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

 

North Texas-Based ECI Software Solutions Rolls Out New Payments Division and Expands Its AI Product Lineup

The latest launches—including new AR/AP automation and an embedded ecommerce AI Agent—mark a year of expansion for the Westlake-based software provider, backed by additional investment from Apax Partners and GIC.
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Velvet Taco Names Former Voodoo Doughnut CEO as Its New Chief Executive
by | Dec 3, 2025
With a resumé that includes fast-growing and iconic brands selling doughnuts, pizza, and coffee, Chris Schultz brings more than 30 years of restaurant leadership experience.
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Turvo Appoints Former CloudSense Exec as Its Chief Customer Officer
by | Dec 1, 2025
Gabrielle Gorham Hill will oversee Turvo's Customer Success, Professional Services, and Support organizations and will take a lead role in strengthening customer engagement, enhancing implementation excellence, maximizing service delivery processes, and ensuring every Turvo customer realizes maximum value, the company said.
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Keurig Dr Pepper Names Former Mattel and Campbell’s Soup Exec as Its New CFO
by | Dec 1, 2025
Anthony DiSilvestro joins KDP at a pivotal moment as it moves to close its $18 billion acquisition of Netherlands-based JDE Peet's. His "significant" M&A experience will advance the combined company's integration and its ultimate split into two "winning companies," CEO Tim Cofer said.
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Munck Wilson Mandala Adds Pair of Partners to Lead Firm’s New Technology Transactions, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Group

by | Nov 28, 2025
Michael Caine and Rocio Palomo, who join the firm from Dickinson Wright in Austin, will co-chair MWM’s new practice group.
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Digital Wealth Partners Announces New President and Board Chairman
by | Nov 20, 2025
Erin Friez "knows what works and what doesn't when you're trying to bring real money into crypto," said the firm's CEO, Max Kahn.
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OncoNano Taps Veteran Biopharmaceutical Leader as Its New Chief Operating Officer
by | Nov 20, 2025
With more than two decades of experience in product development, strategic operations, and commercial execution across the biotechnology industry, Brent Sorrells will help drive OncoNano’s next phase of growth and operational excellence, the company said.
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Anthony Milonas, CEO of Alliance Clinical Network. [Photo: LinkedIn]
Alliance Clinical Network Names Former Ascend Aesthetic CEO as Its New Chief Executive
by | Nov 20, 2025
Anthony Milonas brings more than two decades of experience leading and scaling multi-site healthcare organizations across North America.
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BILT Inc. Taps New CTO to Accelerate AI and 3D Instruction Tech

by | Nov 16, 2025
The North Texas company is scaling its intelligent instruction platform across manufacturing, defense, and field service, backed by a new Air Force contract and rising enterprise adoption.
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RealPage Leadership Shift: Dirk Wakeham Returns ‘Home’ as CEO
The former RealPage president is back at the Thoma Bravo–owned firm, this time in the top job. Wakeham, a six-time software CEO and recent managing director at Vista Equity Partners, succeeds Dana Jones as the Richardson-based company leans into AI-powered real estate operations.
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Oil & Gas Asset Management Co. Valor Hires New President
by | Nov 13, 2025
Cox’s appointment follows a string of milestones for the Fort Worth oil & gas firm, including a new CFO, multiple workplace awards, and CEO Joseph DeWoody’s latest industry honor.
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Dallas EDC Names Analyst to Lead Its Data-Driven Economic Strategy
by | Nov 12, 2025
Wanwan (Karina) Yue "will help us better understand market trends, measure our outcomes, and solidify Dallas’ reputation as a top-tier business destination that offers opportunity for all,” CEO Linda McMahon said.
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Quantum Connections Appoints Its Chief Learning Officer, a Retired U.S. Navy Aviator, as Its New CEO

by | Nov 6, 2025
An advocate for dialogue, empathy, and connected leadership, Jonathan Thorp will guide Quantum Connections into its next phase of growth as it expands its mission to help people and organizations "think, work, and thrive together."
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Dallas Arts District Leader Announces Retirement, Search for Successor to Begin in January
by | Nov 6, 2025
A former dancer and teacher in the Dallas Arts District neighborhood, Lily Cabatu Weiss became executive director in 2016 and went on to have a lasting impact on the local, state, and global levels.
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Western Sports & Entertainment Co. Teton Ridge Names New Executive Chairman to Form an Office of the CEO
by | Nov 4, 2025
Shawn Colo brings a two-decade track record of success as an operator, investor, and entrepreneur building and growing businesses to Fort Worth-based Teton Ridge, which owns The Cowboy Channel and the Cowgirl Channel.
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AT&T- and Blackrock-Launched Gigapower Appoints New CEO
by | Nov 4, 2025
Francisco Maella, the former CEO and CTO of Dobson Fiber, succeeds Gigapower's founding CEO, Bill Hogg. Since its 2022 launch, Gigapower has connected more than 150 municipalities to high-speed broadband across nine states, including Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Minnesota.
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