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Executive moves, new appointments, and honors across Dallas-Fort Worth.

 

TrailRunner International Names 12 Leaders, Expanding Management Team Amid Strong Growth

by | Jan 11, 2025
The Southlake-based communications firm promotes top talent and adds new hires across U.S. and global offices, accelerating growth and preparing for 2025 expansion.
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Mr. Cooper Group Announces CEO Transition at Lewisville-Based Xome
by | Jan 11, 2025
The largest home loan servicer in the country, Mr. Cooper focuses on delivering a variety of servicing and lending products, services, and technologies.
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Plano’s Maxor National Pharmacy Services Appoints New CEO, Combines With ProxsysRx
by | Jan 11, 2025

Kim Tzoumakas has been named the new CEO of Plano-based pharmacy services company Maxor National Pharmacy Services, which simultaneously announced a “strategic combination” with pharmacy management firm ProxsysRx....

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North Texas’ Southwest Airlines Will Lose Two Longtime C-Suite Execs
by | Jan 10, 2025

A pair of longtime leaders at Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. announced they plan to retire, effective April 1. The departing managers—Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Tammy Romo and Chief Administration Officer Linda Rutherford—both are much-lauded executives who’ve been with the company co-founded by Herb Kelleher for more than three decades....

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Tyler Technologies Announces C‑Suite Changes and First‑Ever Chief Client Officer Role

by | Jan 9, 2025
Tyler President and CEO Lynn Moore hailed the moves—which include new chief marketing, chief legal, and chief administrative officers—as milestones reflecting the company's commitment to "continuous innovation and collaboration."
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Alpha Cognition Inks $44M Deal With China’s CMS to License Alzheimer’s Drug in Asia and Beyond
by | Jan 9, 2025
Alpha Cognition’s Alzheimer’s oral therapy ZUNVEYL, FDA-approved in July, targets U.S. launch in Q1 2025 as the company boosts its commercialization team with five new hires.
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Plano-Based ServiceMinder Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
by | Jan 8, 2025
Berkley Simmons, an operating partner since Greenridge Growth Partners’ 2023 investment, becomes CEO of ServiceMinder as founder John Keene transitions to Chief Technology Officer to focus on product innovation.
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Dallas’ Applied Digital Hires Honeywell Executive as New COO
by | Jan 8, 2025
Applied Digital, which raised $160 million in September from investors including chip giant Nvidia, said Laltrello's addition is intended to enhance its position as a leader in cutting-edge data centers and digital cloud solutions at the forefront of the AI revolution.
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UT President Jay Hartzell To Become SMU’s New Leader

by | Jan 7, 2025
SMU has been in the headlines recently, from its selection to the 2024 College Football Playoff to its $1.5 billion SMU Ignited gifts campaign to its leadership role in bringing the federal Texoma Semiconductor Hub to Dallas. Now it's made waves once more—by snagging a new president from its burnt-orange rival in Austin.
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TimelyCare Adds Veteran Exec as Chief Marketing Officer
by | Dec 20, 2024
The Fort Worth-based company said Michelle Lanter Smith will drive brand engagement and revenue growth through innovation, data-driven marketing strategies, and talent cultivation.
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North Texas’ E2open Makes 2 C‑Suite Moves
by | Dec 20, 2024
Pawan Joshi has been promoted to chief strategy officer, a new executive role responsible for driving corporate strategy and growth. Rachit Lohani has joined as chief product and technology officer, a new executive role at E2open.
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North Texas’ Boardroom Styling Lounge Names New CEO
by | Dec 20, 2024
Jeff Helfgott, a former U.S. Army captain and McKinsey & Co. associate, brings a strong knowledge base and more than a decade of experience to the CEO post, Boardroom Styling Lounge said.
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Austin’s Endeavor Real Estate Adds Dallas-Based Managing Principal

by | Dec 20, 2024
The firm, with $5.4 billion in real estate assets, said Andrew S. Levy will focus on office acquisitions for Endeavor throughout the Sunbelt Region.
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North Texas’ Mr. Cooper Group Adds New Board Member
by | Dec 20, 2024
Andrew Bon Salle brings more than 30 years of experience in capital markets, risk management, securitization, and mortgage policy leadership within the home lending sector.
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Dallas-Based Architecture Firm HKS Announces CEO Succession Plan
by | Dec 20, 2024
Heath May, a 20-year veteran of the architecture and design firm, will succeed current CEO Dan Noble in January 2026, following a year of "apprenticeship and preparation" alongside Noble, who's been chief executive since 2014.
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Potandon Produce Announces New CEO to Succeed Retiring Leader
by | Dec 20, 2024
CEO Mel Davenport will retire after more than 30 years of service at the Dallas- and Idaho Falls-based company. Succeeding him as CEO will be David Lawrence, former CEO of Fresh Direct. 
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