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North Texas lands in the Top 10 of CBRE’s Annual Scoring Tech Talent Report

by | Jul 14, 2022
According to Dallas-based CBRE’s most recent annual Scoring Tech Talent report, Dallas-Fort Worth now stands in the No. 9 spot, jumping up four places from last year’s report—one of the biggest gains seen by any metro area. The region also ranks No. 5 for women in the tech workforce.

Over the past five years, DFW’s talent pool has grown by nearly 15%, with close to 188,000 residents employed in the industry.
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Aimbridge Hospitality Creates Six Operating Divisions, Names New Chief Global Growth Officer
The Plano-based hotel management company has created six operational divisions to give properties the benefits of working with a global leader while taking advantage of the agility and expertise of smaller, vertically-focused operations.

To help Aimbridge pursue global growth, the company has hired industry veteran Allison Reid to the newly created role of chief global growth officer.
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Allen-Based MD7 Promotes Three VPs to Power Growth With EV Charging Stations, 5G Mobile Networks
MD7—which calls itself "the only dedicated global digital infrastructure consultancy"—says the advent of electric vehicles and global 5G networks "will revolutionize how we live." As the company manages the underlying network infrastructure of both, its new VP promotions are aimed at facilitating growth. The company relocated its HQ from San Diego to Allen's Watters Creek campus last year.
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Dallas-Based OrderMyGear Names New CEO to Lead Its Next Stage of Growth
by | Jul 13, 2022
OrderMyGear—an e-commerce company focused on selling custom-branded goods to groups like sports teams—has named Leonid Rozkin as its sole CEO, with previous CEO Dave Dutch staying on as executive chairman. OMG also announced taking on a new debt facility from CIBC Innovation Banking to help it “enhance growth." The company made the Inc. 5000 list from 2016 through 2021, when it reported a 64% three-year growth rate.
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Inaugural EmpowHERment Pitch Competition Applications for Female-Led, Texas-Based Companies

Three finalists will be picked to pitch during Global Entrepreneurship Week in November.

The EmpowHERment Pitch Competition is hosted by Fort Worth biotech EOSERA, along with partners Simmons Bank, Satori Capital, Fort Worth Report, Tech Fort Worth, and UNT Health Science Center.
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Dallas Invents: 113 Patents Granted for Week of June 14
by | Jul 13, 2022
Dallas Invents is a weekly look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor.
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Dallas Invents: 112 Patents Granted for Week of July 5
by | Jul 13, 2022

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
Knomadix's dynamic number board game for adaptive learning
Pro Star Energy Solutions' energy-reducing retrofit apparatus for a constant volume HVAC system
Texas Scientific Products' analytical nebulizer
7-Eleven's network-enabled fuel dispensing system
AT&T's aggregation of application and systems for services for 6G or other next-generation network
• Easybaby Products' safety gate
Honeywell International's worker monitoring system
Red River Tea Company's still beverage brewing method
Toyota's adaptive headlights

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The Last Word: TatumTek’s Edwin D. Tatum on Modular Home Construction
by | Jul 12, 2022
Tatum told D CEO he got the idea for his modular construction firm after he stopped playing pro basketball in Latin America and started investing in residential construction.  “I became frustrated with the change orders, inspection process, and delayed times. I distinctly remember telling myself, ‘There has to be another way.’" Tatum told D CEO. Today his company can build a home in eight to 16 weeks, and do it more sustainably, he says, with a forecast of over $50 million in revenue this year.
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Gov. Abbott Taps Two Local Leaders to Help Bring New Businesses, Jobs to Texas

Arun Agarwal, CEO of Dallas home textile company Nextt, and Katie Farmer, president and CEO of Fort Worth-based railway giant BNSF, have been named to the Texas Economic Development Corporation’s board of directors. Along with seven other Texas execs tapped by Governor Abbott, they will market Texas across the U.S. and abroad as a place to relocate a business and create new jobs.
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The Last Word: Tia Raymond, MD, on Preventing Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
by | Jul 11, 2022

“The best CPR is no CPR.”

Tia Raymond, MD
Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist
Medical City Children’s Hospital
.…on reducing cardiac arrests in pediatric cardiac ICUs.

A recent study featuring research at Dallas’ Medical City Children’s Hospital is helping to improve and save the lives of children in cardiac intensive care units, according to the hospital....

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Report: Dallas Among the Best Places in the U.S. for ‘Wellness Workcations’
Many people have begun to work remotely while they travel—whether they're discovering America or exploring the world. Icelandair calls that a “wellness workcation,” and it's released a list of the best destinations in the U.S. to take one. It placed Dallas at No. 7 on the list—making it the only Texas city to appear in the Top 10.
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Biz Workshop: Texas Innovation Commercialization Lab Helps With Customer-Driven Strategy to Product Development
Want to map your innovation-to-market commercialization path or apply for federal money through the $4 billion America's Seed Fund program? Or maybe you're an entrepreneur seeking to validate your customer's needs. The Texas SBDC Technology Commercialization Center wants to help.
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At the Fourth Annual iC3 Life Science Summit at UT Arlington on Oct. 10, 2017 recipient Lyda Hill will present the award. To register for the summit, visit www.bionorthtx.org. [Illustration: bestbrk/istockphoto]

Dallas-Fort Worth Makes List of Top 20 Life Science Metros

by | Jul 8, 2022
See how the region ranked.
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Texas Women’s Foundation Elects Three New Board Members, Names Executive Committee, and Promotes Leaders
by | Jul 8, 2022
TWF welcomes leaders from The Pillow Bar, Capital One, and Goldman Sachs to its board of directors. They will join a board of 41 members led by foundation chair Hilda Galvan.
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The Last Word: Frito-Lay CMO Rachel Ferdinando Celebrated in Hip Hop Track
by | Jul 8, 2022
Ferdinando, who was feted in a Cannes Lion Award-winning song, was just named president of PepsiCo North America's Canadian food division.
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CompTIA: Despite Tech Job Postings Declining, Metro Dallas Holds Onto Its No. 3 Spot
Despite turmoil in the markets and layoffs making headlines, the tech job market remains relatively strong in Dallas, according to a new report.

Across the country, technology companies added 20,300 net new workers in June, marking the 19th consecutive month of growth, according to nonprofit CompTIA’s latest Tech Jobs Report. And among metros, Dallas ranks among the top three for new job postings, though the number of new jobs added month-over-month has declined.
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