Utah Women in Tech: The List I Should Have Posted

Kristal May called out my Utah tech list on Friday. Her question was simple: where are all the women?

She was right. The list had none. That one is on me.

I posted the short version on LinkedIn. This is the longer version, the companion to Built in Utah, Staying in Utah, the post that started this.

Kristal earned the right to ask. Her Utah roots run deep: nearly a decade running the University of Utah's PMBA and MBA Online programs, then a run at Pluralsight. She now leads the Mehrotra Institute at Boston University. She named two women in her comment. They lead this list.

Quick context on me: I am a former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in the credit monitoring space. Today I run Eco Moving Utah and build Bin X. I write these lists to build the feed I actually want to read. This one needed fixing.

Cydni R. Tetro

One of the two names Kristal gave me. Cydni Tetro founded the Women Tech Council, the organization built to grow the impact of women in Utah tech. She also sits on the Utah Board of Higher Education and chairs its AI Task Force. Leaving the founder of the Women Tech Council off a Utah tech list is exactly the miss Kristal was pointing at.

Maureen Makes

The second name Kristal gave me. Maureen Makes is VP of Engineering at Recursion, headquartered in Salt Lake City. She co-founded Women Who Code SLC in 2018. Utah Business put her on its 40 Under 40 list in 2023, and the Women Tech Council named her Technology Leader of the Year in 2019.

Carine Clark

Carine Clark is CEO of First Colony Mortgage in Pleasant Grove and executive chair of Domo. First Colony is her fourth CEO job, after Allegiance, MaritzCX, and Banyan. She also chairs the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity. Four CEO runs in one career is a short list all by itself.

Catherine Wong

Catherine Wong is COO and Chief Product Officer at Entrata. Get the company right: she is at Entrata now. She came from Domo, before Progress Software acquired it in 2026. Running product and operations at a company that size is the top of the Utah software game.

Amy Rees Anderson

Amy Rees Anderson founded REES Capital in Salt Lake City and runs it as managing partner. Before investing, she operated. She founded MediConnect Global and sold it. Founders who built and sold a company, then turned around and funded the next ones, belong on any Utah tech list.

Kat Kennedy

Kat Kennedy is a general partner at Kickstart, the seed fund backing Mountain West startups. She came to investing from the operator side: president and CXO of Degreed. Operator first, investor second. That is the path I trust.

Sara Jones

Sara Jones is CEO and founder of InclusionPro. She is also a co-founder of the Women Tech Council, and before InclusionPro she was CEO of ApplicantPro. Two CEO jobs and a co-founded council. She has been building this community longer than most people have been in it.

Trina Limpert

Trina Limpert is CEO and founder of RizeNext. She also co-founded Tech-Moms, which helps women move into tech careers. One company that develops leaders, one that builds the pipeline. Both hers.

Vanessa Quigley

Vanessa Quigley co-founded Chatbooks in Provo. Chatbooks turns digital photos into printed photo books. Simple product, hard business, and she built it into a real Utah consumer company.

Tara Spalding

Tara Spalding founded Hen House Ventures in Salt Lake City, which helps tech companies get to market and get funded. She ran BoomStartup as managing director and served as interim CEO of Kinect Capital. Her most recent role on record is Strategic Relationship Advisor at Nusano. She has had a hand in more early Utah startups than most investors ever will.

Who is missing?

Ten is a start, not a finish. Utah women are rocking it, and I know this list is still incomplete. Who else belongs on it? Tag them in the comments. That is how the first list got better.

Guy Warner, Eco Moving Utah and Bin X.