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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 Lance Murray |
Jul 22, 2025
The acquisition includes the purchase of Friendly's, Clean Juice, Orange Leaf, Red Mango, Smoothie Factory + Kitchen, Souper Salad, and Humble Donut Co. Amol Kohli, leader of the group acquiring BRIX, began his career as a 15-year-old Friendly's waiter.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 26, 2024
The deal will add more than 75 existing Clean Juice locations—along with a dozen more in development—to the BRIX network, which also includes Friendly's, Orange Leaf, Red Mango, Smoothie Factory + Kitchen, Humble Donut Co., and Pizza Jukebox brands.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 23, 2023
After recently debuting its robot pizza concept, Brix has unveiled a "first-of-its-kind" Smoothie Factory + Kitchen concept and added a seasoned exec who expanded Shipley's by 100+ locations. His inaugural initiative? Crafting a new Friendly's "2.0" prototype store to ignite growth.
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Ben Lamm and Andrew Busey founded Conversable in 2016. [Photo: Conversable]
Texas AI Company Conversable Acquired by LivePerson
by David Kirkpatrick | Oct 1, 2018
Conversable will join LivePerson in "taking conversational commerce to the 'Main Street' market," according to Conversable co-founder Ben Lamm. Conversation technology is a “transformative interface,” he says.
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