Objective

A Database Administrator, Database Developer and Database Architect position utilizing my skills in:

Highlights of Qualification

Major Achievements:

• 8+ years of practical experience in designing, implementing, and managing mid to large-scale client/server solutions and projects.

• Well experienced in technical breadths that include Database Design and Architecture (SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, Legacy Systems), and application development (VB, MTS).

• Some experience in Internet/Intranet Application Development (IIS, VBscript, XML).

• Lead Database Architect and Developer from October 2001 to March 2006 at City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California.

• DBA Consultant from May 2000 to October 2001 at California Medical Association, San Francisco, California.

• Lead DBA and Developer from November 1997 to April 2000 at NextOffice.com, San Francisco, California.

• Programmer/Analyst from 1997 to October 1997 at Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California.

• Programmer/Analyst (IS Office of the Chancellor as part time) from February 1994 to May 1996 at University of California at Berkeley.

• Junior Database Developer from August 1991 to September 1993 at Hikari Tsushin Co.,Ltd. Tokyo, Japan.

• Analytical and practical experience in database architecture, application development and cross-platform environments.

• Tools: C++, VB , Oracle 8i, MSQL, XML, VHDL, P-Spice, constantly improving relational database skills.

• Speaking and writing ability in French, Spanish, and Japanese; currently learning Chinese (Mandarin)

• Member of IEEE for 8 years.

Accomplishments:

 Lead Database Architect and Developer(October 2001 to March 2006)

• Oversee planning and implementation of database design, development and maintenance for the Biomedical Information Division. Responsibilities include:

 manage a 12-member team of DBA and developers

 work closely with System Analysts

 ensure lifecycle of multi-platform projects

 ensure high availability and scalability of databases

 DBA Consultant(May 2000 to October 2001)

• Designed backend architecture and developed security modules for a third party healthcare company (cv writing service) that provides identification and authentication solutions to medical professionals and organization, allowing them to conduct business on the internet.

• Involvement in implementation (along with VeriSign Developers) of an environment that assigns (using IIS and Web based applications) digital certificates as a source universal electronic ID for licensed healthcare professionals. The final product allows them to send and receive encrypted e-mail, digitally sign contracts, prescriptions, and clinical documents, and access restricted web sites.

 Lead DBA and Developer (November 1997 to April 2000)

• Supervised a small group of developers and designed/implemented a B2B web site that specializes in the sale of high-end home and office furniture.

• Involvement included designed of database architecture, development of in-house tools and strategies for cross platform environment.

• Has designed and implemented (with the help of DB administration) dB schema, store producers, dB error checking, normalization and automation of data export/import from legacy systems for dB architecture.

• Has designed in-house tools that allow users to manually enter and edit data onto database using a web browser or a stand-alone application.

• Has contributed to all development aspects (front-end and back-end) of the website (nextoffice.com) from the ground up.

 Programmer/Analyst

Genentech, Inc. (March 1997 to October 1997)

• Has implemented a cross-platform environment for data analysis, data input/output and Web access capabilities.

• Main tasks of project included: redeveloped store procedures for Oracle dB (from R-Basic), designed dB architecture and developed applications with embedded error checking to minimize intervention.

University of California (February 1994 to May 1996)

• Has implemented a data warehouse environment to serve the information needs of the University of California.

• Main tasks included upgrading database (from legacy system to Sybase dB) for Budget and planning department, database for student records and implementation of cross platform environment to meet the needs of the various departments within the Chancellor’s office.

• Cross platform included Mac OS, Windows, OS2 and Unix.

• Has involved in selecting various third party tools (brio Tools, Paradox, MS Access and FoxPro) for data querying.

 Junior Database Developer (August 1991 to September 1993)

• Localized networking software for Ethernet drivers and helped design database components for client tracking.

Experience:

Lead Database Architect and Developer –October 2001 to March 2006

City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California

• Designed and implemented database solutions:

• Tuning, Normalization, Architecture (Physical and Logical Modeling), Replication.

• Maintain large databases; up to 800 Gb of data

• Back up and Recovery strategies.

• Data Warehousing (Architecture, OLTP, OLAP, and ETL)

• Metadata Repository Services

• Development (DTS, ADO, OLE, ODBC, and SQL-DMO API,)

• Developed databases for analytical processing of various cancer and diabetes related diseases.

