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Tech Titans is seeking individuals with a passion for the North Texas tech community to serve actively in setting direction in how Tech Titans can grow our community. The Tech Titans Board of Directors approves the budget and all policy positions of the organization. The board positions are two-year terms beginning Jan. 1 of each year.Board members are expected to attend quarterly meetings;recruit ...read more

Would you take tax advice from a robot? That’s the title of a recent TED Talk given by Brian Peccarelli, president of Tax and Accounting at Thomson Reuters and the 2017 Tech Titans CEO of the Year. Finalists are not announced for the Corporate CEO award.Brian leads the global Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters, which provides technology and information solutions to corporations, ...read more

Charlie Feld will be inducted into the Tech Titans Hall of Fame at the Tech Titans Awards Gala on August 25. How to describe Charlie Feld? Let’s start with the description of the Hall of Fame award: a visionary from the metroplex known for outstanding leadership in assisting, advancing and accelerating the performance of the technology industry and/or adoption of technology in North Texas.   ...read more

from the Dallas Business Journal Tech Titans has released its top Fast Tech companies, all of which are in the running for top honors at the organization's gala on Aug. 25. Now in its 17th year, the Fast Tech Awards honor the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North Texas. After a company is submitted to Tech Titans, ...read more

Verizon is a member of Tech Titans’ Champions Circle. Based in Irving, Verizon’s Hidden Ridge campus employs 4000 employees who work in areas such as information technology, network, and product development. Verizon’s wireless south central market headquarters is also based in Irving. “The quality of life, abundance of talent and ease of travel to destinations worldwide makes North Texas ...read more

Congratulations to Lizbeth Zamora, the recipient of this year’s Tech Titans $5,000 Florence Shapiro STEM Scholarship. Zamora is a 2017 graduate of Plano East Senior High School. She will attend the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) in the fall and plans to study biomedical engineering.  Tech Titans established the Florence Shapiro STEM scholarship in 2013 and named it for the local former ...read more

Three Tech Titans projected last week about what artificial intelligence (AI) could mean to society within the near future.  “When you think about AI, the next 10 years will be transformative,” said Dave Copps, president of recently acquired BrainSpace and Tech Titans award winner. “Decisions or transactions that are now made in less than two seconds will be replaced by AI.”   What is making ...read more

Chief Technology Officer Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting @vanderham Tim Vanderham is the Chief Technology Officer and head of product development for the Tax and Accounting division at Thomson Reuters. Tim leads the global team responsible for technology strategy and product delivery, with a focus on new generation platforms, product integrations and business system consolidations for all Tax ...read more

-From Anna Butler of Dallas Business Journal Tech Titans is ready to release its top 25 Fast Tech companies, all of which are in the running for top honors at the organization's gala in August. Now in its sixteenth year, the Fast Tech Awards honor the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North Texas. After a company is submitted ...read more

As part of the November meeting, the Tech Titans board heard from the leaders of three tech heavy cities in North Texas: Frisco, Plano and Richardson. “Mayor LaRosiliere, Mayor Maso and City Manager Johnson lead by example in demonstrating how cities can work cooperatively with businesses in their area to achieve results,” said Tech Titans Chairman of the Board, Kent Novak. “Plano, Frisco and ...read more