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Brinks Home Refreshes its Brand to Continue Revolutionizing the Smart Home Security Industry

by | Mar 8, 2021
Dallas-based Brinks Home Security is dropping the "security" from its moniker, releasing a new logo, and implementing a total brand overhaul to "set a new standard for the smart security industry."
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Mavenir CEO Pardeep Kohli
Mavenir is Opening the Innovation Pipeline for Better, Faster 5G with Interoperability at the Forefront
by | Mar 8, 2021
CEO Pardeep Kohli says that OpenRAN—a flexible radio access network—will change the future by fueling invention and driving down costs.

The Richardson-based company provides cloud-native network software for the wireless industry. In November, they were selected by DISH Network to deliver 5G nationwide.
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How Technology Can Enhance Behavioral Healthcare Design and Care
by | Mar 8, 2021
CannonDesign’s Dallas Behavioral Health Leader Alison Leonard shares technological possibilities for mental healthcare professionals to consider in a post-pandemic world.
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DI People: Vio Security, Cyber Defense Labs, Caliber, and More Make Moves
by | Mar 5, 2021
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from BizCom Associates, Invitation Homes, Prime Technology Group, Cyber Group, and Mohr Partners.
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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 16

by | Mar 2, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • 7-Eleven's customer-based video feed, Audatex North America's web-based repair cost estimating system, BNSF's pressure sensing probe, DFB Soria's delivery of drug nanoparticles, Knightscope's autonomous data machines and systems, Raytheon's smart receiver with compressive sensing and machine learning, Sports 40 40's swing training device, Texas Instruments' tamper detection, Thermotek's wound care utilizing a thermally-treated therapeutic agent, Toyota's autonomous vehicle virtual reality navigation system, and Zynga's gameplay notification system for a cross-platform environment
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Dallas Medtech Phynd Acquired by Symplr
by | Mar 2, 2021
Founded by Thomas White in 2013, Phynd added several big health systems to its roster last year, giving providers a single platform for all things digital—something like an Amazon for healthcare, White says.
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Bravis Brown CEO BPS Technology Servant Leadership
Water-Based Chemistry: North Texas Startup Invents Agriculture and Energy Solutions That Are Better for Business AND the Environment
by | Mar 2, 2021
BPS Technology CEO Bravis Brown calls his company's chemical-mechanical technology "revolutionary."

Filing a dozen patents in 2020, the Argyle-based company is moving fast to protect and scale a "first-of-its-kind" innovation called SymMAX that can reduce the amount of chemicals needed by almost any industry. This year the focus is on commercialization.
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Stryve ‘Biltong’ Maker Hires CFO, Plans to Go Public in $170M SPAC Deal
by | Mar 1, 2021
Founded in 2017, Plano-based Stryve—the company behind convenience snack biltong, a better, healthier alternative to beef jerky—is making big moves. 7-Eleven veteran Scott McCombs joins the executive team as the air-dried meat maker merges with Andina Acquisition Corp. and eyes a new ticker on NASDAQ.
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Sanjiv Yajnik, president of Financial Services at Capital One, was the Corporate Innovator of the Year and a Dallas Innovates Future 50.

Capital One Financial Services President Sees Big Business as a Catalyst for Change

Sanjiv Yajnik says the bank is reimagining the car-buying process and finding opportunities to help communities in need.

He expects the "digital first" approach to financial services and the attention to social justice to continue beyond COVID-19.
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Catalyze Dallas Founder Named to Board of Washington, D.C. Nonprofit Combatting Global Crime and Security Threats
by | Feb 26, 2021
Joe D’Cruz, the Catalyze Dallas founder and managing director, has been named to the Board of Directors for The Center for Advanced Defense Studies’ (C4ADS), a nonprofit organization providing data-driven analysis on transnational security issues with plans to develop innovative solutions to complex challenges.
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DI People: Dallas Regional Chamber, MoneyGram, COMSovereign, and More Make Moves
by | Feb 26, 2021
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from HealthMine, Tricolor, Teach For America DFW, the Black Lawyers Forum of Meritas, Care Continuity, and Veritex Bank, among others.
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AT&T Continues Boosting Its Communication Network for First Responders With an Executive Promotion
by | Feb 25, 2021
Jason Porter, a nearly two-decade veteran of AT&T, will now lead the corporation's public sector and FirstNet business arm. AT&T is continually expanding FirstNet, the nationwide wireless broadband network dedicated to public safety. It currently covers 99 percent of of the U.S. population—but AT&T says it isn't stopping until every first responder has the connectivity and modern communications tools they require in an emergency.
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AT&T VP Talks about Trust and Transformation in Telecommunications

Providing cell service in all the ERs in a city and helping the FCC track down and stop robocallers are top recent accomplishments from Kate Hopkins' telecom tech team.
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Jennifer Benson Raytheon
Raytheon Intelligence and Space Chief Engineer Motivated by Supporting U.S. Military
Jennifer Benson's team, which spans from D.C. to California, develops communications systems that use lasers to carry secure messages and other innovations that are critical for national security.

The McKinney-based engineer also wants to help expose students of all backgrounds to possibility: "The lack of diversity in STEM stops with us."
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Through Roles at UTSW and Pegasus Park, Claire Aldridge Leads Efforts to Make DFW a Key Center for Healthcare Innovation
With an entrepreneurial mindset, Aldridge turns scientific discoveries into real-world solutions. Here's how Aldridge is playing a large role in making Dallas a destination for biotech and life sciences.
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Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 9
by | Feb 23, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's neural mesh protection system for data transmission, Building Materials Investment's roof integrated photovoltaic system, Intuit's method to proactively manage alerts, Lynntech's fuel cell storage system, Mary Kay's stable vitamin c compositions, Prova Group's live auction system, Texas Instrument's projection system with offset image, Texas A&M's Zoysiagrass named DALZ 1308, and Toyota's methods for communicating with a guide animal.
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