[July 26, 2016]

UTC Announces 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees: Fraser Bullock, Carine Clark and Peter Genereaux

The Utah Technology Council (UTC) (http://www.utahtech.org) today announced this year's Hall of Fame inductees. They are Fraser Bullock, Carine Clark and Peter Genereaux. The inductees will be honored on September 30 at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City at the UTC Hall of Fame Celebration, the annual gathering of the technology industry. This event celebrates UTC's 25^th Anniversary.

"The track record of these leaders is unparalleled," said Richard R. Nelson, president and CEO of the UTC. "These leaders have served significant roles that have been instrumental in Utah's stellar technology accomplishments. We are extremely pleased to honor them as our 2016 Hall of Fame inductees."

Fraser Bullock

Fraser Bullock is a Co-Founder and Senior Advisor of Sorenson Capital, a private equity firm, which has approximately $1 billion in assets under management.

Bullock serves on many Boards including DOMO, Sorenson Media, Curza and Bamboo HR, and as Chairman of Health Catalyst, the Polynesian Cultural Center and DMBA. He is on the Advisory Board of Insidesales.com, is an advisor to InMoment, Salt Stack and Pluralsight, in which his firm is an investor. He served as Chairman of Omniture (News - Alert), a publicly-traded technology company that was sold to Adobe.

Bullock began his career at Bain & Company, as Consultant and Manager. He then became a founding partner of Bain Capital and later served in various operating roles including CFO of a publicly-traded company and President of a transaction-processing technology company.

In 1999, Bullock became Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. He continues to be active in the Olympic movement and has provided advisory services to the International Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Committee and several cities hosting the Olympic Games, including Torino, Vancouver, Sochi, Rio, Beijing, and Pyeongchang. For his Olympic service, Bullock received the Olympic Order in Gold from the International Olympic Committee.

In addition to his role in the Olympics, Bullock served as a member of the UTC Board of Trustees and was instrumental in helping pass the $100M Utah Fund to Funds. He also served as Chairman of the Governor's Employers Education Coalition that did a study and developed recommended strategies for education. He served as Vice-Chair of the Governor's Optimization Commission, Co-Chair of the commission that developed the initial strategies and recommendations for the formation of USTAR and Co-Chair of the Business Engagement Council for UVU.

Bullock received a Bachelor's degree in economics and a Masters in Business Administration from BYU. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, in Highland, Utah and they are the parents of 5 children and 8 grandchildren.

Carine Clark

Carine Clark leads corporate direction and initiatives as the president and CEO of market-leading customer exerience company MartizCX. She played a crucial role in creating and executing the acquisition of Allegiance (News - Alert) by Maritz Research and in combining the two companies to create MaritzCX.

Clark has decades of experience building successful software companies. Prior to MaritzCX, she was president and CEO for Allegiance. Before that she was SVP and chief marketing officer for Symantec (News - Alert), where she was responsible for global campaign and field marketing, partner and product marketing, branding and marketing communications, as well as public relations and analyst relations. As an executive at Altiris (News - Alert) and Novell, she was responsible for driving top and bottom-line company growth through fiscally accountable and operationally efficient marketing. Her leadership helped establish Altiris as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the world, growing revenues from $62 million to $230 million during a four-year period.

Throughout her career, Clark has directed and integrated diverse teams including product management, sales support, alliance, field and global marketing, events, brand and communications management. She has demonstrated expertise in bringing companies and people together through dozens of acquisitions with the exceptional ability to quickly promote best practices and to drive integrated teams toward common goals.

Carine Clark has been recognized with numerous awards, including 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Utah Region, and 2015 CEO of the Year by Utah Business magazine. She was ranked by ExecRank as #47 of all CMO's worldwide in 2012. She has also received the Women Tech Leadership Excellence Award, the 25th Annual TWIN Award, and the Silicon Slopes v100 Award. Clark received her bachelor's degree in organizational communications as well as a master's degree in business administration.

Peter Genereaux

In 1991, the Utah Information Technologies Association (UITA) was formed with Peter Genereaux as founder and CEO, which became the Utah Technology Council (UTC) in 2006. In conjunction with Governor Bangerter and his economic development team who recognized the entrepreneurial spirit and propensity for innovation in Utah, starting in 1989, Genereaux participated in conceiving the vision for an organization to attract, nurture and retain high tech companies in the state. He retired as CEO of UITA in 1999, after starting the first Hall of Fame, and now lives in Prescott, Arizona.

During UITA's early years, Genereaux was also Chairman of the Council for Regional Information Technologies Association (CRITA), an organization he co-founded. CRITA, now known as TECNA, comprises some 50 technology councils to represent the IT industry at the national level.

Among honors he has received, in 1975 he was invited by the President of the United States to be nominated as Secretary of the Government Services Administration, and as an Assistant Secretary in the Treasury Department. He received an Honorary Ph.D. Degree from Salt Lake Community College in 1995.

His education includes Princeton University, and following his service in the U.S. Army during the Korean War period, Genereaux earned his B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Delaware. Later, he was selected and participated in the Harvard Business School, Executive Development Program. He devoted his first 33 career years leading technology and financial businesses and not-for-profit organizations in their startup, growth, and as a "corporate doctor" for some.

This year's Hall of Fame inductees join past recipients Alan Ashton, David Evans, Philo Farnsworth, Ray Noorda, Ivan Sutherland, Bruce Bastain, John Warnock, Stephen Aldous, Edwin Catmull, Spencer Kirk, David Spafford, Thomas Stockham, Jr., David Bailey, Nolan Bushnell, James Clark, Alan Kay, Shane V. Robison, Kevin B. Rollins, Drew Major, Homer R. Warner, Jim Kajiya, Dinesh Patel, Bernard Daines, James Levoy Sorenson, H. Raymond Bingham, Theodore H. Stanley, Greg Butterfield, Peter D. Meldrum, Mark H. Skolnick, Dale H. Ballard, Gary L. Crocker, Governor Michael O. Leavitt, Mark Fuller, Stephen Jacobsen, Josh James, Fred Lampropoulos, David R. Bradford, Carl R. Kjeldsberg, John M. Matsen, III, A. Scott Anderson, Alan E. Hall, Kirk M. Ririe, Gretchen W. McClain, Will West, and Senator Orrin G. Hatch.

About The UTC Hall of Fame

The annual Hall of Fame event honors individuals with Utah ties who have made global contributions to the information technology and clean tech industries through new technology, innovation and leadership. The gala also headlines CEO keynotes from the world's great technology companies.

The Hall of Fame celebration is the year's largest gathering of Utah technology executives. UTC invites members of Utah's technology industries, as well as business and community leaders, to join in honoring this year's inductees.

For information regarding tickets or sponsorship opportunities, visit www.utahtech.org or call (801) 568-3500.

About the Utah Technology Council

The UTAH TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL is the state's premier professional association for more than 5,000 tech companies, representing nearly 10 percent of the state's total payroll. At its core, UTC exists to help businesses to CONNECT, LEARN and THRIVE by creating VALUABLE CONNECTIONS with members and others who offer peer experience and advice, by addressing the serious TALENT SHORTAGE faced by member companies and by assisting them to gain ACCESS TO FUNDING. Members join UTC to share insights with industry peers, counsel with government and K-20 academic leaders and receive expertise from professional service providers. Learn more at www.utahtech.org.

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