• Designed back end architecture for Microsoft SQL, Oracle and Sybase databases (including normalization, triggering, modeling and error checking procedures)

• Developed in-house tools to extract and import data from/to MSQL, Oracle, Sybase and legacy databases.

• Created data Repository environment and Metadata Services

Tools: MS SQL Server (main DB environment), Sybase, Oracle 8i (PL/SQL and SQL Plus), SDK v 1.3.0, XML, VB, Access 2000, ASP, ADO, etc

 DBA Consultant--May 2000 to October 2001

California Medical Association, San Francisco, California

• Designed Database Architecture (SQL Server)

• Developed modules in C that extract/import and encrypt client’s digital signature using VeriSign certificates

• Implemented and developed Database triggers, store procedures and normalization

Tools: SQL Server, IIS, C, ASP, Vbscript and HTML

 Lead DBA and Developer ---November 1997 to April 2000

NextOffice.com, San Francisco, California

• Developed real-time database application for data entry purpose. Database was used simultaneously in three different states and for telecommuting purposes.

• Designed back end architecture for Microsoft SQL and Oracle databases (including normalization, triggering and error checking procedures, back-up strategies and scalability)

• Developed in-house tools to extract and import data from/to MSQl and Oracle databases.

Tools:SQL Server (6.5 & 7.0), Oracle 8i(PL/SQL and SQL Plus), SDK v 1.3.0, XML, VB, Access 2000, ASP.

 Programmer/Analyst -- March 1997 to October 1997

Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California.

• Developed filters that allow the transfer of data from an HR-1 server to an Oracle server

• Created graphical interface for system

• Automated various task to enable users to view data in different formats

Tools: R-Basic, Perl, C-shell, Oracle 7 (PL-SQL SQL*Plus), MSQL 6.5, ASP, VB

 Programmer/Analyst (IS Office of the Chancellor)— Part Time Position, February 1994 to May 1996 University of California at Berkeley

• Implemented cross-platform client/server environment

• Developed in-house tools for data retrieval and analysis (mainly for statistical and budgeting purposes)

• Developed applications for client and host machines.

Tools:Sybase, c-shell, ISQL, C, VB, Brio Tools, Fox Pro

 Junior Database Developer —August 1991 to September 1993

Hikari Tsushin Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan

• Designed a client/server environment and localized networking software for “Technology Works” (from English to Japanese).

• Developed database applications for 4th Dimension, MSQL and Oracle environments

• Co-wrote software for a business-card-reader device; includes software and hardware design

• Researched new client/server technology and negotiated distribution contracts with foreign vendors.

Tools:C, Assembly, MSQL, Oracle, 4^th Dimension, MS Access

Education

University of California, B.S. in EECS. May 1996.

UC Berkeley Extension, various computer related courses (Java, Oracle)

Employment History

City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California (2001-2006)Lead Database Architect and Developer

California Medical Association, San Francisco, California (2000-2001) DBA Consultant

NextOffice.com, San Francisco, California (1997-2000) Lead DBA and Developer

Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (March 1997-October 1997) programmer/Analyst

University of California at Berkeley (1994-1996) Programmer/Analyst

Hikari Tsushin Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan (1991-1993) Junior Database Developer 

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AT&T Inc. is presently venturing into home alarm monitoring business to find returns beyond its slowing cellphone market. Today, AT&T made an announcement that it will start selling home security systems Atlanta and nationwide, making a step to challenge this industry leader ADT.

The largest U.S cellphone company AT&T, joins Verizon Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp. in venturing into the smart home field. This move reveals these telephone and cable companies’ demands for seeking sales profits opportunities beyond the standstill wireless subscriber and pay-TV business. ”It’s a fragmented industry. It’s just the perfect time for us to jump in,” said Glenn Lurie, AT&T’s president of emerging devices.

This service, which is named Digital Life, makes it possible for home owners to monitor their homes through cameras and light their houses remotely by making use of computers or phones as well as get a 24-hour home monitoring service, AT&T proclaimed the service today at the International CTIA Wireless event in New Orleans. In late 2010, AT&T has obtained an advanced technology from Xanboo, a company AT&T took over. The central control panel connects wirelessly with householders’ lights, thermostats, cameras as well as sensors for smoke, windows, doors and carbon monoxide. Through the panel, people can then safeguard their houses from their mobile phones.

