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Cloud Communications Group Appoints Cyber and Tech Vet as Its Executive Cyber Advisor

by | Jun 14, 2024
Cloud Communications said that with more than 34 years of experience in cybersecurity and technology, James Beeson will bring unparalleled expertise to its team by providing strategic and operational advice to clients.
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Brinker International Promotes Longtime Exec to SVP of Brand Finance
by | Jun 14, 2024
Brinker said that Jeremy Linker's promotion is a reflection of his strong financial and operational contributions to the company's progress. He'll be focused on the company's restaurant brands Chili's Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy
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NACD North Texas Elects New Chair, Taps Former Dallas Mayor as Vice Chair in Board Leadership Updates
by | Jun 14, 2024
The North Texas chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors has appointed Renee Arrington as board chair. Former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert will serve as vice chair. The platform for corporate directorship, which helps members stay ahead of critical issues such as cyber risk and CEO succession planning, focuses on governance challenges and sharing knowledge.
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MassChallenge Adds VP of Texas Strategy to Support Innovation and Entrepreneurial Growth
by | Jun 14, 2024
In Michelle Williams' previous role as executive director for The Dallas Entrepreneur Center's southern sector initiative, she helped build and launch The DEC @ Redbird. She brings more than 15 years of thought leadership in social impact and innovation to her new role at MassChallenge.
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Dallas-Based, Autism-Focused Behavioral Innovations Acquired by New York PE Firm

by | Jun 14, 2024
With 77 centers across Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado, Behavioral Innovations provides early-intervention. center-based behavior analysis therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder and other related developmental disabilities.
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‘Father of Denim’ Joins Leaders at Hemp Ribbon-Cutting at Panda Biotech’s Huge Plant in Wichita Falls
by | Jun 14, 2024
“We will lead the nation in industrial hemp,” Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said at the grand opening of the hemp processing facility, the second-largest on Earth. Instead of satin ribbon, a hefty length of "hemp denim" got the scissors treatment amid a crowd of city and state officials, business leaders, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe chairman, and Sasson Jeans Founder Paul Guez.
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Attention ‘Smart Shoppers’: H‑E‑B Opens Joe V’s Smart Shop Grocery in Southern Dallas
The brand's first location outside the Houston area has opened on Wheatland Road with the fresh products H-E-B is known for "at even lower prices with an assortment that’s uniquely curated for the community." One of those curated offerings is products from local barbecue legend Smokey John's BBQ.
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Irving-Based CHRISTUS Health Adopts AI-Powered Clinician Conversation Platform
by | Jun 13, 2024
After piloting the Abridge generative AI solution earlier this year, CHRISTUS has now adopting it enterprise-wide. The health system's clinicians have experienced "a significant reduction in burnout and are giving more undivided attention to patients"—with their cognitive load reduced by 78%.
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NTXIA and FBI Dallas Team Up for Workshops on Cyber, AI, and Other Potential Threats to North Texas

by | Jun 12, 2024
"Together, we can enhance the region's defenses against a spectrum of threats, ensuring that North Texas has the tools and knowledge to remain a leader in innovation," said FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Chad Yarbrough.
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Dallas Investor and Real Estate Mogul Rogers Healy Joins Season 11 of ‘Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch’
by | Jun 12, 2024
With a track record of success on both sides of the pitch, Healy is set to shake up the reality competition show and offer invaluable insights to aspiring entrepreneurs. He'll appear on the show alongside Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph and investor/entrepreneur Kim Perell.
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Patented: SmartDrive Systems’ Detection of ‘Sitting Duck Scenarios’ and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of May 28, 2024. 133 patents granted include: 7-ELEVEN's anomaly detection and controlling fuel dispensing operations using fuel volume determinations, ATT Intellectual Property I, ATT Mobility II's method and apparatus for indoor mapping and location services, Capital One Services' systems and methods for artificial intelligence-based personalized purchase recommendations, Mavenir Systems' method and apparatus for survival time handling for time sensitive connections, Miovision Technologies' location-based message distribution, Musarubra US's attribute-controlled malware detection, and Paragon Furniture's furniture with organizational frame.
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The Last Word: Food Truck Operator on the Planned $155M Expansion of Dallas’ Klyde Warren Park
by | Jun 11, 2024
Downtown Dallas' Klyde Warren Park is slated to get a $155 million expansion, with 1.7 new acres extending the deck park over Woodall Rodgers Freeway via a new build-out between St. Paul and Akard. According to the Dallas Morning News, the park's leaders aim to re-bid the project—which was delayed by the pandemic—in 2025 and open the new addition by end of 2028.
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Minnesota’s AVI Systems Opens National Distribution and Logistics Center in North Texas

by | Jun 11, 2024
AVI Systems provides audiovisual and meeting room solutions for the modern workplace—and has also worked on large-scale projects including Texas Live! in Arlington. Its new Flower Mound logistics center offers "a factory-like approach to assembly, testing, logistics planning, and installation."
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Irving’s Darling Ingredients To Capture Biogas at Wastewater Plants for Conversion to Natural Gas
by | Jun 10, 2024
Darling—a global leader in turning food waste into sustainable products and a producer of renewable energy—is partnering with GreenGasUSA in the conversion plan.
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Frisco’s Addus HomeCare To Acquire Gentiva’s Personal Care Assets for $350M, Building on Record-Breaking Year
by | Jun 10, 2024
After surpassing $1 billion in annual revenues for the first time in 2023, Addus HomeCare's latest acquisition aims to expand its market footprint in seven key states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
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Plano-Based Zips Car Wash Soaks Up $70M Investment From New York PE Firm
by | Jun 10, 2024

Plano-based Zips Car Wash has secured a $70 million investment from Atlantic Street Capital, a private equity firm known for its hands-on approach with lower middle-market companies....

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