Fast 50 & emerging 8.

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Excellence comes in many forms. For the 2015 Fast 50 honorees, each company has exemplified excellence in its own way-through rapid growth, immense tenacity in the face of challenges, diligence and brilliant innovation. The industries represented in the list range from financial services to sport technology to craft beers, showcasing the variety and strength of Utah's economy and the modern business world. Join us as we applaud the companies that are driving Utah forward.

"Technology is a constant challenge. We need to stay innovative if we want to compete in the healthcare space. That means always pushing the limits to build platforms that engage our customers. We brought on a new CIO who has helped tackle these problems head-on and helped us migrate to a more scalable system that will strategically, successfully drive us forward."

--Jeff Smith, CEO, Alliance Health

"Our biggest challenge is balancing financial capital and human capital. We've kept I our focus on these two key elements of our business, which in turn has helped make S great things happen."

--Bob Millerberg, CEO, Crest Financial Services

"We do good as we do well. ... Philanthropic efforts at our apartment communities [include] after-school programs for resident children, financial literacy classes and free or reduced rent for non-profit organizations."

--Jeff Danley, CEO, Peak Capital Partners

The Formula:

The 2015 Fast 50 list was calculated based on five years of compound growth combined with a revenue component.

"The travel industry is growing and changing at a rapid pace. Our company and others like us are pushing innovations that challenge and disrupt traditional companies and old business models. More often than not, however, this disruption takes the form of greater consumer empowerment by giving the consumer access to more information than they ever had before."

--Daniel A. Nelson, CEO, Partner Fusion

"OnSite's strong growth is due to having a product/ service that solves rising healthcare costs for employers without limiting benefits for employees--but rather providing a more robust health benefit for them.... OnSite has a solid track record with having workplace primary care clinics be our core business, and we are continually revising our processes to improve our efficiency as our company scales. Our value proposition for healthcare providers is to be able to practice medicine outside of the dysfunctional and broken feefor-service model."

--Donna L. Milavetz, MD...

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