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Barbara Tunstall joins Tech Titans member services team
Barbara Tunstall has joined the Tech Titans member services team as sales consultant. Now a full-time staff member, this long-time volunteer for Tech Titans has been involved with the Analytics & Insights Forum, the Golf Committee and worked on development of STEM curriculum for area ISDs. Barbara has worked with start-ups and small, medium and Fortune 500 enterprises throughout the United States. Her professional experience includes client-centric roles in technology (Impiger Technologies), academia
Podcast: DFARS & NIST, mandated cybersecurity for defense projects takes stringent turn
Regan Edens, a long-time administrator and consultant for DoD cybersecurity protection, talks through the strict compliance mandates that will be enforced starting Jan. 1, 2020, and ways for you to use the Agile method to analyze your cyber compliance health, and get your organization into the gym before the feds TELL you to get into shape! Visit the episode https://www.buzzsprout.com/273592/2120229-dfars-nist-cybersecurity-compliance-for-defense-contractors-and-subs
New members October
Thank you to the Tech Titans members who either joined or renewed their memberships in October. Our members are the lifeline of our organization and serve to make us stronger and more successful. We hope you will join us in welcoming these new members, doing business with them and referring other members to the Tech Titans organization. Read profiles below the listing. New Members Champion's Circle Robotics Education and Competition
Harvard-based Innovation Masterclass returns
by Melinda Guravich If you have a hard time putting the nebulous innovation to work in your own life or work culture, join Tech Titans at Addison Treehouse on Tuesday, Dec. 10 for an encore of Innovation Masterclass with Dr. David S. Ricketts, innovation fellow, Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard (TECH). During this interactive course you'll learn a strategic framework for innovation and the tools to accelerate innovation in your organization and in your career. “Almost anybody working in
Tech Titans Live! Expo and Trade Show
Companies will showcase leading-edge equipment, software and solutions for technology companies at a trade show and networking event Tuesday, Oct. 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Richardson Civic Center, 411 W. Arapaho Road, Richardson. Throughout the Live! Expo, each specific Tech Titans®’ special interest forum will host a technical presentation featuring subject matter experts and panels sharing valuable insights about technology topics including perspectives about future impacts, innovative use cases
Innovation podcast: impacting a project/process
Ty Harmon from 2THEDGE, which consults with top companies about their innovation projects, talks about establishing an innovation team, setting up success milestones, questions to ask, gives examples about how to set up tests. This conversation will help solidify your understanding of the innovation process. You’re building business value, demonstrating the business case, socializing change, and making sure the solution can fit and drive adoption down the road. A transcription of some of the key take
UT Dallas ranks high in positively impacting students' economic growth
Not a day that goes by that we do not hear about the cost of higher education. But is the cost of a college degree worth it? In other words, does it pay to invest in yourself (or have someone invest in you)? We believe the answer to that question is yes, and especially so at The University of Texas at Dallas which is both highly selective and capable of economic transformation of its students. But don’t take my word for it, let’s turn to the data. Among the many measures by which a university can be
Profile: Garyld Miles, health tech forum chair
Bringing together healthcare and technology is the focus of the Health Tech Forum, one of Tech Titan’s eight special interest forums. A leader of the forum is chair Garyld Miles, also a member of the Tech Titans board of directors. and vice president at The Realtime Group, a sponsor of the forum. Garyld was also one of Tech Titans' volunteers of the year last year. “I have a passion to advance the health tech industry in DFW,” Garyld said. “The more complete health tech ecosystem we can develop, the more
2019 Tech Titans award winners
Tech Titans celebrates North Texas' best and brightest at annual awards gala 14 companies, organizations and individuals honored for significant contributions to their industries DALLAS – Aug. 23, 2019 – Tech Titans, the largest technology trade organization in Texas, recognized outstanding technology companies and individuals in the North Texas area who have made significant contributions to their industries at its annual awards gala at the Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West on Friday, Aug. 23.
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Fast Tech top five announced
Fast Tech honors the fastest growing technology companies in North Texas based on three-year revenue growth and is part of the Tech Titans Awards Gala. The ranking is compiled from nominations submitted directly to Tech Titans and Moss Adams, also sponsored by Comerica Bank.See photos from the Fast Tech Reveal. Read the article in the Dallas Business Journal. The ranking of the fastest growing companies will be announced at the Tech Titans Awards Gala on Friday, Aug. 23. In its 19th year, the Fast Tech
Growth and continuous improvement watchwords for Tech Titans CEO of the Year
James Klein, President, Infrastructure and Defense Products, Qorvo, Inc.by Melinda Guravich As a champion of making real-time connectivity through RF a reality for the 5G market, Qorvo’s president of Infrastructure and Defense products, James Klein, is also making strides in increasing north Texas’ engineering footprint. Since he joined Qorvo in 2011, James has established Richardson as the business headquarters for its Infrastructure and Defense Products (IDP) group. He embraces a culture of lean and
Talent Team helps students donate equipment to developing countries
Fifty Richardson ISD (RISD) students participated in a Talent Team workshop hosted by the UTDesign Makerspace. Juniors and seniors from Buckner High School and J.J. Pearce High School spent the day-long STEM education experience touring the UTDesign Studio, talking with engineering students, participating in a design workshop and assembling heart monitor kits that will be used for training in developing countries. (photos by Shirley Wilson, Mitel)The event was sponsored by State Farm Enterprise Technology.
Speed mentoring: face-to-face engagement with students
Have you been inside a high school recently? Fifty professionals from Samsung have. They spent their Employee Volunteer Day participating in Tech Titans speed mentoring events at three area high schools.How it works Speed mentoring is an intimate, small-group experience where students talk face-to-face with employees working in the technology sector. Volunteers meet with juniors and seniors to explain their jobs and talk about what it takes to work in specific roles. Students ask questions about what it’s
Tech Titans Hall of Fame inductee announced
Digital telecom giant Jim Donald selected as 2014 inductee to Tech Titans Hall of Fame James (Jim) Lee Donald has been selected as The Metroplex Technology Business Council’s 2014 inductee to the MTBC Tech Titans Hall of Fame. This honor recognizes a technology visionary from the DFW Metroplex for outstanding leadership in assisting, advancing and accelerating the performance of the technology industry and/or adoption of technology in North Texas. These accomplishments must span more than one decade and
