Which mobile phone apps increase your productivity the most?  Which apps make life simpler?  Join us as Kim Jones, of Vérité, and Alison Wistner, of Mercato Partners, share their favorite apps and lead the discussion of what works and what doesn’t.  Bring your mobile phone and join in the interactive portion of the program as we ask questions and tabulate audience responses.

Kimberley Jones founded Vérité based upon a vision for taking media to a digital communications platform. After over twelve years in Silicon Valley marketing and selling everything from high-end file servers and workstations to programmable chips, Kim Jones moved to Utah for a change. Upon arriving she immediately began working in the Broadcast Film and Video production market selling Sony Broadcast for a reseller based in Salt Lake City. Now as CEO of Vérité she is focused on digital production for sales, marketing and training communications as well as web-based business applications. For over fifteen years she has been the driving force behind the company's growth and project accomplishments. She is also the Chairman of the Board for the Utah Women Tech Council and a Trustee on Westminster College's MBA Advisory Board.

Alison Wistner is a Principal at Mercato Partners, a private equity firm that invests in high growth technology and consumer businesses. As a member of the investment team and the investment committee, Alison leads deal flow and due diligence efforts and is actively involved in the oversight and management of the portfolio. Alison currently serves as Chairman of the Board at Cymphonix, Inc. and as a board advisor for two other portfolio companies.  Prior to Mercato Partners, Alison was a Principal at Prospector Equity Capital (PEC), a private equity firm based in Park City, Utah. At PEC, Alison served on the investment committee and investment team and oversaw six portfolio investments. Alison was also the CFO of a portfolio company, Zane Benefits, a healthcare administration technology company for three years. Previously, Alison was a Vice President at Hunter Capital, focused on middle market investment banking transactions. Prior to joining Hunter Capital, Alison worked for Bank of America Securities in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Alison received a B.S. in Business Finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sponsored by Vérité

Hosted by Westminster College
1840 South 1300 East
Gore School of Business Bldg room #228
SLC, UT 84105

 July 20, 2011
12:00-1:30
Lunch and Speaker
$20 per person /member
$30 per person / non –member

Brian Lampright is a Digital Solutions Architect at Marketstar, the global leader in outsourced sales and marketing solutions,. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from University of Alaska. Brian has 15 years experience in software development and he is currently working in LG’s Digital Marketing group leading and Android App project. His favorite app is Evernote because his notes are available to him from anywhere on any device.

Due to popular demand we have had to move this tech talk to a larger location to accommodate the response!  Please note the new address at Westminster College in Salt Lake City.