James R Long

James R. Long retired as Executive Vice-President of Nortel Networks and President of Nortel Enterprise Networks. He led an integrated global company of more than 35,000 employees. While at Nortel he was also President of Nortel Asia/Pacific and President and CEO of Nortel World Trade, a $4 billion subsidiary that encompassed all of Nortel’s operations outside of North America.

He joined Nortel in 1991 after spending 25 years in a number of executive positions with IBM Corp. These included a variety of sales and marketing positions, head of IBM’s customer education business, assistant to two Chief Executives, and the head of marketing for IBM’s seventeen country companies in Asia and the Pacific Rim.

In conjunction with these responsibilities he resided overseas for more than 10 years in London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.

He is a retired member of the Boards of Directors of NCR Corp (NCR)., Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (CY), 3COM Corp., Symon Communications, and the Polynesian Cultural Center, Hawaii’s largest paid tourist attraction. In his board capacities he has served as chairman of audit, compensation and nominating and governance committees. He is classified with the SEC as a “financial expert”. 

Mr. Long holds a BS degree in Industrial Management from San Jose State University. He currently serves as member of the National Advisory Council at the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. 

Josh Harrison is a partner in Apple Mountain, LLC. Prior to his current roll, Josh co-founded Blue Mountain Restaurant Services, a Burger King franchisee. In 2005, the company acquired five underperforming Burger King restaurants in the Salt Lake City area. After successfully returning the stores to profitability, he turned his focus to growing Blue Mountain’s footprint and the Burger King brand by overseeing the development of new stores in Draper [2009], and Lehi in [2011].

Prior to co-founding Blue Mountain Restaurant Services, Josh held high-tech marketing positions with both 3Com Corporation and Nortel Networks. In addition, he spent five years in Buenos Aires as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State.

Josh earned his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and his MBA from the University of Virginia.

David Long is a partner in Apple Mountain, LLC, the family-owned company and exclusive Utah franchisee of Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar. Since acquiring the franchise, David and his partners have grown Apple Mountain into one of the brand’s top-performing groups nationwide, consistently leading in sales, guest traffic, and customer satisfaction.

At Apple Mountain, David leads the company’s marketing and information technology functions and oversees its expanding off-premise business—including partnerships with DoorDash, GrubHub and UberEats. His focus on innovation, guest engagement, and operational excellence has helped Apple Mountain thrive in a rapidly changing restaurant landscape.

David began his career in sales and marketing with Xerox, Nortel Networks, Cisco Systems. As an Associate with Russell Reynolds, he recruited  senior-level executives for Fortune 500 clients in the high-tech and consumer brand sectors. He joined Blue Mountain Restaurant Services in 2012—laying the foundation for his move into restaurant ownership and leadership at Apple Mountain. 

He holds a B.S. in Economics (minor in English) from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, David now calls Utah home. When he isn’t focused on operations and growth at Apple Mountain, you’ll find him skiing the Wasatch, moonlighting as the Action Photographer at Deer Valley Ski Resort, cheering on BYU, and spoiling his toy Australian Shepherd, KAOS.