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Sun Park [Photo: AmerisourceBergen]

Tenet Healthcare Taps Industry Financial Veteran as New EVP/Chief Financial Officer

by | Jun 23, 2023

Sun Park has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp., effective Jan. 1.

The move is part of the company’s planned chief financial officer transition. Park will serve as an EVP from July 11 through Dec. 31, the company said.

As previously announced, Dan Cancelmi, executive vice president & chief financial officer, will retire at year’s end....

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Addison Seeks New Eco Dev Director As Campos Heads to Harlingen
by | Jun 23, 2023

A search is underway to replace longtime Addison Economic Development Director Orlando Campos, who has been named the finalist for a similar position in the city of Harlingen in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley....

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Southwest Airlines Takes Off With 10 Leadership Moves and CXD/Marketing Overhaul
by | Jun 23, 2023
The airline is placing an increased emphasis on enhancing customer experience
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Biote Launches Men’s Health Division Aimed at Redefining Male Wellness
by | Jun 23, 2023
“When you ask a man about his cholesterol or blood pressure level, he'll usually know if he's in a healthy range. But if you ask about his hormone levels, he will likely have no idea,” Biote Executive Chairman Marc Beer said, referring to testosterone levels. Led by Biote GM John Denne (above), the company's new Men's Health Division aims to change that.
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Scene from the original "1883" series, much of which was filmed in North Texas. [Photo: Emerson Miller / Paramount+]

The Last Word: Texas Monthly on What the Lone Star State Is Spending To Attract Hollywood Productions

by | Jun 23, 2023
In its 2023 session, the Texas Legislature approved appropriations of $200 million for incentives to attract film production in the Lone Star State. The state is trying to compete with states like Georgia, who've gone full tilt to lure Hollywood productions to the local economy. 
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Meow Wolf Grapevine’s ‘Interdimensional Mall Walkers’ Are Popping Up Around DFW
by | Jun 23, 2023
Meow Wolf Grapevine’s “The Real Unreal” experiential art exhibition is opening on July 14 after years of preparation. To raise awareness—and offer prizes and free tickets—"interdimensional aerobic beings" known as Meow Wolf mall walkers will be popping up around Dallas-Fort Worth today through Monday.  See where you can encounter one.
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Innovation in Action: Dallas County and North Texas Innovation Alliance to Demo Robotics and Drones
by | Jun 23, 2023
The Drone and Robotics Innovation Demo Day on June 26 will showcase the latest drone and robotic technologies related to a range of governmental uses.
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The Last Word: UTSW’s Brad Phelan on the Rise of North Texas’ Biotech-Plus Ecosystem
by | Jun 22, 2023
The Health Supernova conference at Dallas' Pegasus Park gave the stage to innovators in Texas (and beyond) who are shaking up the status quo in biotech. From neurotechnology to mental health therapies, AI to robotics, the conference highlighted how these fields are intersecting and pushing boundaries.
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Steven Gray, Ph.D. (left) and Susan Iannaccone, M.D. [Photos: UT Southwestern]

Public-Private Consortium Will Fund 3 Gene Therapy Clinical Trials at UT Southwestern

by | Jun 22, 2023
"There are over 10,000 rare diseases that affect millions of people worldwide, and most of them are genetic," notes UT Southwestern's Steven Gray (above, with Susan Iannaccone, M.D.). Testing on a total of eight genetic diseases has been approved for funding by the Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium and other organizations.
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McKesson Unveils New Private Brand of Over-the-Counter Pharmacy Products
by | Jun 22, 2023
Foster & Thrive unifies McKesson's private brand portfolio—consolidating Health Mart and Sunmark branded OTC products— and aims to offer greater availability through increased production and efficiencies to help meet evolving patient needs and growing demand.
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Dallas-Based AT&T Develops ChatGPT-Based Tool To Boost Employee Effectiveness
by | Jun 22, 2023
AT&T says it's "super excited" about the potential of generative AI systems, and points out that it's far from late to the party. In fact, AT&T researchers actually played a role in giving birth to the term "artificial intelligence"—way back in 1955. See what AT&T is using ChatGPT for, and how it's guarding against both misinformation and outside hackers.
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The Last Word: Akorbi’s Claudia Mirza on How To Lead with Empathy and Wisdom
by | Jun 21, 2023
As Mirza built Akorbi into one of the fastest-growing woman-owned business in the world, she learned a lot about leadership. She shared some of those lessons in a recent LInkedIn post titled "Leading with Empathy and Wisdom: A Leader's Dilemma." 
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U.S. Patent No. 11,674,839 (System and method of detecting fluid levels in tanks) was assigned to Plainsight Corp.

Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of June 13

by | Jun 21, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's text conversion to a numerical vector by mapping to a hypercube, Axon Healthcare systems management system for medical benefit prescriptions, Hedera Hashgraph's methods and apparatus for a distributed database including anonymous entries, IA Smart Start's method for self-assessment of drinking behavior, IBM's personalization of advertisement selection using data generated by IoT devices, Plainsight Corp.'s detection of fluid levels in tanks, Schumacher Electric's multifunctional battery booster, JPMorgan Chase's universal data ingestion, Stynger's cigar clamp holder, USAA's environmental conditions monitoring system, and Verizon's command center for drone management.
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Meet the North Texas Cos. on the 2023 TIME100 Most Influential List
by | Jun 21, 2023
Featuring "a diverse group of businesses helping chart an essential path forward," the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list features five companies that are either headquartered in North Texas or have a strong presence here. See who they are—and what they're doing to disrupt the status quo and innovate for the future.
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Dallas Fintechs MoneyGram and Zirtue Partner to Serve Unbanked, Underbanked Borrowers
by | Jun 21, 2023
Money-transfer heavyweight MoneyGram and startup Zirtue are teaming up. Uniting the giant's scale with the startup's relationship-lending tech, they aim to give more people around the world a 'hand up' in securing loans.
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Dallas-Based AECOM To Serve as Infrastructure Delivery Advisor for Ukraine’s Reconstruction
by | Jun 20, 2023
The war in Ukraine is an ongoing struggle that is wreaking havoc on residents' lives and destroying much of that nation's infrastructure. But once conditions allow, Dallas-based infrastructure consulting firm AECOM will work with Ukraine on its recovery. AECOM CEO Troy Rudd calls the reconstruction "one of the world’s greatest humanitarian and infrastructure priorities."
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