Cydni Tetro: Building tech from the ground up.

• Author: Madison, Rachel
• Position: Around Utah: Spotlight

Cydni Tetros resume is more than just impressive. The current CEO ofForgeDX.com, a digital experience solution company, also built and sold 3D printing software platform 3DPlusMe that brands like the NFL and Star Wars have used to create 3D figurines; worked at Disney creating business lines and products for the conglomerate's theme parks, studios and entertainment sectors; and built and sold a family social networking app with FamilyLink that gained over 70 million users via Facebook in just two years.

She is also one of the co-founders of Salt Lake City-based Women Tech Council, a national organization focused on the economic impact of women in driving high growth for the technology sector that now has more than 10,000 members.

Tetro first gained her love for technology in high school while interning at a software company as a software tester. "My whole senior year I did that," she says. "I already had an interest in the space, and I had those mentors in high school who told me I could do it. That set my course."

Tetro says she knew in high school that technology was just at its beginning, which is another reason she was so drawn to it. "I knew having that skill set would open up doors for me in the future, even though I didn't know what those doors would be," shi says. "The opportunity to work in tech at a very young age was so good for me. I never had any barriers. It was, 'if you want it, you can go for it.'"

That's one reason why Tetro has gone for it her whole career-and met a whole lot of success along the way. That success has fueled her appreciation for both the market and the people she's been able to work with.

"I like to understand the talent of people around me and help them be the best they can be," she says. "That way, when you walk away from something...