AT&T intends to sell the Digital Life service nationwide to anyone with a high-speed Internet connection, starting with trials this summer in Dallas and Atlanta. AT&T didn’t say what its service would charge.

Tyco International Ltd. (TYC)’s ADT unit is the greatest home alarm firm in America that dominates the home alarm market. Last year, the security-solutions sales of Tyco’s achieved $8.63 billion, Bloomberg data shows. A security and monitoring package called Pulse from ADT charges $50 a month with a $200 installation cost. A similar alarm monitoring and home security package from Verizon is sold for $220 with a $10 monthly cost. Some other home monitoring firms charge much lower, for example, Atlanta security firm offers its smart home package beginning at $45.95 per month with a $49 installation charge.

”AT&T has the great advantages of our simple user controls and technology that allow users to control their systems via the computer no matter where they are,” Lurie said, “This can be a great leap outside any products in the field.”

Since nearly every adult in U.S. has already had mobiles, and only 23 percent of the houses have alarm monitoring systems, the incentive for AT&T is to try to win a portion of a market that still has plenty of room for growth.

Providing services without reducing the profit margins can be one of the challenges AT&T has to face. According to Bloomberg data, the operating profit of Tyco’s security business unit was less than 16 percent last year, and more than 24% for AT&T’s wireless business. AT&T is showing its ambition with the goal of selling home alarm services nationally, not just offering home security and automation services in Atlanta. As the president Lurie said, they have been assessing this profit issue for a long time and AT&T’s Digital Life doesn’t hurt margins. They are confident of increasing profit margins in this home automation and security industry.

(See Downtown Alliance Web Site)

People like to complain about Washington, DC – sometimes with good reason, but the District of Columbia is more than shorthand for the dysfunction that seems to paralyze politics these days. It is also a dynamic urban center and downtown Salt Lake City has much to learn from the nation’s capital. 

Recently, 57 Utah business leaders went to the nation’s capital to ask our political leaders to please stop bickering, and get to work solving problems. In two-and-a half days, we met with administration officials, business lobbyists, Utah’s entire congressional delegation and former U.S. Senators Bennett (R- UT) and Dorgan (D – ND) who talked about paralysis in our nation’s capital. The meetings were well organized and educational, but they were not very optimistic. The Washington, DC culture seems more focused on preserving power and advancing  rigid ideological agendas than actually solving problems.

On the other hand, I got to see, up close, some of the innovations in urban development that the city of Washington has unveiled. These were awesome.

Washington has an attractive and helpful way-finding system. We’re working on something similar for downtown Salt Lake City – renovating and in some cases replacing our downtown maps and signage that still talk about Crossroads, ZCMI and the Delta Center. We’ll be talking to the Salt Lake City Council over the next few months about how local business and political  leaders can work together to make this happen.

DC has an amazing bike sharing program, with solar-powered kiosks scattered throughout the district where you can rent a bike for as little as $5. We have something like that in the works here, too. Parking a car in Washington DC isn’t easy. But if you do find an open space, you can pay with a credit card, or your phone as part of a solar powered parking pay station. We’re hoping to unveil a similar system with Salt Lake City’s transportation department in the next few months.

When you arrive at Reagan International Airport, the METRO rail line takes you to the City Center in about 15 minutes for just a few dollars.  And, guess what?  In Salt Lake City, the Airport TRAX line is ahead of schedule and under budget.  We’re almost there. 

Over the next year, downtown will change dramatically. In part because of City Creek Center’s opening, bringing 15 million (that is not a typo) visitors, and in part because of streetscape and other infrastructure improvements that will make downtown more user-friendly. It’s also changing because Utahn’s are feeling a greater sense of ownership and connection to their downtown as the region’s urban center and capital city.

I know we’re not perfect – we still have problems in pockets of our city that make the urban center unwelcoming, and we need to aggressively work to fix those problems. But the long-term trajectory of downtown is moving in the right direction as a more livable, walk-able and dynamic neighborhood.  We have much to learn from the city of Washington, DC in terms of urban innovation. But the nation’s capital could also take a few hints from Salt Lake City’s business, community and political leaders in how to work together cooperatively for a better future.

