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.
Chris Giacoponello
Thales
Bill Wyatt
Salt Lake City International Airport
Arthur Jessop
Base Case
Tyler Dow
Solve
Aaron Goldstein
Sirrom Systems
Zack Stratton
Vineyard City
Jonathan Springmeyer
West Valley City
Conor Bentley
Westminster University
Ross Romero
Salt Lake County
Humberto Nieto
Moog Inc.
Tyler Hortin
Lion Energy
Nathan Christensen
Yisda
Cody Butterfield
Airgas, an Air Liquide company
Richard Weir
Craig Johnson
Utah Lean Six Sigma
Scott A. Colagrossi II, MBA, PMP
ZERO Manufacturing (Star Cases, LLC)
Mark Wahlen
Anderson Wahlen & Associates (AWA)
Jonathan Baba
Guidehouse Defense & Security
Thomas Cottrell Jr.
CSC Leasing
Douglas Cherry
Monterey Technologies Inc. (MTI)
Eric Gibson
Ogden City
Stephen Lisonbee
Torus
Michael Sean Covey
FranklinCovey
Melynda Thorpe
Southern Utah University
Gary Glover
SecurityMetrics, Inc.
Box Elder County Commission
Box Elder County
Arnaud Daurat
EXXOVANTAGE
GM Ogle
Vigilant Engineering
Chip Teets
L3Harris
Warren Child
Hi-Valley Chemical
Reed Macdonald
magniX
David Graff
RADICL
Arjo Mozumder
Hedral
Prerna Jaiin
ACES DELTA, LLC
Brooke Johnson
Dorsey & Whitney
Merrill Stoddard
CAE
Derick Wolf
Textron Systems
Jesse Westbroek
EMS Solutions
Kyle Fisher
Palladyne AI
Randi Burton
Spectrum Engineers
Reed Walker
iMod Systems
Romney Williams
DRYOUT
Chris Palmer
Cosmic Aerospace
Tule Horton
Fervo Energy
Bob Pleban
RPI Group
Roy Durr
Provo Mining & Construction
Nate Lodder
Nammo
Andy Lloyd
Physna
Andy Yakulis
Vector
Liesl Limburg
Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity
Erin Farr
EDC Utah
Ronda Coguill
Highland Point, Inc.
Gabriel Sampson
Averest
Stephen Sansom
BZI
Seth Parkinson
JB&B Capital
Brett Petersen
PHM Technology
Emily Pilstl
OxEon Energy
Mark Davis
SIM-X
David Poma
Guardian Construction
Louise Bristow
Odys Aviation
Wayne Gipson
ISSE Services
Sam Bousfield
Samson Sky
Gary Harter
Utah Department of Veterans and Military Affairs Utah Department of Veterans and Military Affairs
James Stewart
The Candy Bomber Foundation
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
Kevin Brady
Highway 9 Consulting
Jeremy Heinks
CICNDT
Debra Bennethum
Energy Fuels Inc
Kris Griffith
American Pacific
Mark Laub
Cache Valley Electric
Chris Lowe
Nusano
Jayden Zundel
Kenai Defense
Brock Alexander
5N+
Brigadier General (ret.) Dr. Cătălin Constantin Mihalache
Black Sea Strategies (B2S) Black Sea Strategies
Matei Balaita
Black Sea Strategies (B2S) Black Sea Strategies
Dean Bartles
Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group
Hailey Prendergast
HL Dynamics
Kevin Ryan
Glidepath Aviation
Art Santana
Paramount Machine
Hubbert Smith
I4Ops
Steve Glover
Pelion Venture Partners
Charlotte Herhold
CleanJoule
Jacob Andra
Talbot West
Matt Majewski
KIHOMAC
Tim Sheehan
Salt Lake Community College
John Grugan
Holland & Knight
Mo Reeder
Neumont College of Computer Science
Bethany Coates
BreakLine Education
Daniel O’Hare
Skip McKee
The Honor Foundation
Alexander Halterman
Quartus Engineering
Mayor Ben Nadolski
Ogden City
Eric Sorensen
Duncan Aviation
Josh Hanes
Uplift Aerospace
Chris Kelley
J.P. Morgan
Nate Ruben
Sarah Gonzales
Delta Air Lines
Trevor Scott
HHI Corporation
David Zimmerman
Big-D Construction
Tim McLain
Brigham Young University BYU
Parker Judd
GMRE Gauss Management Research & Engineering (GMRE)
Stuart A. Stein, MD, MBA, MS (IT)
Hyde Park West Telecommunications
Scott Danielson
Bridgerland Technical College
Rachel Erickson
BRPH
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
David S. Johnson
Cedar City & Iron County
Evan Berrett
Eagle Mountain
Greg Annick
Pasadena Capital Partners LLC
Jared Hoskins
Summit V
Sarah Bertagnolli
LSI
Lee Weech
Tech Legion
Daniel Schachtel
Precision Hermetic Technology
Robb Rigtrup
IMSAR
Greg Harwell
Albany Engineered Composites
Jon Ginn
3D Systems
Bo Jonas
Alex Klimaj
ARK Electronics
Darin Brush
Davis Technical College
John Huber
Greenberg Traurig
Sumit Parashar
BODEX
Adam Kjar
Mountain CNC
Mike Mahoney
Teague
Suzanne Kao
Resolute Empire
Mandy Nelson
Bristow Group
Jonathan Freedman
Private: World Trade Center Utah
Chris Roybal
Northern Utah Economic Alliance
Dominic Kelly
Resolute Empire
Shawn Milne
Kendall Larsen
VirnetX
Aniza Butler
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
Utah Defense Alliance
Bobby Sakaki
Shawn Marchant
Tanner LLP
Tina Hazlett
Spectrum Recruiting Solutions
Jennifer Silvester
Silvester & Company
Chuck Spence
Apex Accelerators
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
Aimee Edwards
Private: BioHive Utah
Mark Gaspers
Boeing
Josh Embree
Karman Space & Defense
Bob Yancey
Hexcel Corporation
Brian Janroy
Apogee Worx
Brendan Stewart
Red Cat
David Manzanares
Hummingbird Aero
Adam Robertson
Fortem Technologies
Jason Burgess
ElectraFly
Craig Rees
Enos Cummings
309th SWEG
Jeremy Andra
The Bennett Group
Patti Ross
University of Utah