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FleishmanHillard Hires General Manager for Its Texas Business

by | Dec 6, 2024
Jennifer Little will lead Texas business for PR and marketing firm FleishmanHillard, including its offices in Dallas and Austin. She'll be responsible for the strategic plan and vision for FleishmanHillard Texas, overseeing client experience, business development, talent development, and staffing.
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Urban Air Adventure Park Names New Brand President
by | Dec 6, 2024
Tim Sharp will focus on maintaining Urban Air's position as the premier destination for family entertainment, while continuing to innovate and deliver exceptional experiences for guests, drive profitable growth for franchisees, and expand the brand's footprint globally, the company said.
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Former Elbit Systems of America CEO Joins Catalyze Partners’ Board of Advisors
by | Dec 6, 2024
Ranaan Horowitz has more than 30 years of leadership experience across the defense, commercial aviation, and healthcare sectors. Catalyze said he has a proven track record of driving growth and overseeing strategic acquisitions.
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Neighborly Appoints Irving-Based Chief Marketing Officer
by | Dec 6, 2024
Former Amazon executive Stacy Lynn Bourgeois will serve as a member of the corporate leadership team for Waco-based Neighborly, the world's largest home services company.
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Dallas’ Nanoscope Therapeutics Hires Chief Technology, Manufacturing Officer

by | Dec 6, 2024
Ray Kaczmarek—the former CEO of Genezen—is an expert in gene therapy manufacturing with decades of experience leading operations, technology, and commercial supply strategies at pharmaceutical and biotech companies, Nanoscope said.
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Irving’s United Development Funding IV to be Acquired by NYSE-Listed Ready Capital
by | Dec 5, 2024
United Development Funding IV provides capital solutions to residential real estate developers and regional homebuilders.
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Dallas College Launches Bitcoin Mining Program Featuring Take-Home Mining Machines
by | Dec 5, 2024
Along with hands-on instruction, Bitcoin Mining program participants will receive powerful industry equipment and materials—including their own mining machine to take home.
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GEICO Taps North Texas for Its Newest Commercial Insurance Operations Hub, Adding 500 New Jobs
by | Dec 5, 2024
GEICO said the expansion follows significant growth in its commercial insurance business over the last 18 months, driven by new products including long-haul trucking insurance.
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Torc Robotics To Open New DFW Office and Self‑Driving Trucking Hub

by | Dec 5, 2024
The Daimler Truck subsidiary—founded in 2005 by a group of Virginia Tech graduate students—is transferring its operations from New Mexico and Stuttgart, Germany, to new hubs in DFW and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Coming soon: an autonomous trucking "launch lane" between DFW and Laredo.
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The Last Word: Pizza Hut’s Elyse Slayton on Her Company’s New Tomato Wine
by | Dec 5, 2024
Think wine just comes from grapes? Plano-based Pizza Hut has poured out an innovative twist that may surprise you. Just before Thanksgiving, the company launched Tomato Wine by Pizza Hut, a limited-edition offering it says "captures the essence of your favorite slice in every sip." The splashy launch has proved so popular, you have to get on a wait list to order some.
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Brinker Appoints Industry Veteran as VP of Marketing at Maggiano’s Little Italy
by | Dec 5, 2024
Parent company Brinker International said that in his new role, Mike Wesley will be instrumental in further amplifying and building the Maggiano's brand as it enters its next era of classic Italian American dining, driving key marketing and promotional strategies.
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Michael Gorton on data centers in space
The Last Word: Dallas Entrepreneur and Investor Michael Gorton on Moving Data Centers — to Space
by | Dec 4, 2024
Dallas-based innovator Michael Gorton, a 15-time entrepreneur and investor, points to a growing challenge: AI, blockchain, and cloud computing are consuming massive amounts of energy in traditional data centers. The terrestrial facilities—often spanning 6 million square feet—can use more power than medium-sized towns. Over the next decade, he notes, nearly a trillion dollars will be invested in power infrastructure improvements just to meet data center demands.
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The Dallas Foundation Launches Rising GENerosity to Engage the Next Wave of Philanthropic Leaders

by | Dec 4, 2024
The Rising GENerosity kickoff at Dallas’ Park House brought together changemakers aged 25 to 50 for an evening of bold ideas, meaningful connections, and fresh inspiration. See highlights in our gallery.
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Dallas’ Lone Star Funds Closes $3B Acquisition of Carrier’s Commercial and Residential Fire Business
by | Dec 4, 2024
As a result of the transaction, the business will now operate as an independent company under the new name Kidde Global Solutions, Lone Star said.
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Madrid-based SNGULAR Launches New Company Out of Dallas to Revolutionize Construction Management
by | Dec 4, 2024
Dallas-based CEO Borja Roig leads ConnectedWorks, which—after several years of development in collaboration with Madrid's Ferrovial—already has "clients and traction" in countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Chile.
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TriCelta Development Opens New HQ in North Texas
by | Dec 4, 2024
TriCelta Founder and CEO Jake Zwaagstra's portfolio includes projects at Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Oklahoma; The Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino in Las Vegas; and the Signature at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Now his "boutique firm with outsize impact" has a new home at Watters Creek Village in Allen.
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