Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Catheter Connections®, Inc., develops and commercializes innovative vascular access products designed to help protect patients from acquiring infections during intravenous infusion therapy. Silicon Slopes sat down Vicki Farrar, CEO of Catheter Connections, to how the company got it's start, how their flagship product works and what is on the horizon.

Silicon Slopes sat down with Scott Johnson, Chairman, Founder and Former CEO of AtTask. AtTask, based in Lehi, Utah, is the SaaS leader in project management solutions and provides Collaborative Work Management. We discussed how ATtask got it start and what sets them apart in such a crowded space.

Silicon Slopes sat down with Tim Sullivan, CEO of Ancestry.com about the benefits of going public and his company's movement towards mobile.

Interview by Jordan Calder

Paul Allen is a social entrepreneur, well known for co-founding Ancestry.com. Sharing his name with another well-known entrepreneur and co-founder, Paul has dubbed himself Paul Allen “the lesser,” however he is by no means “lesser.” Paul’s specialties include viral marketing, family history, and social networks.

Interview by Michael Zaro

Dallen Allred is the Founder of Stubtopia.com which is a website that provides a marketplace for buyers and sellers to exchange tickets for sporting and concert events.

Sorenson Media CEO Peter Csathy speaks with Jim Oneal of Fierce Online Video about the launch of Sorenson 360 v2, Sorenson's new enterprise level video management platform.

It was recently announced that Utah is getting its own technology startup incubator called BoomStartup. The program, founded by Utah angel investor John Richards, is a seed capital and mentor-focused investment program for web and software start-ups based in Utah.

The Utah Technology recently spotlighted Lehi-based Propay. TSince 1997, ProPay has led the market in providing simple, safe and affordable credit card processing and electronic payment services for businesses ranging from the small, home-based entrepreneur to multi-billion-dollar enterprises.

Rick Bartholomew serves as the CEO of A Plus Benefits. Established in 1990, A Plus Benefits offers the Intermountain West progressive payroll, employee benefits, risk management and human resource services. We recently sat down with Rick to discuss his companies services and how they are leveraging technology to benefit their clients.

The Utah Technology recently spotlighted Utah's Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory. The Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL), located at the University of Utah, is part of an elite group of laboratories worldwide accredited to test Olympic, Paralympic, and other amateur and professional athletes for performance-enhancing and other prohibited drugs.

Founder Phil Windley & Steve Fulling interviewed by Robert Scoble on revolutionary Kynetx Technology. Kynetx is a private company that has developed a proprietary rules-based development platform that is the first infrastructure to support the “purpose-centric” web metaphor that is driving the next era of software services and Internet applications.

Here what they have to say about their new and innovative technology.

Utah Pulse interview of Jack Sunderlage, CEO of ContentWatch. ContentWatch, Inc. is focused on delivering Internet protection solutions for the consumer, library, education, government, and business markets.

Salt Lake Chamber interview of Lew Cramer, President and CEO of World Trade Center Utah. The mission of the World Trade Center Utah is to assist companies into profitable global markets. Lew sits down to discuss the importance of international trade in Utah and the progress that had been made.

John Breseel was interviewed and featured in a BusinessWeek.com article titled, "A Gear Retailer Makes User-Generated Content Pay."

Henry O'Connell was interviewed and featured in the article titled, "Startup crafts DVD'Rs for the 31st century-1000 year storage."

UtahPulse.com interview of Paul Jarman, CEO of Incontact (formerly UCN). Salt Lake City-based InContact, provides a market leading on-demand customer contact center platform.

Politics Daily sits down with Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne to discuss his company and political causes.

What is Advent and what do you do?

Advent Systems, Inc. (“Advent”) is a Utah company that was formed in 2004 as a developer and distributor of advanced digital security and surveillance systems utilizing digital video recorders (DVR), digital capture technology, digital cameras and data compression technology to stream full-motion images over computer networks and the Internet.

UtahPulse.com interview of Robert Vandenberg, CEO of Lingotek. Provo-based Lingotek, develops technology focused on collaborative language translation.

Ed Ekstrom is a high tech pioneer. Before joining the vSpring team, Ed served as Vice President of the Intel Communications Products Group and General Manager of the Intel Utah Software Development Center, a post given to him after Intel acquired LANSystems where Ed was a Principal.

Avantar, a sister company to Yellow Pages Directory, is a fast-growing, high-tech company based in Utah. The interactive digital communications company develops and markets mobile and web applications, and is especially strong in iPhone and iPod Touch application marketing and development.

Greg Butterfield discusses how his newest venture, SageCreek Partners, will help emerging companies succeed.

Phoenix-based Telesphere, a nationwide business phone and internet service provider, recently opened its doors in Utah. We had the chance to speak with Clark Peterson, CEO of Telesphere, to find out more about the companies technology and services and how they can help businesses along the Wasatch Front.  

Fishbowl and its cornerstone product, Fishbowl inventory, allows small to mid-size company to have the level of flexible and mobile inventory control solutions large organizations enjoy. We recently caught up with Fishbowl CEO, Dave Williams, to find out more about his Orem-based company and what is driving their fast-paced growth.

UtahPulse.com interview of Matt Peterson, President and CEO of eFileCabinet. eFileCabinet offers a comprehensive suite of electronic document management and online backup products and services that enable more than 20,000 global users to work quicker, smarter and more efficiently. .

