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Russell Weaver will lead Embark's talent acquisition and people strategy, guiding the optimization of people, process, and technology for faster hiring, excellent quality of talent, and diversity within the firm's growing workforce, Embark said.
Embark Names Names Former Paramount Exec as Chief People Officer
by Sandra Engelland | May 7, 2026
Russell Weaver will lead Embark's talent acquisition and people strategy, guiding the optimization of people, process, and technology for faster hiring, excellent quality of talent, and diversity within the firm's growing workforce, Embark said.
by Sandra Engelland |
Mar 12, 2026
As CRO, Laura Neal will oversee Embark's growth initiatives, expand strategic partnerships and alliances, and lead the company's end-to-end commercial strategy, Embark said.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 11, 2025
Paul Allen’s Ashla platform has already backed Dallas ventures including Mother, a modern plumbing company, and Stonethrow, a private family club founded by Nick Clark and Dawson Williams.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Dec 10, 2025
Paul Allen—known for founding the Dallas-based financial consulting and advisory firm Embark on a "Happy Works" philosophy—is now extending that people-first principle to Ashla, a platform that builds and invests in companies designed to make work, community, and innovation "more human."
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Dallas-based Embark sent tiny "RIP Consulting" coffins to CFOs nationwide. [Photo: Embark]
The Last Word: The Message (in a Tiny Coffin) That Dallas’ Embark Is Sending to CFOs Nationwide
by David Seeley | Apr 30, 2024
Embark said it would cap things off by staging a “funeral procession” through New York City, with a hearse adorned in ornate floral arrangements spelling ‘RIP Consulting.'”
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by David Seeley |
Apr 23, 2024
From its 17 offices across the U.S., business consulting firm Embark aims to shake up a "tired" $300 billion industry by replacing the reigning "rise-and-grind culture" with a focus on happiness. With an ad in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal and mini-coffins on the way to CFOs nationwide, the firm is looking to kill it—in more ways than one.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 29, 2024
Dallas-based consulting firm Embark has opened an office in New York City that will provide a physical presence for the firm’s rapidly growing roster of over 50 clients in The Big Apple....
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 15, 2024
Barry Salzberg, the former global CEO of Deloitte, and Dan Bailey, managing director at CoVenture, have joined the board of Dallas-based business advisory firm Embark.
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16 North Texas Companies Make Inc.’s 2023 Best Workplaces List
by David Seeley | May 9, 2023
"The companies here demonstrate that a great workplace is less about Friday beer blasts and more about whether employees are equipped to experience work and life more fully, given that the two are more blended than ever," Inc. writes about its 2023 Best Workplaces list. Meet the 16 North Texas companies that joined 575 others across the U.S. in making the cut.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 7, 2022
CEOs of the 100 fastest-growing privately held companies in the Dallas region joined the SMU Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship for the kickoff of its annual celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit on Thursday.
Now the countdown begins for the institute's Nov. 2 reveal of which one is THE fastest-growing privately held company in Dallas-Fort Worth. Here are the contenders.
Now the countdown begins for the institute's Nov. 2 reveal of which one is THE fastest-growing privately held company in Dallas-Fort Worth. Here are the contenders.
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by Kevin Cummings |
May 10, 2022
Inc. Magazine has unveiled its annual list of America's Best Workplaces, and nine companies from the Dallas-Fort Worth area are on the list—ranging from early-stage companies to those with workforces in the hundreds.
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by Alex Edwards |
May 8, 2019
Dallas-headquartered JetSuite has teamed up with Embark to launch 'JetSuite Experiences,' a personalized service it's calling a "first in business aviation." From hotel stays to event access, the flyer gets to build their own one-of-a-kind experience, even after landing.
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