In 1920, Sinclair Lewis wrote a provocative novel called Main Street.  It’s the story of an ambitious young woman who follows her husband to his fictional home town – a provincial Midwestern community called Gopher Prairie.  She tries to introduce new ideas and a sense of vitality to the townsfolk. But most members of her new community aren’t impressed or persuaded. Gopher Prairie’s Main Street remains unchanged, regressive and sedentary.

Gopher Prairie’s Main Street is fictional but it illustrates the tension between new and old, progress and stagnation. These same forces are part of the life of any community or any Main Street. And this tension is unavoidable. Every Main Street and every downtown is either rising or sinking. We are fortunate to live here during an ascending cycle. As a direct result of thoughtful and dedicated efforts by many business, religious and community leaders, downtown Salt Lake City is on the rise. It hasn’t happened by accident and the momentum won’t continue without the help of our community. 

A quick walk down our Main Street shows dramatic progress at City Creek, new restaurants, sandwich shops, galleries, and a new Joseph A. Banks clothier. Plans are moving forward for a new Performance Center and Utah Theater renovation. The new and improved Gallivan Plaza will be done next month and 222 South Main and the Walker Center continue to attract new corporate offices. Construction on the new $300 million federal courthouse is spurring economic activity on the south side of Main Street as well.

Our downtown transformations aren’t limited to Main Street. Red “donation meters” are popping up around the city – part of a new outreach effort by the Salt Lake City Police Department called HOST. If you feel compelled to give spare change to the homless, put it in a meter where it can be distributed to local service providers. In addition to donation meters, the police are actively approaching panhandlers throughout the downtown area.  If panhandlers need help with housing, food, medical care or other social services, Salt Lake City’s finest are there to help. The goal is directing people in need to the service providers who can help.

We don’t face the challenge of stagnation of Gopher Prairie’s Main Street. Instead, we need to manage our dynamic change in ways that continue to build momentum. To that end, the Alliance is working with City leaders, Visit Salt Lake, and the downtown-based Infinite Scale Design Group to upgrade and expand our way finding system.  We are developing a strategic communication plan to leverage the opening of City Creek Center.  We are supporting Salt Lake City in the launch of new parking pay stations. And we continue to support the concept of a cultural core as expressed by County and City leaders.   

As downtown continues to rise, we need your help, ideas and perspectives to successfully navigate the next few years.  Please don’t hesitate to contact me with your suggestions at jason@downtownslc.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . In the novel Main Street, nothing significant changed in Gopher Prairie because people were suspicious of new ideas and new ways of looking at the world. To ensure the continued success of our Main Street, we must do the opposite – embracing change and new ideas as together we shape our shared future.

The Alliance for a Better UTAH respectfully disagrees with Bob Bernick’s April 29^th suggestion that text messages shouldn’t be public record (See Maybe Lawmakers’ Text Messages Shouldn’t be Public Record http://utahpolicy.com/featured_article/maybe-lawmakers-text-messages-shouldnt-be-public-record). Similarly, we previously disagreed with Sutherland Institute’s Paul Mero when he suggested that the changes to GRAMA proposed by HB477 were justified for similar reasons. (See Mero Moment http://www.sutherlandinstitute.org/article_detail.php?id=3023&type=Search+Results&newsletter=1).

Bernick’s contention seems to be, for the most part, that text messages are “transitory” in nature and, as a practical matter, are difficult to collect and catalog. Mero’s contention was that text messaging is a new form of “contemporaneous communication” and, therefore, like an oral discussion, should be shielded from public view.

We disagree. While both Bernick and Mero make strong arguments that seem compelling on their face, we feel that these arguments fail under their own weight and are fraught with internal inconsistency.

The better argument, as Mero alludes, is that all communication should be public in the interest of transparency and good governance. That is, however, impractical because not all conversations are recorded or are intended for public consumption and, as Mero points out, few people really want to know how the sausage is made. Bernick, on the other hand, argues the need for a communications “safe harbor” and also points out the relative ease with which technology could soon allow the easy recording and transcription of all telephonic conversations, thereby questioning why all such conversations shouldn’t ultimately be public as well.

Flimsy as it may be, the answer seems rather simple. Oral communication has, for time immemorial, been respected as private. In answer to the collection difficulty that Bernick points to, we note that the same could be said for letters and other documents that have no obviously central collection point, or email before the widespread use of exchange servers and other central collection points.

