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Rendering of AMLI Tree House project coming to Addison. [Image: AMLI]
AMLI Deploys ‘ArborLift’ Tech To Move 4 Heritage Live Oaks for Addison Tree House Project
by David Seeley | Aug 15, 2023
Some companies will move mountains to get a project going. AMLI Residential is moving something else—four heritage live oak trees—to make way for a multifamily and retail development that's all about trees itself. AMLI hired Houston-based Environmental Design to deploy its innovative ArborLift tech—featuring inflated, sausage-like rolling bladders.
by Lance Murray |
Aug 8, 2023
Former Chief People and Culture Officer at global telecommunications leader Mitel, Paul Gregory, will take his post at Securonix, ready to usher in its next phase of growth and innovation. The company recently introduced an integration with ChatGPT that it said delivers generative AI capabilities within the Securonix Investigate platform to greatly reduce incident response time.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 24, 2023
At both Topgolf and Dave & Busters, the exec led efforts "that nearly doubled unit count and increased average unit volume by double digits, and that growth mindset is key to what we want to achieve at Nothing Bundt Cakes," Roark Capital Managing Director Sarah Spiegel said.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 14, 2023
Addison-based restaurant chain Wingstop has hired Anne Fischer as its new senior vice president, chief growth officer, a role in which she will lead Wingstop’s marketing and digital strategies....
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Dennis Quaid Hosts Video Featuring Addison-Based Partnership With Native Americans
by David Seeley | May 18, 2023
The Dennis Quaid-hosted "Viewpoint," which airs on public television stations nationwide, recently produced a video report featuring the Addison-based nonprofit Partnership With Native Americans. The video explains some of the core challenges and opportunities facing tribes today—both on reservations and in urban areas—and supports the need for Native representation in nonprofit funding decisions.
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by Lance Murray |
May 1, 2023
The AI Bootcamp will target underserved high school students in the ninth through 12th grades and will introduce them to basic AI concepts and skills, the foundation said. Students will learn what AI is and is not, where they already interact with AI in their own lives, and the ethical implications of AI systems including but not limited to TikTok recommendations, smart home assistants, facial recognition, and self-driving cars, among others.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 28, 2023
Addison-based Stealth Monitoring has acquired Caliber Communications and Syncro Monitoring (collectively called Caliber), further expanding its capabilities as a leader in technology-driven commercial video surveillance.
Stealth and Caliber, based in Stoney Creek, Ontario, are both leading video surveillance businesses focused on designing, installing, and providing proactive remote video monitoring solutions and related services to commercial, construction, financial, industrial, real estate, retail, transportation, and logistics, and utility businesses throughout the United States and Canada....
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 14, 2023
Securonix Inc. has appointed Jerry Raphael as chief financial officer, responsible for growing and scaling the Addison-based company’s global organization to help lead its next phase of growth and deepen its commitment to driving incremental value for customers and partners....
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Brightland Homes' Tulane Floor Plan in Gruenefield, TX [Photo: Brightland Homes]
Addison’s Gehan Homes Rebrands Its Business as Brightland Homes
by Lance Murray | Feb 21, 2023
As it both rebrands and expands, Brightland said its move integrates roughly 110 active communities from Gehan Homes, Gray Point Homes, and Wonderland Homes brands across Texas, Arizona, Colorado, and Tennessee.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 10, 2023
Medix Infusion creates access to infusion therapy for patients in rural, suburban, and other underserved markets. The company says it will use the funds to support organic growth and acquire the infusion operations of the Center for Neurology and Spine, a national leader in the treatment of neurological disorders that serves patients across five infusion suites in Arizona.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 1, 2022
Ryan Rogers will become chief executive of the multibillion-dollar direct-selling beauty empire founded by Mary Kay Ash, who is noted as “one of the original glass ceiling breakers." Rogers, who is currently the company's chief investment officer will become CEO and president on Jan. 1. CEO David Holl has helmed the cosmetics company since 2006. He'll retire after nearly 30 years with Mary Kay and remain chairman of the board.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Sep 28, 2022
Firehawk Aerospace is developing hybrid rocket engines and 3D-printed solid rocket fuel to provide a safer, more cost-effective approach to launching payloads as it nears the close of a $17 million fundraising effort.
Co-founder and CEO Will Edwards has said his company's rocket engine "will power the next generation missile and defense systems and plans to support both launch and other systems requiring in-space propulsion."
Co-founder and CEO Will Edwards has said his company's rocket engine "will power the next generation missile and defense systems and plans to support both launch and other systems requiring in-space propulsion."
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Addison Cybersecurity Company Raises $1 Billion to fuel ‘Hypergrowth Trajectory’
by Kevin Cummings | Feb 15, 2022
Addison-based cybersecurity company Securonix has landed more than $1 billion in a growth investment deal led by Austin investment firm Vista Equity Partners. "We solve a very tough problem that requires excellence across multiple domains, including product engineering, threat detection/hunting, data science, and operations," its CEO says.
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by Chantal Canales |
Oct 5, 2020
The Addison-based brand known for before-you-go spray is launching the Poo-Pourri Bidet to transform toilets to bidets in less than 15 minutes.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jun 2, 2020
Addison-based Polte is an expert at asset tracking. But in the time of COVID-19, the team realized a solution was needed to track a company's most important assets at the moment: people.
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by Quincy Preston and Alex Edwards |
May 26, 2020
The nonprofit North Texas Innovation Alliance—the largest of its kind in the U.S.—brings together cities, counties, municipalities, and agencies to tackle pressing challenges with innovative solutions. First up, the group will look at the effects of COVID-19. With the launch, NTXIA joins Mastercard's City Possible network that advances inclusive and sustainable development
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