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VEiftSI -V f Mm,;. iir, )Ml(infi ( )fi,Vr and Co-founder, Chris Finken, Chief Information Officer; and -1 1 ii i) u, null id 1 ilthon at then oiwnine May 10. l he ( mniiHinil v at large." Oi angeSixIa specializes in online marketing, lypii ally u hi king with small to midsize companies with smaller advertising ad-vertising Imdgeis. They will woi k wit h businesses of all sizes, hut tend to utilize their services lor businesses with online advertising budget of sum in .S.r).ii(l(i. ' I'eople paying $5,000 would find it dilficull to gel the service ser-vice they need from Google or Yahoo, not to mention those lh.it spend SKIO." liean said. ( )i angeSoda's technology ( enlers around technology developed in the past several years by co-founders Bean and I Vrek Miner. The technology optimizes advertising money Eaiffle Giant Ladder Systems fj I j G by calculating the value of every click on an online advertisement, adver-tisement, keyword search or banner. Bean said that using the technology helps advertising become more efficient. "There has been a need for the past three to four years for a local search option," Bean said. "Yellow pages are used so infrequently today, people tend to use the internet more often." Before their work with OrangeSoda, Bean and Miner both specialized in the Internet marketing field. Bean became an Internet entrepreneur, and a pioneer in pay-per-click Internet In-ternet advertising. They began working togeth offices er on the business in the Summer Sum-mer of 2006, officially taking on customers in January 2007. Since that time, their business busi-ness has grown rapidly, in terms of number of customers. "We launched in January, and already we have hundreds of customers," Bean said. "There is such a great need for this technology." The company now handles accounts for over 200 customers custom-ers located in all 50 states, and anticipates that number to grow to over 1,000 by the end of the Summer. Bean said that their location in the Orem area will increase not only their customer base, but their employee base as well. America's Freedom KSLNEWSRAD0 102.7 1 160- FMIOO Sou Hin...Uii Tuik :: Photo courtesy OrangeSoda Jay R. Bean, President and in Orem "We have 40 employees total, 37 of them are located at our Orem offices," Bean said. Before his start with OrangeSoda, Or-angeSoda, Bean had another technology company in Ogden in 2000. He said that he moved the company to the Orem area because of the technology base in Utah County. He also likes Orem because he can utilize college students for part time work, hopefully moving them into full-time positions po-sitions after graduation. "We have already grown so much and see so much more growth in our future," Bean said. "Businesses in every marketplace can use our technology; tech-nology; we want to be people's in-house marketing experts." Foundation 2mltiHcral6 :-;i;i'f;'i''niii.-:!;' XanGo executives, promotions Gordon Morton has been named president of sales and marketing at XanGo. Morton previously served as the company's CMC1 overseeing oversee-ing the sales management, events, public relations, prod uct and marketing communications communi-cations departments. The move will allow him, as a founding executive, to focus on strategic direction and future growth. John Digles has been named chief marketing officer at XanGo. Digles previously served as senior vice president presi-dent of sales and marketing, directing global marketing campaigns and the company's sales team. Digles will now provide top-line strategy for all marketing departments including, creative strategy, public relations, product marketing, mar-keting, web development and communications. Russ Fletcher has been promoted to senior director, direc-tor, project management of XanGo's IT department and Rodney James has been promoted pro-moted to director of product marketing at XanGo. Credit union offers insurance Family First Federal Credit Union has acquired a new Health Savings Account for its members. "Many of our members have families or are entrepreneurs who have high deductible insurance plans. The Family First Health Savings Sav-ings Account truly provides a way for our members to protect themselves financially finan-cially during times of hospitalization, hos-pitalization, illness or other medical necessities," said Dick Chappell president and CEO of Family First. Family First is one of the first Utah credit unions to offer its members a Health Savings Account (HSA). The Family First HSA is available to all members who have an income and a High Deductible Insurance Plan (HDHP). It allows members to maintain andor use a balance of up to $5,000 annually for their medical related expenses. . 1 ! ft FOOT |