However, to distinguish a text message from other forms of written communication as the equivalent of an oral, contemporaneous communication – whether in person or by telephone - is intellectually dishonest. Like Mero, Bernick simply decides to equate a text message and a phone call as being one and the same.

Mero suggests that an email discussion between two parties is different because it is not a contemporaneous conversation, though he acknowledges that this is merely his personal view and relates to his own use of the two modes of communication. Bernick notes that his own terrible texting abilities may lead him to his conclusion.

But one cannot honestly dictate what form of communication will be used for what purpose to a population as a whole.

The idea of hastening non-oral conversations toward the contemporaneous nature of speaking has been around for centuries. Talking may always be the most contemporaneous and expedient compared to available alternatives, but cost and technology have always imposed limitations on the ability to make such conversations practical in all circumstances. In the time of Pony Express letter delivery, cables and telegrams became relatively contemporaneous. The invention of the facsimile or overnight delivery made written communication cheaper and ever more contemporaneous. Email is another step in the evolution of constant - and contemporaneous – communication, and many people treat it as a convenience when compared to the difficult of trading voicemail messages until two people can talk by phone. Facebook, Twitter and text messages have provided us with an ever growing number of ways to communicate in real-time. Without a doubt there will be one or more other new methods of communicating contemporaneously before the end of this decade.

Although Bernick and Mero do not fall prey to the argument, lately we hear more and more people asserting that the public nature of the text message should be tested against the owner of the device or the identity of the party paying the cell phone bill. Here too we have to disagree. The test, as with all government records, should be its relationship to government business. This relatively simple test has worked for so long because destruction of evidence has very real consequences. However, to evade the simple government business test by using a personal device would make a mockery of the law.

When it comes to transparency in government and good governance, we need bright lines. We cannot do away with the oral conversation or the private meeting – nor, perhaps, should we – but if parties to a discussion decide to reduce that discussion to “writing,” whether by pen, typewriter or one electronic method or another, it should, subject to reasonable limitations, be subject to GRAMA, FOIA and the public’s right to know. Any governmental employee who doesn’t want their communication subject to such discovery should pick up a phone or meet in person but to distinguish a text message from any other form of written communication fails even the most basic smell test and fails under the weight of its own intellectual dishonesty.

To test your knowledge of prominent people and major events in the news, you are invited to take a short 11-question quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with 1,004 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a national survey conducted Mar. 17-20, 2011 by the Pew Research Center.

The Pew Research Center updates the News IQ quiz every few months by conducting a nationwide survey of Americans reached by both landline and cell phones. Each version of the quiz asks a wide range of questions about current events and issues as well as background facts and concepts that are relevant to the news. For an analysis of the findings from the most recent national News IQ survey, read the full summary of findings. (No peeking! If you are going to take the quiz, do it first before reading the analysis.)

The exact same quiz administered on the telephone survey is replicated here on the website. When you finish, you will be able to compare your News IQ with: the average American, as well as with the scores of men and women; with college graduates as well as those who didn't attend college; with people who are your age as well as with younger and older Americans. Are you more news-savvy than the average American? Here's your chance to find out.

The full reports from earlier versions of the quiz are also available (See November 2010, July 2010, January 2010, October 2009, April 2009, December 2008, February 2008, September 2007 and April 2007). The April 2007 report also includes an analysis of how knowledge levels vary according to people's news sources.

There is a vibrant discussion throughout America today on federalism. “The 10” is a summary of 10 noteworthy federalism stories or thought-provoking commentary designed to provide people access to this discussion.  Not all items included in “The 10” are supported or endorsed by the members of the 10th Amendment Task Force, which is a project of the Republican Study Committee in Congress. 

1) The 10th Protects All Citizens from Concentrated Power - Michael Maharrey, the Communications Director for the Tenth Amendment Center, writes that “a rediscovery of the constitutional principles envisioned by our founders can serve as a bridge spanning different ideologies.” 

2)  The Challenge of Bringing Common Sense to a Federal Program -  The Washington Examiner recounts Utah Governor Gary Herbert’s efforts to save money and bring common sense to Medicaid. 

3) Health Reform and Federalism -  The Heritage Foundation’s Stuart Butler maintains that “structural, innovative and continuous reform” in health care will only occur through “bottom-up experimentation in both the private and public sectors.” 

