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DI People: Cinemark, Brinks Home Security, Medical City Children’s Make Leadership Announcements

In this week's roundup of North Texas executive and leadership moves, you’ll also find news from United to Learn, the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association, KidKraft, At Home Group, Comerica, TeamSupport, and more.
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California Telecom DZS is Moving its Headquarters to Plano
by | Mar 3, 2020
DASAN Zhone Solutions, a global provider of ultra-broadband and 5G platforms, touts the region's vibrant tech talent pool, low costs, and access to markets. With the relocation, DZS will also be opening an Engineering Center of Excellence here.
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Dallas HR Tech Firm Lands Majority Investment From Private Equity Firm
by | Mar 3, 2020
OutMatch's talent intelligence platform has accelerated growth and increased employee performance for major global brands like 7-Eleven, American Airlines, Brinker International, and more.
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Dallas Ranks Eighth Among Cities Where Women Break the Glass Ceiling
by | Mar 3, 2020
Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, SmartAsset has conducted an analysis on the odds of a working woman securing management roles and breaking the glass ceiling. Dallas placed in the top ten.
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‘Not Cool, Dude’: Trend Micro’s Factory Honeypot Found Real Solutions to Cyber Attacks

by | Feb 28, 2020
Researchers with the Irving cybersecurity firm spoofed a small industrial firm and its staff to uncover and respond to cyber threats, and it worked. They even went so far as to create an exasperated manager, who told the hackers they were "so not cool dude."
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The Leaning Tower of Dallas: ‘When You See an Opportunity, Lean Into It.’
Choctaw's guerilla campaign just might get our vote for "most innovative use of space." We chatted with The Richards Group about how it came to be—and why they decided it was the perfect moment to jump on a culturally relevant event on behalf of a client.
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Dallas Ranks Ninth Among Milken Institute’s Top 25 Best-Performing Cities
by | Feb 27, 2020
The concentration of headquarters, top universities, healthcare systems, and tech companies are key components to Dallas’ stature among the nation’s metro areas.
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Follow the Money: Rosy Wellness Gets $1M in Seed Round, CareView Raises $100K, Integer Buys Israeli Medtech Company
by | Feb 27, 2020
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Wildcat Capital, Align Capital Partners, Comerica, Cytracom, AIS Healthcare, Exact Diagnostics, and Forté Benefits.
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AT&T Selects Dallas’ K2View as its Platform for Test Data Management

by | Feb 26, 2020
K2View, a growing data-as-a-service platform, will provide AT&T with high quality test data, improved security, and faster performance. In an effort to advance its DevOps goals, AT&T announces partnership with Dallas-headquartered K2View TDM—a growing data management company that provides data-as-a-service (DaaS).
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Dallas Invents: 138 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 18
by | Feb 26, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: HS Labs' water detection assembly, Bank of America's blockchain-based unexpected data detection, Frito-Lay's potato cultivar, Toyota's vehicle seat assembly for physical exercise, ZixCorp's secure transmission system with upgraded encryption strength, and unassigned underwater wings for providing lift to boats.
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Texas Central Makes $5.9B Deal With Spanish Firm to Develop, Operate High-Speed Rail Line
by | Feb 25, 2020
The contract is the largest ever for a Spanish government-run company outside of Spain. The proposed rail line could be operational by 2026 and would speed passengers between the two cities in roughly 90 minutes.
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Texas Women’s Foundation Adopts ‘Gender Lens’ Investment Strategy With $10.5M Fund
by | Feb 25, 2020
The foundation is pairing money with mission as it becomes the "first, and to date only, women’s fund or foundation to move its entire assets into gendered impact."
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Tyler Technologies Helps the State of Texas Reach E-Filing Milestone

by | Feb 25, 2020
This marks Tyler Technologies' largest statewide e-filing project yet with all 254 Texas counties using its eFileTexas system.
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A Restaurant, the Super Bowl, Blockchain: Catching Up With Avocados From Mexico
by | Feb 25, 2020
After a record-breaking year with more than 2 billion pounds of imported avocados, the Irving-headquartered company shows no signs of stopping. We caught up with President and CEO Alvaro Luque to see how Avocados From Mexico keeps innovating, and what's coming up next.
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VariDesk Rebrands as Vari to Reflect its Entire Suite of Workspace Innovation
by | Feb 24, 2020
Although VariDesk first garnered global attention for its standing desk solution, it has grown to offer more than 200 workspace products since founding. "Today, we’re much more than a desk," CEO Jason McCann says. "We’re Vari."
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Call For Innovation: Startups, Now’s Your Chance to Pitch to Toyota AI Ventures
by | Feb 21, 2020
The venture capital subsidiary of the Toyota Research Institute is looking to invest in companies developing tech that could advance smart, connected cities. Apply now through April for the chance to pitch to the team.
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