Kori Ann Edwards, Chief Strategy Officer at 47G (Salt Lake City, UT), reflects on leadership, connection, resilience, and loss—and how building relationships across industries has shaped her career, family, and philosophy.

Veteran construction estimator Matthew King explains how his startup, Vega Apps LLC (Park City, UT) uses specialized AI models to automate takeoffs, track material costs, and reduce bidding time from weeks to minutes—bringing speed, accuracy, and transparency to a historically manual process.

Angel surpassed two million paying Guild members after 25% post-Q3 growth, driven by breakout animated hit DAVID, expanded content slate, and strategic franchise acquisitions strengthening its values-driven media platform ecosystem.

Brooke Baker entered college aiming for medicine but found her calling in data science through an unexpected prerequisite. Her willingness to adapt led to leadership in data intelligence and lessons on balance, risk, and impact.

Haynie & Company is expanding into ERP and enterprise systems following its merger with Simple Numbers and will host a CFO-focused ERP strategy event at Silicon Slopes in January 2026.

Appli links its AI-powered loan calculator usage to charitable giving, donating to ten no-kill animal shelters after processing $1.2 billion in consumer loan calculations.

Squire (Orem, UT) acquires regional CPA firm HintonBurdick, expanding its presence across Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. The merger enhances service offerings, talent development, and technology-driven solutions, strengthening client support in the Intermountain West.

QNTUM (Lehi, UT), founded by Gary Gietz, Ryan Roche, and Greg Butterfield, applies high-tech sales systems and AI to roofing, pivoting from solar volatility to build a scalable home-services platform.