4) Governor Perry touts 10^th Amendment Solutions - Texas Governor Rick Perry recently joined with other Texas officials to “affirm the rights reserved to the states by the 10^th Amendment.” 

5) One-Size-Fits-None: California vs. the EPA - The Tenth Amendment Center has an interesting article detailing an impending battle between California and the U.S. Congress over vehicle emission standards.  

6) South Carolina Fights to Opt-Out - South Carolina’s Senator Lindsey Graham and Governor Nikki Haley attempt to roll back ObamaCare, state-by-state.   

7) Constitutional Guidance for Lawmakers on Article V - The Heritage Foundation has released a primer on the process, pros, and pitfalls of the constitutional amendment procedure detailed in Article V of the U.S. Constitution. 

8) ObamaCare an Anchor on States and Local Governments - Rep. Phil Gingrey (GA) recently wrote on op-ed describing how ObamaCare will “sink our local and federal governments further into debt.”  

9) 10^th Amendment Day – A New National Holiday?  The Georgia Senate chose a day earlier this month as “Tenth Amendment Day” to consider a number of bills that highlight state sovereignty.   

10) Flashback - In June of 1950, Frank Chodorov wrote a thought-provoking examination of the States’ Rights movement as a “revolution…[in] opposition to the urgency of political power to limit choice and compel adjustment.”  

If you have an item to include in the “The 10,” please contact Cody Stewart at 202 225-8411

President Obama and members of Congress on both sides of the aisle say they support budget cuts. That’s good. The federal budget certainly needs cutting, and the Republicans are suggesting large cuts, while the Democrats want small cuts.

The problem is, the cuts are focused only on discretionary spending, a very small part of the budget. When entitlement programs, interest payments on debt, and military spending are excluded, only about one-seventh of the budget remains. So even big cuts don’t make much of a dent on deficit spending.

And, unfortunately, no one, not Republicans, not Democrats, are making bold proposals to rein in entitlements, the biggest part of the budget. So while members of Utah’s congressional delegation all, even Democrat Jim Matheson, talk like budget hawks, they are really budget sparrows, not proposing specific action to make a real impact.

Sure, they all say that entitlement programs need to be addressed. But they aren’t making meaningful proposals. They’re all waiting for someone else to act.

I would love to see Sen. Mike Lee tell us how he would specifically cut entitlements. Ditto for Sen. Orrin Hatch, and Reps. Rob Bishop, Jim Matheson and Jason Chaffetz.

If they’re really serious about getting the budget under control, how do they propose to reform Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid? I’d like to see specific proposals, with numbers.

Ironically, former Sen. Bob Bennett, who was defeated because many delegates thought he was too liberal, did propose a realistic plan to reduce Social Security obligations. He put his plan out there for everyone to see. How about Utah’s current congressional delegation? Can they show as much courage and resolve to really cut the budget as Bennett did?

Deseret News President & Ceo Clark Gilbert says newspapers have three years to change until "permanent reality" occurs. Speaking to the Multimedia Key Executives Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida, Gilbert said, "The industry is forever broken. It will bounce again, but three years from now will be the permanent reality."

Here's an except from a report in News & Tech:

... Gilbert didn't pull any punches as he opened the inaugural Multimedia Key Executives Conference that opened here today.

"Unless you are willing to completely transform yourselves, I don't have a lot to say to you today," he told the more than 470 newspaper executives attending the conference.

"A complete transformation is necessary to move forward and to be competitive" with new businesses entering the marketplace, he said, adding that he believed the industry has a three-year window to make the necessary changes.

Gilbert has overseen a dramatic change at the Deseret News, which last spring launched a digital-centric strategy. It also integrated its operations more tightly with sister media outlets KSL Radio and KSL Television in a bid to become the dominant force in Salt Lake City.

Gilbert said emerging competitors, such as Groupon, threaten to do a lot more damage to newspapers, much like Craigslist all but evaporated the industry's classified ad base.

"Groupon is going to destroy the newspaper coupon business," he said.

Read News & Tech report here.

Best line heard at the Salt Lake County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner: "Carl Wimmer is by all means a perfectly good name. But think of the missed opportunity when Carl's mother failed to name him Jimmer."