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Amanda Kraft: With over 15 years of management consulting experience, Amanda Kraft brings a deep und...
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Amanda Kraft: With over 15 years of management consulting experience, Amanda Kraft brings a deep und...
Angela Spears and Joslin Sansom
Angela Spears is Senior Vice President of Digital Strategy & Marketing at Animal Supply Company....
Brian Sullivan
Brian Sullivan is co-founder of the Big Design Conference.
Chase Ezell
Chase Ezell has over a decade of writing experience. A former PR agency account executive and mana...
Chase Mardis
Dallas Innovates photography intern Chase Mardis is a senior at West Texas A&M University pursui...
Chloe Bennett
Dallas Innovates Editorial Intern Chloe Bennett is a sophomore at the University of San Francisco, ...
D'Anzia Robertson
Dallas Innovates Editorial Intern D’Anzia Robertson is a senior at the University of Texas at ...
Dave Montgomery
Dave Montgomery is an Austin free-lance journalist whose career has spanned a half-century of report...
Erreka Campbell
Erreka T. Campbell Associate, Polsinelli Erreka Campbell is a business-minded real estate attorne...
Heather Noel
Senior Editor Heather Noel joined Dallas Innovates in May 2016. Prior to working with Dallas Innovat...
Holly Ragan
Holly Ragan is the Dallas Office Practice Leader for FKP / CannonDesign with experience helping acad...
Isabella Couture
Isabella Couture will be attending Texas A&M University this fall, majoring in biomedical engine...
Jewels Clark
Dallas Innovates Editorial Intern Jewels Clark is a senior studying public relations and journalism...
Julia Batlle
Dallas Innovates editorial intern Julia Lauren Batlle is a junior at Southern Methodist University....
Julia Falcon
Dallas Innovates editorial intern Julia Falcon is currently working on her bachelor’s degree ...
Katie Kelton
Dallas Innovates editorial intern Katie Kelton is a freshman at Texas Christian University pursuing...
Kyle Lukianuk
Kyle is a social entrepreneur with a love for business and a passion for the power of millennials to...
Lance Murray
Lance Murray is Managing Editor of Dallas Innovates and the Dallas Regional Chamber publications. He...
Mallory Houser
Dallas Innovates editorial intern Mallory Houser is a senior at the University of Kansas pursuing a...
Meredith McGrath
Dallas Innovates editorial intern Meredith McGrath is a graduate student at the University of Missou...
Nicholas Sakelaris
Nicholas Sakelaris has been a journalist in Dallas-Fort Worth for more than a decade covering every...
Paul Corliss
Paul Corliss is the UNT System’s Chief Communications Officer and also leads marketing and com...
Rachel Linch
Dallas Innovates editorial intern Rachel Linch is a senior at the University of North Texas pursuing...
Stacie Adams
Stacie Adams is the Vice President for Corporate Citizenship at Axxess.
Taylor Lowder
Dallas Innovates editorial intern Taylor Lowder is a senior at Texas Christian University pursuing ...
Tony Osterhaus
Tony Osterhaus is chief delivery officer for Imaginuity, a full-service digital marketing agency ...
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Editorial Assistant, D Magazine Partners
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The Real Estate Council
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Director of Partnerships, Luscinia Health
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Senior Program Officer, Meadows Foundation
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Founder, Luminous Envy and RentEval
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Contributing Writer
Clarisa Lindenmeyer
Principal, Proximity to Power
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Director of the Arts and Urbanism Initiative at SMU's Meadows School of the Arts
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Founder of Integrality
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Content Marketing Specialist, Sabre Corporation, Sponsor
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Founder, Brainspace
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Owner, Forward Planning
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SVP, Research and Innovation, Dallas Regional Chamber
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Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner of Woodbine Development Corporation
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Student, Southern Methodist University
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Managing Director, Research and Innovation, Dallas Regional Chamber
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CEO and Co-Founder, Health Wildcatteres
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Co-Creator, Better Block Project; Founder, Oak Cliff Transit Authority, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, Go Oak Cliff, and Art Conspiracy
Jennifer Conley
VP of Communications, Vinli
Jeremy Vickers
Executive Director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Texas at Dallas
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Communications Manager, UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management, Sponsor
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Chancellor, Dallas County Community College District
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Founder, Motive, Sponsor
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Artistic Director, Dallas Theater Center
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Founding Partner, Vela Wood
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Owner, CultureLab
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President-South Central Market, Verizon, Sponsor
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Chairman and CEO, StackPath
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Executive Director, CitySquare
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CEO & Owner, Think Three Media
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Vice President, Dallas ISD School Board
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Chief of Transformation and Innovation, Dallas ISD
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Founder and CEO, Panamplify
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Senior Vice President, Economic Development, Dallas Regional Chamber
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Principal, Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy
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President of the University of North Texas, Sponsor
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Director of Economic Development and Tourism, Town of Addison, Sponsor
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President, D Custom
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Executive Director, The Budd Center: Involving Communities in Education
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Patent Agent
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Technical Executive, IBM
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Founder, Nepris
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Founder, Soap Hope
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Co-Founder and CEO, Dialexa
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Co-Founder, Public City
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Principal, Public Relations & Brand Management, Richards Partners
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Senior Manager of Business Development, Sabre Travel Network, Sponsor
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Founder, Social Impact Architects
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Practice Director, Mobile and Modern Web Practice, Randstad Technologies, Sponsor
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CEO, Social Venture Partners Dallas, Sponsor
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Co-founder and president, InnoCity Partners LLC
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Chief Impact Officer for Living Cities
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President, Eastfield College, Sponsor
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Writer, The University of Texas at Dallas, Sponsor
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Plano venture capital firm Sentiero Ventures has made the first investment from its new AI-focused fund: A $250,000 investment in Data Sentinel, an enterprise-sensitive data management platform with its U.S. headquarters in Texas....
North Texas-based Lender Compliance Technologies Closes $4.15M Series A to Mitigate Regulatory Risks
Specializing in compliance solutions for automotive, RV, marine, and powersports lenders, Colleyville-based Lender Compliance Technologies (LCT), has raised $4.15 million in a Series A funding round to further the development of its technology solutions. ...
When shoes go to court they usually squeak down a lane toward the net. But Dallas-based YUMS got sidelined when it launched its Sweet Series sneakers—and Nike made a federal case out of it....
