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Tech Titans announced several honorees and award finalists ahead of the 2026 awards program, set for Aug. 28. [File Photo: Tech Titans]
Tech Titans Taps Former Richardson Mayor Paul Voelker for Lifetime Achievement Award
by Sandra Engelland | Aug 12, 2026
The North Texas technology organization will induct Pinnacle Group’s Nina Vaca into its Hall of Fame and name BRIX Holdings’ Sherif Mityas its Corporate CEO honoree at its 26th annual gala Aug. 28 in Plano. It also announced finalists across 10 other categories.
by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Jun 13, 2025
Specially designed automobiles, event escape plans, and extra time for everyday tasks—all ways people pay for differences. Here’s how three North Texas families manage it.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Sep 20, 2022
Adaptive3D is moving its headquarters from Plano to Richardson's newly christened IQ HQ, returning to the city where it was founded. The company is working on photopolymers that separate into two parts at the “nano level,” making them more durable for industries ranging from consumer and healthcare to industrial and transportation.
“This move also signals the strength and importance of partnerships with key academic institutions like UT Dallas and the role they play in fostering the collaborative creation of future-ready technologies within the IQ,” says Founder and CEO Walter Voit.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Sep 15, 2022
The 27,500-square-foot new HQ—in partnership with UT Dallas—anchors Richardson's 1,200-acre Innovation Quarter. A masterwork of vision planning years in the making, it's a catalyst to spark innovation and nuture collaborations—and attract hundreds of entrepreneurial businesses. Six new UT Dallas research centers will initially launch at the IQ HQ, helping to build businesses and commercialize research coming from the nearby university.
“We are a global presence," Richardson Mayor Paul Voelker said at the event. "And the vision that we have here is that we will be a global influencer of technology and innovation."
“We are a global presence," Richardson Mayor Paul Voelker said at the event. "And the vision that we have here is that we will be a global influencer of technology and innovation."
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The Richardson Innovation Quarter, or The IQ for short, will soon be home to an R&D office for Allegro Microsystems. [Image: Courtesy Richardson Innovation District]
The IQ: Richardson Innovation District Unveils New Name and Branding
by Lance Murray | Jan 29, 2020
In December, the Richardson City Council approved rezoning for higher density development and a variety of uses to provide a foundation for an innovation-focused, urban mixed-use environment.
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by Dave Moore |
Sep 22, 2018
At the North Texas Smart Cities Summit, IT specialists, engineers, public officials, and civil servants pondered the possibilities and perils of smart city technology that's ever closer to becoming commonplace. Dave Moore has the takeaway.
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