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Cien.ai SVP of Information Systems Gertrude G. Van Horn [Photo: Cien.ai]

North Texas’ Cien.ai Names Tech Titans Hall of Famer as SVP of Information Systems

by Lance Murray | Mar 18, 2025

Cien.ai said that Gertrude Van Horn will oversee the deployment of Agentic AI and the evolution of Cien.ai’s internal data systems, and act as a liaison to the broader ecosystem of IT leaders and vendors who seek transformative AI solutions.

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Dallas-Fort Worth Innovation Breakthroughs Mark 2025 Awards

by Quincy Preston and David Seeley | Jan 21, 2025

D CEO and Dallas Innovates' Innovation Award winners are working to resurrect extinct species, launching autonomous trucks, reinventing military aircraft, and bringing AI into the physical world—and that's just the beginning. The 2025 awards showcase game-changing achievements—including Texas' first newly minted decacorn—across 17 categories of innovation. Here’s a look at the innovators leading the way.

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Finalists Announced for The Innovation Awards 2025, Presented by D CEO and Dallas Innovates

by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Oct 25, 2024

The Innovation Awards 2025 recognizes 76 companies and trailblazers paving the way for the future of innovation in North Texas. Here's who made the finalists list.

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North Texas’ Cien.ai Appoints 2 Execs to Leadership Roles, Launches New GTM Suite

by Lance Murray | May 17, 2024

The Plano-based go-to-market AI analytics platform has appointed Joanna Ridgway as SVP of global sales and Steve Valenta as SVP of strategic partnerships.

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Workspace Innovation Company Vari Forms Advisory Board of Industry Leaders

by Alex Edwards | Sep 15, 2021

The new board is comprised of Margot Carter, president of Living Mountain Capital and co-founder of Cien; Ka Cotter, formerly The Staubach Company's top revenue producing broker; Russell Denson, chairman of Gulf Energy Information and director of Peerless Media; and Debra von Storch, longtime Americas Director for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year program.

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