Founders, Investors & Operators

John Sperry is the entrepreneurial force behind Halosight, bringing a combination of creativity, technology, and practicality to every opportunity he encounters. He serves as the CEO bringing a focus on growing people and investing in the company's culture. In 2010, John joined the ranks of the V100 as one of the top entrepreneurs to lead a new venture to success. That same year, he was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young for the Utah Region. Under John’s leadership, the company has enjoyed strong growth, claiming a spot on the Inc. 500/5000 for five consecutive years. In 2016 he was named CEO of the Year by Utah Business Magazine. John’s abundant energy and passion is focused toward continual innovation. His philosophy, which highlights the importance of valuing each employee, client, and consumer individually, is core to everything he creates—from companies to new technology. Before founding Halosight John founded InMoment, a leader in the CX/VOC space. He grew the company for 17 years with offices in 6 countries and over 400 employees. He had a successful exit selling InMoment to Madison Dearborn. He headed up the design and implementation of enterprise technology solutions for leading insurance, financial services, and automotive brands. He served as senior vice president at SunGard, a billion-dollar company that provides mission-critical software and services to the financial services industry.

Vess Pearson co-founded Aptive in 2015, and today it serves customers in more than 5,000 cities across 34 states and ranks as the 4th largest residential pest control company in North America (out of more than 20,000 competitors). Prior to Aptive, Vess’ leadership was instrumental in building and selling two previous pest control ventures and he is now focused on building Aptive as a legacy brand that will disrupt the 100-year-old industry. Vess’ heavy emphasis on elevated employee culture led to him being named 2021 EY Entrepreneur of The Year in the Utah Region.

Scott is a Co-founder and a Managing Partner of Rev Road Capital, an early-stage seed venture capital firm that scales founders faster. Scott is also the Founder and Executive Chairman of Omadi, a cloud based, mobile platform for field services management that currently serves the towing, transportation, and insurance industries. In addition, Scott was the executive director of the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology in the Marriott School of Business at BYU from 2017 to 2020 and managing director from 2010 to 2015. Scott has founded or co-founded 6 other companies and currently has significant ownership stakes in several other businesses.

Zacc is the President of Capita and a CFP® professional. He began his financial services career at Fidelity in 2007 and joined Capita in 2015. Zacc’s personal mission is: Deliver superior financial planning to as many households as possible. This mission is accomplished through guiding Capita’s advisors and distributing The Financial Call podcast of which he is a co-host. Zacc loves coaching soccer, mountain biking with his dog, and spending time with his family.

Ryan Janeway has built and sold four companies in the medical software and services space. His current companies include RHJ Enterprises, MediPro Direct, and Alliance DNA Laboratory. Outside the office, Ryan is an avid learner, basketball player, paintballer, mountain biker, traveler, and hiker. He has 5 children and lives with his family in Alpine, Utah.

Hayden Wadsworth is the co-founder and CEO of HydroJug, a company with a sole mission of helping others live healthier lives by making it easier to drink more water and be hydrated. Hayden’s biggest focus is creating better products and customer experiences and helping his team become the best they can be. HydroJug is located in Ogden, Utah, and was founded in 2017.

Eric is the founder of Brighton Wealth Management, a fee-only fiduciary financial firm that focuses on building strong collaborative relationships with their clients to deliver comprehensive, sophisticated, and holistic wealth management plans. Eric is also the founder of Flex Fleet, a leading truck rental company that provides nationwide 4×4 truck delivery.

Jason is the CEO and Co-Founder of PACS, which provides skilled nursing, health care, and rehabilitation services at more than 175 facilities in California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Colorado, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, and Ohio. PACS also provides a wide array of back-office support services to skilled nursing facilities, reducing administrative burdens on facilities so that their local leadership and care teams can focus more of their efforts on the care, well-being, and quality of life of their patients and residents.

Jeff has started, run or been an early investor in over 15 companies in tech & real estate valued at over a billion dollars, lost a challenging race for Governor amidst COVID 19 in his home state, is an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship, served on 20+ boards, lived in the Middle East & traveled to over 50 countries while earning two degrees. He is a Founder and Chairman of Peak Capital Partners, a $5B+ real estate investment firm located in Provo, UT, which was named the 2nd fastest growing company in Utah and one of the 500 fastest privately held companies in the United States by Inc. Magazine. Jeff also launched Peak Ventures (now Album), which has three early-stage funds that back the brightest and most inspiring entrepreneurs in Utah and throughout the US. Early Investor @ Spotify, MetaMask, Route, Pattern, Pura, Podium, Mosyle, Giddy, Neighbor, Entrata, Divvy, MX, Homie, Weave, Kizik, Taxbit, Gabb, Andela, Degreed, Stance, Lucid, Owlet, Baller TV, Lendio, Angel Studios, Breeze Airways & Filevine.

After graduating, then starting and selling several businesses, Dave founded Paragon Wealth Management. Over 35 years later, his company has survived and thrived in some of the most difficult investment markets in history. Paragon Wealth Management has received numerous awards including Advisors with Heart, NABCAP Premier Advisor five times and the Best of State Investment Advisor thirteen times. In addition to managing Paragon, on January 3rd, 2022 Dave was sworn in as Mayor of the City of Orem. Dave is the father of five children and grandfather of ten. He has traveled extensively around the world. He enjoys hunting, fitness, adventure travel, the outdoors and spending time with his family.