Nicole Toomey Davis is the Director of the Centers of Excellence Program. She was recruited by the Governor's Office of Economic Development to bring her experience as an entrepreneur to help accelerate the commercialization of Utah's most promising University- based technology. Ms. Davis is the President and CEO of Enclavix, LLC, a Draper-based software and technology development company and she is the former President, CEO and co-founder of DoBox, Inc. the leading provider of residential gateway software and parental control solutions for the broadband gateway industry. Ms. Davis launched DoBox in 1999 to deliver simple, safe networking that supports the unique needs, technical abilities, and lifestyles of home users and led the company to a successful acquisition by Netopia, Inc. in early 2002.
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In addition to her own entrepreneurial activities, Ms. Davis has been active in building Utah's technology economy for a number of years and her current service to the state is one more example of her commitment to helping build Utah's technology business community.
Ms. Davis has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Utah Technology Council (Formerly UITA) since May of 2001 and was a leader in the 2003 industry drive for adoption of the Utah's Venture Capital Enhancement Act, which created Utah's Fund of Funds, designed to increase the available supply of Venture Capital for Utah companies. She continued her involvement with this pivotal legislation as a member of the Leavitt Administration's Department of Community and Economic Development High Tech Industry Standing Committee. Under the Huntsman Administration she participated in the development of the Clusters initiatives before being tapped to lead the Centers of Excellence Program. Ms. Davis continues to participate in key industry events, such as a recent roundtable with Utah's Senator Bob Bennett.
Ms. Davis enjoys working with new ventures, advising and assisting a number of young firms in Utah and California. Prior to DoBox, Nicole accumulated over a decade of international marketing, strategy, and sales experience in the networking industry, focusing on wired and wireless local and wide area communications, network management and security, mobile management, and home networking.
Nicole was instrumental in the growth of mobile communications during her tenure at Megahertz, later acquired by U.S. Robotics and then 3Com Corporation, with key positions in marketing, business development, and strategic development, helping to grow the business from $100 million to $800 million.
Ms. Davis holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is a published author, with both textbook contributions and press articles to her credit, the co-author of a pending United States patent, and is frequently called upon to speak at industry and business community events.
Listen to an August, 2006 Interview on KCPW Radio.