Richard Nelson -- President, CEO of UTC and TECNA

Richard Nelson is the President and CEO of the Utah Technology Council and also the CEO of the Technology Councils of North America, which is TECNA. The URL for UTC is www.utahtechcouncil.org; there are also UTC groups on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. When asked what people don't expect to find out about Richard, he said, "I had a kidney transplant. It’s one of the main reasons I am so cause driven. A 17 year old girl died suddenly in her sleep of a brain aneurism and the next day I received a new kidney. It’s made me very, very focused on what it is you do with your second life."