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Here’s How Amplifi’s CEO Used His Career Onstage to Build a Data-First Consultancy

by | Jun 9, 2021
Former musician Corey Mellick dropped out of college to go on tour. But after meeting his now wife at a gig, he left the life on tour to become a consultant. Eventually, he realized he had the chops to start his own company—so he founded Amplifi, using his musical skills to make it a global data driven management consultancy that works with some of the largest brands in retail, manufacturing, and distribution.
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From Matching to Meeting: Match Launches First-of-its-Kind Feature to Move Singles Outside the App
by | Sep 15, 2020
Match has introduced Dates: A new dedicated space within the app that provides insight into a potential connection's dating style and preferences. In a time of social distancing, Dates aims to help users have a clear vision when going out in the real world.
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How North Texas Dispatchers Tapped Waze Data to Speed 9-1-1 Response Times
by | Aug 28, 2020
Every day, Wazers alert their peers of highway incidents and hazards—with more than 10,000 reports in DFW alone. Waze analysis shows, about 40 percent of the time, user reports of crashes to its app are almost five minutes faster than traditional 9-1-1 calls.
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Dallas’ Enterprise Data Solutions Provider K2View Raises $28M for Rapid Expansion
by | Aug 11, 2020
K2View can help a company gain a 360-degree, real-time view of its data while streamlining costs. Given the changing economy and regulatory environment, that's more important than ever.
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Report: New JLL Snapshot Study Examines How South Dallas Evolved Into a Food Desert

by | Jun 25, 2020
A public-private partnership could help seed the area for future social change by providing more healthy food options, JLL says. By reducing costs to the community, that could stretch residents' dollars, too.
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‘Best Minds’: North Texas Smart City Consortium Launches with 21 Founding Members
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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Infogroup is Giving Government Agencies Data That Could Help COVID-19 Response
by | May 14, 2020
Through a partnership with Esri, Dallas-based Infogroup is providing business data that could help communities recover from the economic impacts of COVID-19.
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AT&T IoT Technology Powers Germ-Zapping Robots
by | Apr 7, 2020
The robots use UV light to help destroy viruses and other deadly pathogens to help hospitals stop the spread of disease.
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Addison Tech Firm Securonix Raises Nearly $12M in New Funding

by | Feb 7, 2020
The new funds bring the total funding for the Addison-based cybersecurity and threat detection technology provider to more than $40M.
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Discovery: UTA Prof Battles Malware With Hardware; E-Cigarette Injuries Possibly Underreported
by | Sep 20, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find news about a UT Southwestern study on how exercise may slow brain deterioration for those at risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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New Omnitracs Exec Takes the Wheel of its Data, AI, and Machine Learning Operations
by | Sep 19, 2019
Ashim Bose has a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence and says that digital transformation is rapidly reshaping the transportation industry.
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Discovery: How AI May Aid Heart Assessments; UTA Highway Research Tapped as ‘Sweet 16’ Project
by | Aug 30, 2019
We're bringing you this week's news about important developments from universities, labs, and private industry in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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K2View Expands Data Management Company’s International Footprint

by | Aug 2, 2019
After experiencing 100 percent growth during the past three years, Dallas-headquartered K2View wants to extend its international presence by opening two new offices in Germany and the Netherlands.
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Happy? Sad? New UTD Study Uses AI to Examine What Affects Our Emotions
by | Jul 30, 2019
Participants in this 45-day study will track their emotions in real time using the Mindcurrent app and Apple Watch data.
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Follow the Money: Naya Raising $2.5M to Back Viviota; Tenet Plans Conifer Spin-Off; Compass Datacenters Makes Acquisition
by | Jul 25, 2019
You'll also find news about Spectral MD, Thomson Reuters, Presidio Petroleum, Media Distribution Systems, Intelledox, and UWorld in this roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity by companies in North Texas.
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DI People: FluidLytix, TeamSupport, Dallas Medical Resource Make Leadership Moves
by | Jul 16, 2019
You’ll also find news from Risk Consulting Partners, R-Ladies Global, Lennox International, Polsinelli, Southwest Airlines, and Western Security Surplus in this roundup of executive and leadership moves by companies and organizations in North Texas.
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