Elainna Ciaramella
Elainna Ciaramella is a business journalist and writer living in St. George. Elainna interviews business owners, researchers, university leaders, and c-suite executives from all over the country.
By Elainna Ciaramella Chad Bennett is a former teenage hacker of the non-malicious kind, who in the early 1990s, got his kicks downloading viruses. Today, Chad is the founder of HEROIC Cybersecurity, based in Lehi, Utah, a company fighting the endless battle to protect the data, devices, and cloud services
by Elainna CiaramellaBy Elainna Ciaramella On Nov. 11, 2021, Lehi-based Weave was listed on the New York Stock Exchange, which was covered by TechBuzz News. As Weave’s new CEO Roy Banks rang the opening bell, it didn’t take long for people to notice that Weave’s original co-founders, brothers Brandon
by Elainna CiaramellaBy Elainna Ciaramella In just three and a half years since the YouTube channel started in 2019, Matt’s Off-Road Recovery has become a national sensation with nearly 1.5 million subscribers and growing. What makes this YouTube success story intriguing is the channel’s atypical creator, Matt Wetzel, a
by Elainna CiaramellaBy Elainna Ciaramella This fall, the University of Utah launched a free online entrepreneurship program for alumni from all departments and majors called Lassonde for Life. The program is available through the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, and made possible by strategic partnerships with the U’s Office of Alumni Relations and
by Elainna CiaramellaBy Elainna Ciaramella St. George is the largest city in Washington County; according to the latest data from the United States Census Bureau, it has a median household income of $61,747 whereas the median household income in Salt Lake County is $77,128 and Utah County is $77, 057.
by Elainna CiaramellaBy Elainna Ciaramella As industries across the nation changed gears from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, a dramatic shift led by public and private partnerships has been strategically simmering in St. George, one that will catapult southern Utah into a living, breathing, innovation machine—Utah Tech University’s (UT)
by Elainna CiaramellaBy Elainna Ciaramella Michael Harper is an associate professor in digital media at Utah Valley University (UVU). In a recent discussion about UVU’s Extended Reality & Simulations track and the future degree the university is working on (projected to be finalized by the fall of 2024), he says, “I’
by Elainna CiaramellaBy Elainna Ciaramella Homelessness is not the effect of a life of crime or addiction, it’s much deeper than that. According to Joseph Grenny, chairman of the board of The Other Side Village, a master-planned neighborhood heading to Salt Lake City providing permanent housing for men and women coming
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