Executive moves, new appointments, and honors across Dallas-Fort Worth.
Craig Hovda
IT industry veteran Craig Hovda has joined NTT DATA Services, a Plano-based digital business and IT services leader, to lead its Health Plan & Life Sciences business.
Hovda succeeds Tanvir Khan, who held that role on an interim basis while also serving as chief digital & strategy officer.
“2023 is an opportunity to make strategic investments in all aspects of the business,” NTT DATA Services CEO Bob Pryor said in a statement....
DartPoints, a Dallas-based edge data center platform, has appointed veteran financial executive Angelika Torres as chief financial officer.
Her hiring was a strategic decision driven by a period of tremendous uptake in its colocation, cloud, cybersecurity, AI/ML, and high-performance computing solutions, the company said....
Michael Kowski brings extensive long-term city planning experience to MEDC, including urban development and design, land acquisition, and capital improvement projects, the organization said. He most recently served as the Director of Parks and Recreation for the city of McKinney, where he oversaw multiple eight-figure projects.
Pharma industry veteran Paula Whitman has joined the Dallas office of JLL as vice president within the Healthcare and Life Sciences division, where she will specialize in healthcare brokerage, the company announced....
Dallas-based anesthesia-focused physician services organization U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. announced the appointment of USAP physician J. Scott Holliday D.O., MBA, as chairman of its board of directors and Len Wright, current USAP president, as chief executive officer....
Frisco-based Valify announced the appointments of two key C-suite executives to the cost-management technology platform’s leadership team.
The company, which specializes in the classification and benchmarking of non-labor expenditures for healthcare providers, announced that Jessica Burns assumes the role of chief operating officer for Valify and Valify Solutions Group, an innovative group purchasing model tailored exclusively to hospital purchased services....
Catherine Anne Prideaux
Aethon Energy Operating LLC announced that Andrea Wescott Passman has been appointed as chief operating officer, Kang Chen as chief information officer, and Kat Lyles as general counsel....
Industry veteran Jason Geer has been named senior vice president of acquisitions at CAF Capital Partners, a Dallas-based private equity real estate firm.
Geer joins CAF Capital Partners from Invesco Real Estate where he spent 25 years....
Fort Worth-based Operio Group has hired Deb Blackwell as chief revenue officer of the emerging holding company building a global body of brands that supply and support the solid dose manufacturing industry....
Robert J. Kirk
Robert J. Kirk, founder and CEO of Richardson-based InterGen Data recently was named to the National Small Business Association Leadership Council.
NSBA is the nation’s oldest small-business advocacy organization and positions itself as a nonpartisan group that aims to promote policies conducive to a healthy small-business environment.
“As a small business owner, I see daily the importance of being involved and active when it comes to laws and regulation,” Kirk said in a statement....
Jennifer Skinner has been named assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students at the University of North Texas at Dallas, the university announced....
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