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Executive moves, new appointments, and honors across Dallas-Fort Worth.
Frankie Basso [Photo: Salesmanship Club of Dallas]
Salesmanship Club of Dallas Elects Systemware CEO as Its New President; Names 2025-2026 Board
by Lance Murray | Sep 18, 2025
The organization said that Frankie Basso will guide the organization into its 106th year of service.
by Lance Murray |
Sep 18, 2025
David French’s appointment follows the resignation of Jeff Schnitzer, the company’s previous president and CEO, in August.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 18, 2025
UT Southwestern in Dallas will lead three liver cancer projects on prevention, recurrence, and immunotherapy. It joins Mayo Clinic and MD Anderson as a national NCI SPORE site, a program that moves discoveries into clinical trials.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Sep 16, 2025
The latest addition is former Wingstop exec Melissa Cash, now CMO of the Plano-based brand. Under President Catherine Tan-Gillespie, KFC is building a powerhouse team to drive its “Kentucky Fried Comeback Plan.”
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American Track, a subsidiary of North American Rail Solutions, announced the appointment of Stacey Posey as its new COO in August. [Photo: American Track, Composite: DI Studio]
Fort Worth-Based North American Rail Solutions Names New Chief Operating Officer for American Track Subsidiary
by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray | Sep 16, 2025
Amid what its CEO calls “remarkable growth,” North American Rail Solutions has named a new COO for American Track, its turnkey rail infrastructure subsidiary.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 11, 2025
Rebecca Wooters brings more than 30 years of executive leadership in digital transformation, product innovation, technology, and customer engagement to Plano-based Upbound, the parent company of Rent-A-Center and Acima.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 11, 2025
Tejasvi Manoj, a senior at Frisco's Lebanon Trail High School, made the cover of TIME for building a website that protects senior citizens from online scams. But wait, there's more: The Mark Cuban AI Bootcamp alumni is also an Eagle Scout, a violinist, and an active volunteer for nonprofits around the world.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 10, 2025
Technology has been a driving force behind Thryv's evolution into a half-billion-dollar enterprise, and the company said that as it sets its sights on reaching the $1 billion milestone, the addition of Sean Wechter marks a strategic step forward.
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Flytrex Executive Chairman Noam Bardin
Flytrex Appoints Former Waze CEO and Google VP as Executive Chairman
by David Seeley | Sep 10, 2025
The Israel-based drone food delivery company—which has been delivering restaurant meals by drone in North Texas since 2022—said Noam Bardin will help it evolve from proving its technology to building "a sustainable, profitable business that serves millions of customers."
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 9, 2025
Eric Olson has spent decades dedicated to what he calls “the biggest prize of all”: a cure for the devastating disease. Nearly half of the scientists awarded Columbia’s Horwitz Prize over the past 58 years went on to win a Nobel, UTSW said.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 4, 2025
Michael Meadows brings almost four decades of experience in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors to Dallas Children’s Theater. As the former CEO of the Dallas Zoological Society, he led the transformation of the Dallas Zoo into one of the nation's premier zoological parks.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 4, 2025
Justin Neece comes to Richardson-based MedeAnalytics following his recent role as chief growth officer at Azara Healthcare, which merged with i2i Population Healthcare, for which he had served as president and CEO.
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Trive Capital Partner Tanner Cope (left) and Dr. Marco Villa, CEO of Canopy Aerospace & Defense [Photos: Apogee]
Dallas-Based Trive Capital Forms Canopy Aerospace & Defense With Former SpaceX Exec as CEO
by Quincy Preston and David Seeley | Sep 4, 2025
The Dallas private equity firm merged two California manufacturers with a Colorado R&D hub to launch an advanced materials platform for sea, space, and air. The move caps a 12-month run that saw Trive close its fifth fund at $2.7 billion, double its Uptown headquarters, and expand its defense and space portfolio.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 3, 2025
Ajai Sehgal spent 16 years with the Royal Canadian Air Force before joining Microsoft, where he played a pivotal role in founding and scaling Expedia. Outside of work, he's also a licensed pilot, volunteer firefighter, and EMT, IKS said.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 28, 2025
The Dallas- and Toronto-based company said that Ted James' perspective as a cancer surgeon and health system executive, combined with his experience in healthcare innovation, will support its growth as it advances toward commercialization.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 28, 2025
Dr. Richard Benson, who served as president of UT Dallas from 2016 through Aug. 1, 2025, will be recognized at the 2025 Tech Titans Awards event on Sept 12.
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