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Kansas City Chiefs Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Clark Hunt (left) and Dallas Mavericks legend and NBA champion Dirk Nowitzki will headline the Venture Dallas Summit on October 25. The sports icons will open and close the event focused on innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship. [Photo: Venture Dallas]
‘Conversations With Champions’: Sports Titans Hunt, Nowitzki to Headline Venture Dallas Summit
by Quincy Preston | Oct 16, 2023
The NFL and NBA icons—Clark Hunt and Dirk Nowitzki—will kick off and wrap up discussions on innovation and investment. They add to an "impressive speaker lineup" including Nextdoor Co-Founder Nirav Tolia and other trailblazing speakers. Here's the full roster.
by Lance Murray |
Oct 16, 2023
Irving-based Caterpiller has appointed Joseph E. Creed, group president of its Energy & Transportation division, to the newly created position of chief operating officer. George Moubayed, current SVP of Enterprise Strategy, has been named to the additional role of chief sustainability and strategy officer.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 16, 2023
Scanning someone's brain with an MRI machine may not seem like child's play. But kids will have the opportunity to do that and much more—on mannequins, that is—at a new Children's Health Hospital experience at KidZania Dallas in Frisco.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 16, 2023
Dallas-based Evry Health launched out of stealth in December 2021 to make signing up for healthcare or paying a doctor’s bill "as easy as ordering a pizza." Less than two years later, it's becoming part of the Globe Life family of brands.
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A Skyven heat recovery system at California Dairies Inc., one of six decarbonization projects recently implemented with public-private funding. [Photo: Skyven]
North Texas’ Skyven Technologies Advances Thermal Energy-as-a-Service With Public-Private Funding Partner
by David Seeley | Oct 13, 2023
Industrial process heating is used to manufacture everything from the food we eat to the clothes we wear to the steel and paint on the cars we drive. Richardson-based Skyven is working to decarbonize that process with heat recovery systems that reduce CO2 emissions—and public-private funding is helping it do that.
Real-world impact from its California Dairies projects demonstrate Skyven's model in action reducing emissions and costs.
Real-world impact from its California Dairies projects demonstrate Skyven's model in action reducing emissions and costs.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 13, 2023
"Intelligent, swarming aircraft are the key to air dominance and more importantly, to deterrence." That's the view of Ryan Tseng, co-founder and CEO of Shield AI, as the U.S. faces a shortage of military pilots even as the need for advanced drone swarms rises. It presents a major obstacle to national security, the CEO says, and Shield AI aims to change the equation.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 13, 2023
Double takes abounded in Dallas Friday. San Francisco-based Cruise began testing its robotaxis in the city without a human behind the wheel. For now, company employees are along for the ride in the back seat of "under 10" robotaxis in the last stage of testing before the service is opened to the public.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 13, 2023
Dallas Innovates and D CEO are proud to announce the finalists for its fifth annual Innovation Awards. The program honors companies, CEOs, CIOS, CTOs, entrepreneurs, and other leaders who are helping to make Dallas-Fort Worth an innovation hub....
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Irving’s Neovia Names New CEO and CFO to Accelerate Its Global Transformation Program
by Lance Murray | Oct 13, 2023
Irving-based global contract logistics services provider Neovia Logistics has added two executives to its leadership team, naming Mike Fahy chief executive officer and Fernando Martinez as chief financial officer.
“I am excited to have proven industry leaders like Mike and Fernando join our team,” Neovia Board Chairman Carlos Rodriguez said in a statement....
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 13, 2023
Ash Tengshe has been appointed senior vice president and chief product & technology officer of Recuro Health, a Coppell-based leader in innovative healthcare solutions.
Recuro said Tengshe’s appointment represents a significant addition to its executive leadership team....
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 13, 2023
Chris Long has been appointed chief revenue officer at New York City-based Gemini XIII, a leading provider of audio entertainment and advertising solutions, and will be based in the company’s Dallas office....
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 13, 2023
Dallas-based closed-end management investment companies NXG Cushing Midstream Energy Fund and NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund announced that John Musgrave has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Cushing Asset Management LP, the funds’ investment adviser, as well the funds themselves....
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Pankaj Patra joins Denny's from Dallas-based Brinker International, parent of Chili's and Maggiano's, where he was CIO overseeing tech and data security. [Photo: LinkedIn]
Denny’s Hires Dallas-Based Exec as Its First Chief Digital and Technology Officer
by Lance Murray | Oct 13, 2023
Pankaj Patra will support Denny's iconic diner and growing Keke's brands in a new enterprise role at Denny's Corp. The Dallas executive joins the company from Brinker International, where he served as SVP and CIO.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 13, 2023
MSPs face a choice: adjust to channel changes or fail, according to new Cytracom SVP Nikhil Harsh. "It's of utmost importance for MSPs to move beyond legacy firewalls and offer a complete managed security practice to methodically grow and maintain their business," he says.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 13, 2023
Sanchez oversaw $1.2 billion in fixed indexed annuity production and $500 million in life insurance production while at World Financial Group, according to Dallas-based Integrity. The new VP joins Integrity Life, which named Tess Grace as president last month.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 13, 2023
JLL has added Chris Higbie as vice president of Healthcare and Life Sciences in its Dallas office.
It’s a pivotal role in the division, the CRE firm said in a news release. Higbie will help JLL clients attract and retain “the perfect tenant mix” for their properties.
Ethan Garner, JLL’s South Central Healthcare and Life Sciences Lead, said the new VP brings an “impressive track record in healthcare real estate investment sales and corporate sales and consulting.”...
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