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Ayanna Clunis
TPG Names New Fort Worth‐Based Partner and Head of Operations
by Lance Murray | May 3, 2023
Ayanna Clunis, a former managing director at JPMorgan with more than 20 years of experience in financial services, will oversee all operational and technology functions across the firm globally.
by Lance Murray |
May 3, 2023
The Dallas-based owner and operator of golf-related leisure and entertainment businesses, including Puttery, has announced a search for a new CEO following the departure of Hana Khouri this week. Mike Compton has been named interim CEO. The company expects to name a CFO as it completes its search for a permanent chief executive.
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by Lance Murray |
May 3, 2023
The expanded agreement supports ongoing development and commercialized zero-emission versions of the Kenworth T680 and Peterbilt 579 models, featuring Plano-based Toyota North America’s hydrogen fuel cell powertrain kit. Initial customer deliveries are planned for 2024. Toyota's Christopher Yang calls the technology "a viable carbon-neutral option."
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
May 3, 2023
Calling itself “the Uber for large groups," Austin-based Fetii expanded to Dallas-Fort Worth late last year. Already popular at universities across North Texas, the 15-passenger ride-sharing service has now teamed up with San Francisco-based GetMyBoat to make partying on the water a breeze. Fetii CEO Matthew Iommi tells Dallas Innovates why the waves beckoned—and how he's planning for national expansion.
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Addison-Based Nothing Bundt Cakes Marks Sweet Milestone with 500th Bakery
by David Seeley | May 3, 2023
Addison-based Nothing Bundt Cakes just opened a new bakery in Shawnee, Kansas. Bundt wait—there's more. It's no ordinary opening, because the new bakery marks the 500th Nothing Bundt Cakes location in the U.S. and Canada. And the milestone won't stand for long: The company says it plans to continue "its rapid expansion."
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by David Seeley |
May 2, 2023
On Wednesday at 6 p.m., Charania will host a "ChatGPT in Medicine" online meetup sponsored by Dallas AI, the largest nonprofit AI forum in North Texas. His guest: Harvey Castro, MD, author of "ChatGPT and Healthcare: The Key to the New Future of Medicine."
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by Lance Murray |
May 2, 2023
The new company, Carrollton-headquartered Procure IT, plans to bring together data-focused partner firms with its own proprietary platforms and provide a new type of technology advisor that offers concrete data insights to customers about the vendors they're sourcing.
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by David Seeley |
May 2, 2023
A year after the PGA of America opened its new headquarters a few steps away, the Omni PGA Frisco Resort opened today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring Gov. Greg Abbott. The resort offers 500 guests rooms plus suites, two new 18-hole championship courses, a lighted par-3 short course, a full-service Mokara Spa, a Lounge by Topgolf, 13 restaurant and bar offerings, and more.
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How DFW Airport Is Revolutionizing the Air Cargo Industry with Innovation and Best-in-Class Operators
by Lance Murray | May 1, 2023
DFW International Airport is bringing revolutionary state-of-the-art technology to its 19th Street Cargo facility as it begins a comprehensive redevelopment there. The project, scheduled for completion in late 2024, will add roughly 350,000 square feet of new warehouse space and seven large cargo aircraft parking positions—helping the airport in its bid to become a leading hub for fast-growing sectors such as pharmaceuticals, perishables, and cross-border e-commerce.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 1, 2023
Dallas County has seen the region make great strides in a growing biotech boom. And now the county is making its own bid to be a key player—by developing a $52 million, 75,000 square-foot bio lab and life science building at the northern edge of the Southwestern Medical District.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 28, 2023
The George W. Bush Presidential Center opened its doors on the Southern Methodist University campus on May 1, 2013. In the decade since, nearly 2 million visitors from all over the world have come to explore it. To mark its 10th anniversary, the center is offering free reserved admission to the Presidential Museum from April 29 through May 4—and SMU is doing its own celebration of a decade of impact in hosting the center.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 28, 2023
Southlake-based TrailRunner International, a global strategic communications advisory firm, has hired college sports veteran Jamie Zaninovich as managing director to help TrailRunner build its growing sports business....
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Seth Ross
MoneyGram International Taps Industry Veteran as Chief Digital Officer
by Lance Murray | Apr 28, 2023
MoneyGram's CEO, Alex Holmes, hails the appointment of Seth Ross as the company's new CDO, citing his track record of building and scaling customer-centric digital offerings. With digital transactions accounting for more than half of their money transfer business, Ross's appointment is timely and strategic, he said.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 28, 2023
Irving-based RailPros has hired veteran executive Marco Loureiro as chief operating officer of the company that focuses exclusively on providing services to freight, passenger, and transit rail carriers across North America....
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 28, 2023
Dallas-based Ventra Health announced veteran executive David Scharfstein has joined the company as chief financial officer.
Ventra Health is a leading healthcare organization focused on tech-enabled revenue cycle management, practice management, and advisory solutions for hospital-based physicians.
“We are thrilled to welcome David to Ventra Health,” CEO Steven Huddleston said in a statement....
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by David Seeley |
Apr 28, 2023
In February, the Dallas Museum of Art launched a “Reimagining the Dallas Museum of Art International Design Competition" for a major expansion that will add flexible gallery spaces, reorganized entrances and circulation, and a reapportioned interior.
The museum received 154 design submissions from all over the world. On Thursday, the DMA announced that it has selected six finalists.
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