Paul Ahlstrom

Senforce Technologies, Inc. provides security software and services to protect corporate data on endpoint devices, protect employee computers, networks and data from malicious attacks, unauthorized access and misuse. It provides services to financial, government and other organisations. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Draper, UT.

In 2003 the founders of S5 Wireless, recognizing the limitations of existing location technologies, conceived of a novel RF approach to location and telemetry. The unconventional approach enjoys dramatic advantages across an array of performance metrics, offering high accuracy, low-latency, long battery life and excellent indoor coverage at a cost that enables rapid mass market adoption. Capable of serving standalone applications as well as fully integrated operation within existing data/voice applications, the S5 technology expands the possibilities of the LBS market. Historically, location and telemetry applications have faced four prominent barriers which have prevented mass market adoption of LBS. These barriers include: total cost, operational range, signal penetration and battery power. While existing wireless technologies meet a subset of these needs, a solution which simultaneously solves all requirements has proven elusive. This has resulted in applications which are only partially served by the chosen technology. Consequently, LBS market adoption has been constrained to a set of fragmented verticals rather than enjoying growth through mass market adoption driven by a horizontal technology enabler. This is no longer the case. Unlike conventional location and telemetry technologies, S5 meets all requirements to enable mass market adoption: Low Total Cost (hardware and subscription) Wide Area Coverage (metropolitan regions leading to global coverage) Excellent Indoor and Outdoor Coverage Long Battery Life (measured in years, not weeks) Low-latency and Rapid Updating (instant availability of present location) In function, S5’s tag is similar to an RFID tag, in that it can be easily embedded or attached to almost anything: products, people, pets, vehicles, etc. Further, with the integrated telemetry capability, the item can report “presence” information such as temperature, vibration, moisture or any other sensed aspect. However, unlike RFID systems, customers need not deploy, operate and maintain a multitude of expensive and proprietary tag readers. “Plug and Play” meets location and telemetry.

Cogito, Inc. develops software solutions. It offers relational analytics to keep data in context. The company was founded by Dallas Noyes in 1994 and is headquartered in Draper, UT.

Reachable, Inc. develops software application solutions. It offers enterprises in creating privacy conscious, collective rolodex of their executive, sales teams, and employees. The company was founded by Laurent Ohana in 2007 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Founded in 2000 by Dinesh Patel and Paul Ahlstrom, vSpring Capital LLC is a venture capital firm located in Salt Lake City, Utah with an additional office in Cedar Crest, New Mexico.

Ancestry.com, Inc. provides online network services for connecting families. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Lehi, UT.

Aeroprise, Inc. is the world's most-deployed software for mobilizing BMC Remedy IT service management applications. Fortune 500 companies, midsize businesses and public institutions use Aeroprise to extend service desk, asset management and change management functionality to BlackBerry and other mobile devices. Aeroprise lowers IT support costs, improves customer satisfaction and reduces critical asset downtime. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, with operations in Bangalore, Aeroprise is a privately held company.

Knowlix Corp. developed end-to-end knowledge management software for help desks and customer support centers. The company was founded by Paul Ahlstrom and was headquartered in Salt Lake City, CA.

Part of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., Angel Studios, Inc. develops next generation interactive entertainment software. The company is based in Provo, UT. The company was founded by Jeffrey Harmon, Jordan Harmon. The CEO is Neal Harmon. Angel Studios was acquired by Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. on November 20, 2002 for $35.19 million.