Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development

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. a 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. 

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. 

Nicole is well regarded by her peers.  In 2009 she was awarded the Community Builder award by the Women Tech Council, and, in 2007, was named by Connect Magazine as one of the 25 most influential business leaders in Utah for 2007, as ranked by Connect’s readers. She has also been selected as a member of the vSpring v|100, Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs in Utah, for five years, including 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009. She has recently launched a new blog at Startupnotes.com, called Tales From the Entrepreneurial Front, to share insights she has gained about the process of entrepreneurship.  Utah Business named Ms. Davis to their "40 under 40" list of Utah's Rising Stars in their February 2006 issue.  In 2001 Nicole was named one of Utah Business's INNOVATORS - 30 Women to Watch.

Ms. Davis has served on many community boards, including serving as an officer of the MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN) for 2007 and serving as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Utah Technology Council (Formerly UITA) from May of 2001 to November 2007.  She currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the Women Tech Council and as the co-chair of UTC’s Emerging Executive Peer to Peer forum.  Nicole was a leader in the 2003 industry drive for adoption of the Utah 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 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 and is frequently called upon to speak at industry and business community events.

Listen to an August, 2006 Interview on KCPW Radio.