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 David Bradford will be joining us to speak on how to build a billion dollar business! Register today!

David Bradford is Executive Chairman of HireVue and a member of the Utah Technology Hall of Fame.  He is known as the Human Internet and has recently published a new book that has already hit two Amazon best seller lists - "UP Your Game - 6 Timeless Principles for Networking Your Way to the Top. 

Mr Bradford's last two companies where he served as CEO – Fusion-io and HireVue - were rated #1 and #2 by Fortune magazine among the fastest growing Utah  companies and Fusion-io was named by BusinessWeek as the #1 most innovative Company in the World.   He is also Chairman of a dynamic 3D Online  education and training company started by his PhD wife,  Linda,  - the VIEW- Virtual Immersive Educational Worlds. 

A core part of Bradford’s career was as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL), from 1985-2000, where he helped lead the networking juggernaut through a series of acquisitions, public offerings and business development activities. During his time at the networking juggernaut, the company grew from $70 million in annual revenue to over $2 billion. 

He currently serves on the executive committee and board of trustees of the Utah Technology Council and as a senior advisor to the Women’s Technology Council of Utah. David twice served as Chairman of the Board of the Business Software Alliance, the world’s leading industry trade association for the IT Industry.

He has received multiple awards and designations including being 2010 Utah Executive and Trustee of the Year award, SilverBeaver Boy Scout

 and the 1997 Alumnus of the Year for the BYU Law School . He was also featured in the PBS Special, Nerds 2.0.1, A Brief History of the Internet.

Bradford graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.A. in Political Science in 1974 and his Juris Doctor in 1977  He received his Masters of Business Administration from Pepperdine University in 1983.