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[[File:TannerWheadon.jpg|thumb|TannerWheadon.jpg]]<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Tanner Wheadon is a University Innovation Fellow from the Spring 2015 cohort. Tanner is a student majoring in Technology Management at Utah Valley University. Fascinated by the Design Thinking process, Tanner teaches seminars on innovation to students and members of the community. He is working with educators to create a makerspace on UVU's campus where students from all disciplines can work together to solve the world's problems.</span></span>
  
Tanner is a student majoring in Technology Management at Utah Valley University. Fascinated by the Design Thinking process, Tanner teaches seminars on innovation to Students at UVU, as well as members of the community. Determined to change the convergent thinking trends of education, he is working with educators to create a makerspace on campus where students can generate new ideas through collaboration. Tanner also works in the UVU Business Resource Center as a Business and Research Analyst. He teaches classes and counsels start up companies as they validate their ideas, create business models, and eventually go to market. Tanner works with USTAR (The Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative) to host pitch events where companies who attend his classes can pitch their ideas for Grant Money.
 
  
Tanners greatest joy comes not from seeing companies succeed, but from seeing individuals rekindle their creative confidence. Although our society typically associates creativity with artists, sculptors, dancers, etc., Tanner believes that every individual is creative because of their unique experiences. Tanner believes that the greatest innovation occurs when you bring a diverse group of individuals together to solve a common problem.
 
  
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Tanner works as a c</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">urriculum designer, facilitator, instructor, and mentor in the Go-To-Market Accelerator - an early-stage incubator that assists entrepreneurs in validating, modeling, and scaling their businesses. He&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">creates value by embedding human-centered design into core curriculum; bringing real-world, experiential learning to workshops; and providing clients with opportunities to work across disciplines to create innovative solutions. He works with state-run organizations and local businesses to create mutually beneficial partnerships, programs, and events that provide opportunities for economic development in the state of Utah.&nbsp;</span></span>
  
• &nbsp;&nbsp;Played basketball for Lone Peak High School (Ranked 13<sup>th</sup> in the Nation)
 
  
• &nbsp;&nbsp;Completed 24 credits at UVU as a Senior in High School
 
  
• &nbsp;&nbsp;Restored a 1963 Ford Thunderbird
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Tanner's greatest joy comes not from seeing companies succeed, but from seeing individuals rekindle their creative confidence. Although our society typically associates creativity with artists, sculptors, dancers, etc., Tanner believes that every individual is creative because of their unique experiences. Tanner believes that the greatest innovation occurs when you bring a diverse group of individuals together to solve a common problem.</span>
  
• &nbsp;&nbsp;Designed Replica Pedal Car-only student entry from UVU in 2013 Salt Lake City Autorama
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Email: tanner.wheadon@gmail.com</span></span>
  
•&nbsp;&nbsp; Started a Lawn Aerating Service to pay for his mission and education
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• &nbsp;&nbsp;Served as a full-time LDS Missionary in Toronto, Canada
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• &nbsp;&nbsp;Served as an ambassador for People Water
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• &nbsp;&nbsp;Active member of the International Honor Society Phi Theta Kappa
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• &nbsp;&nbsp;Active member of the Entrepreneurship Club
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• &nbsp;&nbsp;Member of the UVU Technology Management Student Advisory Committee
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• &nbsp;&nbsp;Received the Most Health Beneficial Award at the 2013 Student Innovator of the Year Competition held at Brigham Young University
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• &nbsp;&nbsp;Worked in the thermometer industry from 2011-2014
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Married Marcia Cole, the love of his life on May 10, 2014
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• &nbsp;&nbsp;Maintains a 3.94 GPA at Utah Valley University
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• &nbsp;&nbsp;Currently works as a Business and Research Analyst at Utah Valley University
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• &nbsp;&nbsp;Applied for and received three grants to fund the University Innovation Fellows Program at Utah Valley University
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• &nbsp;&nbsp;In process of completing Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
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•&nbsp; &nbsp;Dreams daily about attending Stanford University for Graduate School
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Tanner Wheadon is a University Innovation Fellow from the Spring 2015 cohort. Tanner is a student majoring in Technology Management at Utah Valley University. Fascinated by the Design Thinking process, Tanner teaches seminars on innovation to students and members of the community. He is working with educators to create a makerspace on UVU's campus where students from all disciplines can work together to solve the world's problems.


Tanner works as a curriculum designer, facilitator, instructor, and mentor in the Go-To-Market Accelerator - an early-stage incubator that assists entrepreneurs in validating, modeling, and scaling their businesses. He creates value by embedding human-centered design into core curriculum; bringing real-world, experiential learning to workshops; and providing clients with opportunities to work across disciplines to create innovative solutions. He works with state-run organizations and local businesses to create mutually beneficial partnerships, programs, and events that provide opportunities for economic development in the state of Utah. 


Tanner's greatest joy comes not from seeing companies succeed, but from seeing individuals rekindle their creative confidence. Although our society typically associates creativity with artists, sculptors, dancers, etc., Tanner believes that every individual is creative because of their unique experiences. Tanner believes that the greatest innovation occurs when you bring a diverse group of individuals together to solve a common problem.

Email: tanner.wheadon@gmail.com

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University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2016:

Jason Carrick

Brayden Cutler

Derek Latimer

Dallin Ott

Mark Romero

Spring 2015:

Tanner Wheadon


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