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DART Celebrates 40 Years of Service to North Texas, Elects New Board Leaders

by | Oct 20, 2023
The new DART board chair is CapitalSoft CEO and former Richardson mayor Gary Slagel. DART's other new board leaders include vice chair Rodney Schlosser, M. Nathan Barbera as new secretary, and Flora M. Hernandez as assistant secretary.
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Addison’s Lone Star Analysis Expands Global Footprint with New Office in England
by | Oct 18, 2023
Lone Star—a fast-growing provider of leading-edge predictive and prescriptive analytics and Evolved AI for aerospace, defense, and more—said the new office provides better access to more markets and enhanced service to an expanding overseas customer base.
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AMLI Deploys ‘ArborLift’ Tech To Move 4 Heritage Live Oaks for Addison Treehouse Project
by | 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.
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Addison’s Securonix Appoints Chief People/Culture Officer
by | 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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Wingstop Adds New Senior Vice President/Chief Growth Officer

by | 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.

“I truly believe we are just getting started at Wingstop, and I couldn’t be more excited to have Anne join our team,” Wingstop President & CEO Michael Skipworth said in a statement....

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Addison Seeks New Eco Dev Director As Campos Heads to Harlingen
by | Jun 23, 2023

A search is underway to replace longtime Addison Economic Development Director Orlando Campos, who has been named the finalist for a similar position in the city of Harlingen in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley....

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Dennis Quaid Hosts Video Featuring Addison-Based Partnership With Native Americans
by | 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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UT Dallas to Host Mark Cuban Foundation’s Free AI Bootcamp for High School Students
by | 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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Securonix Appoints Industry Veteran as its Chief Financial Officer

by | 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.

The company is a leader in Next-Gen security information and event management (SIEM), user and event behavior analytics (UEBA), and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR)....

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Securonix Taps Industry Veteran as New Chief Growth Officer
by | Mar 1, 2023

Sanjay Singh has been appointed chief growth officer of Adddison-based Securonix Inc., a leader in Next-Gen Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), User and entity behavior analytics, and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR).

“We are excited to welcome Sanjay to Securonix,” CEO Nayaki Nayyar said in a statement. “His proven track record of scaling global go-to-market organizations, enhancing customer and partner experiences, and delivering demonstrable results uniquely positions him to help drive the next phase of growth at Securonix....

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Addison’s Gehan Homes Rebrands Its Business as Brightland Homes
by | 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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With Fresh Funding, Firehawk Aerospace Is Developing Rocket Engines and 3D-Printed Fuel As It Plans Move to New HQ in Addison

by | 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."
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AMLI and Stream Realty Partners Will Develop 18-Acre, $472M Transit-Oriented Showplace at Addison Circle
by | Apr 13, 2022
The transit-oriented signature development will be built around the upcoming DART Silver Line station with Addison Circle Park as its green space anchor. Here's a first look.
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Addison Cybersecurity Company Raises $1 Billion to fuel ‘Hypergrowth Trajectory’
by | 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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Poo~Pourri Launches Bidet to ‘Combat The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020’
by | 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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