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Dallas’ Holt Lunsford Commercial Names Industry Veteran as President

by | Sep 29, 2023
Mario Zandstra's career spans over three decades. The company said he brings a wealth of executive experience and industry background in both the office and industrial sectors to his new role.
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Trinity Metro Taps Agency Veteran as Vice President of Rail
by | Sep 29, 2023
Reed Lanham played a key role in the startup of TEXRail and successfully led Trinity Metro’s implementation of positive train control on both Trinity Railway Express and TEXRail.
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Trinity Consultants Appoints New Divisional President of Built Environment Practice
by | Sep 29, 2023

Trinity Consultants announced that Herbert Els has been appointed divisional president of its Built Environment practice.

Trinity Consultants is a Dallas-based global environmental consulting firm providing services and solutions in the Built Environment, EH&S Regulatory Compliance, Life Sciences, and Water & Ecology markets....

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Minnesota’s Westwood Professional Services Names Plano-Based CEO
by | Sep 29, 2023
Bryan Powell will lead the company from its Plano office. Since 2021, he's served as the company's COO, providing executive oversight of Westwood's operations driving "unprecedented profitable growth for the firm," the company said.
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Report: Plano Is America’s No. 1 ‘Least Risky’ City for Small Businesses, and Other DFW Cities Aren’t Far Behind

by | Sep 29, 2023
The report from Forbes Advisor analyzed data for 92 of the most populated U.S. cities across 12 metrics that reflect business risks. Plano, Fort Worth, Arlington, and Dallas all made the Top 15 list of Least Risky Cities for Small Businesses in America.
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Spectral MD Awarded BARDA Project BioShield Contract Worth Up to $149M
by | Sep 28, 2023
The contract is for the advanced development of Spectral MD's DeepView System, an AI-driven burn wound imaging device designed to be used at emergency departments, trauma centers, and burn centers.
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The Last Word: DRC’s Kelly Cloud on the Kickoff of the BioNTX iC3 Summit
by | Sep 28, 2023
With a theme of “Innovation, Capital, Collaboration, Commercialization”—or iC³—the summit unites researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, corporations, and support organizations to forge the relationships that drive progress.
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Southlake’s eDynamic Learning Acquires Learning Blade and Ready for Industry Platforms
by | Sep 28, 2023
eDynamic Learning said it this its fourth industry acquisition, further expanding access for students and teachers to industry-leading career exploration curriculum and a growing suite of college and career readiness tools.
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Billionaire GameStop Executive Chairman Ryan Cohen Named as Company’s New CEO

by | Sep 28, 2023
Grapevine-based video game retailer GameStop has churned through five CEOs in the last five years, an era that featured a Reddit revolt against hedge funds shorting the company's stock. As "Dumb Money," a movie about that frenzy, plays in theaters, GameStop's executive chairman and top shareholder is now taking the company's reins.
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Competitive Edge: 4 Former Athletes Bringing Their A-Games to Startups
by | Sep 28, 2023
A former Yale track captain and three NFL vets—including two Dallas Cowboys—talk frankly about their entrepreneurial journeys from playing field to founder.
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Deep Ellum Community Center To Open Saturday with Live Music, Historical Exhibition, Public Art, and More
by | Sep 27, 2023
Saturday's event is one of many marking this year's 150th anniversary of Dallas' historic Deep Ellum neighborhood. Saturday's event will begin just down the street from the center beneath an overpass, where attendees will experience the Center’s outdoor installation, “Invisible Deep Ellum,” followed by a live music performance at the new center by the Light Crust Doughboys.
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The Last Word: Republic Title’s Scott Rooker on Property ‘Seller’ Scams and AI
by | Sep 27, 2023
Rooker's firm has seen so many fraudulent property sale attempts lately—via Docusign and text messages from "fake sellers"—that it has created a fact sheet to warn clients, Rooker told April Towery of Candy's Dirt.
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Patented: USAA’s Autonomous Vehicle Haven-Seeking System and More North Texas Inventive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 182 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: ARKH's spatially aware computing hub and environment, Bank of America's artificial intelligence reverse vendor collation, Lockheed Martin's workforce augmenting inspection device, Mary Kay's method for determining facial muscle responses, Match Group's method for matching using location information, Micron Technology's bank-to-bank data transfer, University of Arkansas' grape plant named A-1400, Toyota's parking spot and person detection, and USAA's autonomous vehicle haven seeking system and method.
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Norwegian Company To Open Electric Truck Integration Facility in Mesquite
by | Sep 27, 2023
The 200,000-plus-square-foot facility in Mesquite will employ up to 250 skilled workers. It will help enable delivery on a contract valued at up to $2 billion with Hino Motors Sales USA for heavy-duty trucks "upfitted with with Hexagon Purus’ proprietary zero-emission technology," including battery systems, power modules, and more.
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‘Innovation Meets Investment’: Venture Dallas Sets Sights on National Stage with New Branding, Expanded 2023 Summit
by | Sep 27, 2023
The rebrand "marks the start of our next chapter of growth," says Venture Dallas Chair Aaron Pierce. The nonprofit's 2023 summit, backed by JPMorgan Chase and Perot Jain, is set for October 25.
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Dallas-Based MoneyGram Plans to Launch Non-Custodial Digital Wallet
by | Sep 26, 2023
When the digital wallet debuts in Q1 2024, MoneyGram says it will enable consumers around the world to leverage stablecoin technology to seamlessly move from fiat currency to cryptocurrency, to fiat again. The company, led by CEO Alex Holmes, said this will "redefine" cross-border payments and enable its customers to send and receive money in new ways.
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