By Joey Ferguson LAYTON — Pluralsight, an online developer education company, named former Skullcandy vice president Brett Barlow as its new chief marketing officer. Barlow will steer Pluralsight’s image much like he did Skullcandy’s, where he led interactive marketing and e-commerce, during its rise to IPO in 2011, the

By Joey Ferguson PROVO —AirVend [http://www.air-vend.com/home] plans to make $20 million with its touch screen vending machine controls according to purchase orders and letters of intent received by the company. The Provo-based company designs and distributes vending machine controls capable of displaying nutrition information, interacting with

By Joey Ferguson Sebastian Hooker, marketing director of breathalyzer kiosk company BreathAdvisor, demonstrates his company’s product at Nerdapalooza. (photo: Joey Ferguson)[/caption] SALT LAKE CITY — The decision on whether it’s safe to drive after a night at the bar is a potentially life-threatening one. One startup wants to

By Joey Ferguson Shane Willard presents eAsthma Tracker at LaunchUP.[/caption] SANDY — Tech accelerator BoomStartup’s program manager Shane Willard has stepped down to join one of its portfolio company. Willard was part of the executive team that brought CampusBookRentals to $40 million in revenue. He now works as the

By Joey Ferguson PROVO — Provo Dojo, a co-working space in downtown Provo, opened enrollment for its 9-week developer training program that will begin in late September. Dojo DevCamp will cost $7,000 for an all-day course. Participants who take a job with one of the Dojo’s partner companies get

By Joey Ferguson Boostability team with UVEF Chairman Ken Kauffman and Carine Clark, CEO of Allegiance.[/caption] PROVO — Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum named Boostability, an SEO services company, as the “Top 25 Under 5” company. Boostabilty provides SEO services to more than 10,000 customers. The American Fork-based company employs

By Joey Ferguson Photo: The HUB SLC The Hub is launching a 13,000-square-foot co-working space in Salt Lake City, making it the first of its kind in Utah’s capital. The space, located in the Zim’s building, is part of The Hub, which operates nearly 30 co-working facilities

By Joey Ferguson Scott Allen, computer programming instructor at Pluralsight.[/caption] SALT LAKE CITY — An online computer programming instructor working for Pluralsight [http://www.pluralsight.com/training] earned more than $1.8 million in teaching fees and royalties since 2008. Scott Allen [http://pluralsight.com/training/authors/details/scott-allen], who