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Island CFO Tim MacCarrick [Photo: Island]
Nearing $5B Valuation, Island Names Former project44 Exec as Its New CFO
by Lance Murray | Aug 20, 2025
Tim MacCarrick brings more than 25 years of financial and operational leadership across high-growth software and technology organizations, including both public companies and private equity-backed firms.
by Lance Murray |
Jan 13, 2025
Motorola Solutions has agreed to buy Richardson-based Theatro Labs Inc., a maker of AI and voice-controlled communication and digital workflow software for frontline workers.
“For more than a decade, we have been passionate about innovating for frontline workers,” Theatro President and CEO Chris Todd said in a statement....
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 22, 2024
With 2,000 employees across more than 40 offices and eight video monitoring centers, Addison-based Stealth Monitoring says it monitors more than 100,000 cameras every night, resulting in "the deterrence of more than 50,000 criminal activities, more than 1,000 arrests, and the analysis of roughly 70,000 customer videos annually."
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 3, 2024
The investment in Kirkland, Washington-based American Binary marks "a significant step towards fortifying digital security as civilization moves toward the quantum computing era," the Dallas-based private equity firm said.
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Vice Admiral Colin James Kilrain [Photo: Active Crisis Consulting LLC]
Vice Admiral Joins Active Crisis Consulting as Managing Director, Board Advisor
by Lance Murray | Apr 12, 2024
Vice Admiral Colin James Kilrain, USN (retired), has joined Dallas-based Active Crisis Consulting as its new managing director and board adviser, bringing with him deep knowledge and experience in national security and global affairs based on his U.S. Naval career spanning nearly four decades.
Kilrain was assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2021-2023 and associate director for military affairs for the Central Intelligence Agency from 2019-2021....
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![Known as the IO, Everon opened its Innovation and Operations HQ in Irving in 2024. [Photo: Everon]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Everon-InnovationCenter-970-360x203.jpg)
by Lance Murray |
Apr 4, 2024
Known as the iO, the facility aims to be a hub of learning, innovation, and industry-leading collaboration for Everon, which announced its rebranding from ADT Commercial in October. The iO is home to Everon's dedicated monitoring and customer operations center, groundbreaking Innovation Lab, and Solutions Showcase demo area.
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by Lance Murray |
May 23, 2023
Frisco-based Netwrix announced it has received a strategic investment from Centerbridge Partners LP, a global multi-strategy private equity firm.
Netwrix, a cybersecurity vendor, said that TA Associates, a leading global private equity firm, remains the majority shareholder, with members of Netwrix’s senior management team and Updata Partners retaining minority positions in the business....
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by Lance Murray |
May 15, 2023
The move is a result of increases in threats and attacks on letter carriers and in mail fraud incidents, which have escalated along with a national rise in crime. The agencies recently updated Congress on the problems, and say the new measures will help safeguard mail and packages in Dallas-Fort Worth and across the nation.
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Tom Galvin [Source photo: Evolon]
Evolon Technology Taps CTO to Succeed Retiring Chief Executive Officer
by Lance Murray | Feb 16, 2023
Evolon Technology Inc., a Dallas-based developer of proprietary software technology that takes surveillance video and turns it into real-time actionable information, announced that Tom Galvin has been elected president and chief executive officer.
Formerly the company’s chief technology officer, Galvin succeeds Kevin Stadler who retired earlier this month. Galvin has been appointed to the company’s board to replace Stadler....
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 30, 2023
The partnership enables customers of Richardson-based InfoVision to gain access to the Qualys Cloud Platform, offering continuous assessment of global IT, security, and compliance posture plus 2-second visibility across all IT assets.
“Managed security systems are critical for addressing the vulnerability challenges that businesses face due to the increased adoption of cloud, application modernization, industrial internet of things, and data proliferation," says InfoVision President Sean Yalamanchi.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 6, 2022
With the partnership, Dallas-based Evolon Technology will unite the long-distance object detection of its analytics with ZeroEyes' proprietary AI gun detection technology. The result: The ability to detect and track someone with a firearm more than a football field away.
"Current events point to the need for a partnership like ours," Evolon President and CEO Kevin Stadler says.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 2, 2022
The fresh funding will allow the cybersecurity company to expand its customer base and invest in new parts of its core products and services, which include managed security, data, and IT services.
Third Wave Innovations is eying growth. As the company puts it, "data security is no longer a luxury."
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[Photo: Jacobs]
Jacobs Strengthens its Mission-Critical Cyber Solutions With a New Acquisition
by Alex Edwards | Nov 24, 2020
Dallas-based Jacobs, which just released its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended financial results, will strengthen its cyber artificial intelligence capabilities by acquiring The Buffalo Group. Jacobs generated $807 million in fiscal 2020 cash flow from operations and $689 million of free cash flow.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Nov 17, 2020
Following the acquisition, RollKall is now the nation’s leading provider of off-duty and “extra-duty” law enforcement staffing solutions and services in an industry that's estimated to be worth $12 billion.
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by Chantal Canales |
Nov 11, 2020
Manorly gives residents “a white-glove approach” in caring for their homes. The local startup aims to be a one call concierge service for home maintenance by using licensed and insured subcontractors to complete tasks around each homeowner’s schedule.
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by Sophia Gonzalez |
Jul 16, 2020
The ten-episode series hosted by Dallas-native DIU Texas Lead Zach Walker and founding_media's Dan Dillard explores the intersection of technology, business, and national security.
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