royston
OmniTeq
Enos Cummings
309th SWEG
Caroline Chapdelaine
Northstar Photonics
Jeremy Andra
The Bennett Group
Patti Ross
University of Utah
Stephen Lisonbee
Southern Utah University