In July of 2008 FranklinCovey Products was established as a privately held stand-alone company split after splitting off from publicly traded FranklinCovey.   Sarah Merz, the former president of the products division at FranklinCovey, is the new CEO of this more technology focused spin-off. We recently caught up with Sarah to discuss how Franklin Covey Products was established and what we can expect from them in the future.  

Amy Rees Anderson serves as the CEO of MediConnect Global, Inc. (www.mediconnect.net), the industry leader in online medical record retrieval. MediConnect Global is an online medical record retrieval company with over 1,000 employees worldwide.  MediConnect utilizes state-of-the-art web technologies and a patented workflow design to facilitate the retrieval of patient medical records for the Legal, Life Insurance, Health Insurance industries as well as for consumers.

Silicon Slopes: What’s your background and how did ProPay come about?

Gary Goodrich: I joined ProPay during the summer of 2000 as CEO and a board member.  ProPay was founded in 1997 as a clever and revolutionary payments company, but it was in serious need of a financial overhaul after the "Dot-Bomb" Crash in early 2001 -- and I especially like to ju

inthinc designs and manufactures breakthrough technology that dramatically improves car and truck driver behavior in an effort to save lives, prevent accidents and safeguard property. At the company’s helm is Blake Kirby, inthinc’s president. We recently caught up with him to discuss this rapidly growing company, its exciting journey and where they are going from here.

eFileCabinet provides electronic document management and online backup solutions that help customers manage and protect their valuable data assets. The company, led by CEO and President Matt Peterson, recently took on venture funding from Canopy Ventures.

Zinch.com is designed to help high school students showcase themselves for college admissions officers. In only a year of being live, Zinch has gained significant traction having signed on over 500 colleges to its growing online community of over 400,000 students.

Henry O’Connell is the CEO and President of Millenniata, a new and innovative company spinning off from Brigham Young University. Millenniata and BYU have developed a digital storage medium that will remain readable and reliable for up to a thousand years. We caught up with Henry to find out more about this technology and how the company plans on pushing it to market.

The Utah Funds of Funds is a State of Utah economic development program designed to increase the diversity and quality of capital available to Utah startups and growth companies. The fund is in the process of expanding from a $100 million fund to a $300 million fund in Q3 of this year. We recently sat down with the Managing Director of the Utah Fund of Funds, Jeremy Neilson, to find out more about the program, how the expansion is coming along and what kind of successes they are seeing from their initial fund.

Dana Doggett is the founder and CEO of Orem-based LanSchool Technologies LLC. Established over 20 years ago in 1986, LansShool is a leading provider of classroom management solutions for the education market.  Over the past year LanSchool  has won several awards as the best classroom management software including recognition as a 2008 CODIE Award finalist. We recently caught up with Dana to talk about his company, its growth and its future.

Wendia AG International, an international software company headquartered in  Switzerland,  recently established a physical presence in North America by launching  Wendia North America. Based in Orem, the new division will be headed by former Tech Serv President and longtime CA executive Hal Tueller. We caught up with Hal to discuss Wendia, why they chose Utah, and to their plans for expansion in the U.S.

This week our spotlight falls on one of Utah's fastest growing companies, Draper-based Finicity. CEO Steven Smith co-founded the company in 1999 to develop a program to help consumers more effectively manage their cash flow and make real-time spending decisions. Finicity has since become one of the leading Web-based money management applications, garnering several prestigious awards, and has grown to over 130 employees. We caught up with Steve to talk about the story behind his company, some keys to success and what we can expect in the future.

Grow Utah Ventures is a privately funded not-for-profit organization with the goal of promoting entrepreneurial development in Utah. Founded in 2004, they have been hugely successful at directing resources to early stage Utah businesses, developing community entrepreneurship programs and helping create jobs for the future. We spoke with Craig Bott, President and CEO of Grow Utah Ventures to see exactly what initiatives are leading to their success and what we can expect in the future.

Our spotlight this week is on Andrew Smith, President, CEO and Founder of AxisPointe. AxisPointe is based in Lehi and leverages technology to make post construction services more effective and affordable for residential and commercial builders. The company closed its first acquisition of Orem-based Asset Evolution in January, positioning itself for significant and sustainable growth in the near future.

ContentWatch is a Utah-based company offering Internet protection solutions for the consumer, library, education, government and business markets. The company is funded by individual and angel investors and is preparing for venture funding in the near future. Silicon Slopes recently caught up with Jack Sunderlage, CEO and President of ContentWatch, to discuss the history and future of the company as well as his thoughts on doing business in the state of Utah.

Brock Blake, CEO of FundingUniverse sits down with CouchCast to discuss his company and his successes as a younf entreprenuer.

Michael Proper is the CEO and entrepreneurial vision for the fast-growing DirectPointe, a provider of managed computing services that make technology simple, manageable and affordable for small and midsize businesses.

The following interview is a transcription of a vidcast published on RockyMountainVoices in January 2008.

AtTask provides on-demand project and portfolio management software. Scott Johnson, CEO of AtTask introduces the company, and provides details of the new Enterprise version of @task.

After Jay Bean launched and sold his former company ah-ha (now Enhance Interactive) to Marchex, he put his experience in local search, web marketing, and company building to work at OrangeSoda.

Doba offers a web-based product sourcing platform connecting eCommerce retailers with wholesale suppliers who drop ship products. Jeremy Hanks, cofounder and CEO of Doba, sits down with Brad Baldwin and introduces the Doba service.