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Tuesday, December 11, 2018
The winner of the Tech Titans of the Future University Award, The University of North Texas College of Engineering for Bug Catchers, was awarded $25,000 for use in their program, which they will look to expand online. Pictured right are Tech Titans CEO Bill Sproull, Tech Titans Chair Barbara Baffer from Ericsson, Awards Chair Deborah Sawyer, UNT Dr. Renee Bryce, and Dr. Barrett Bryant, Chair of ...read more
Categories: Education
Monday, December 10, 2018
Addison Treehouse: co-working thrives in a public/private co-working partnership
Tech Titans partner Addison Treehouse is a co-working space with a twist: it’s a public/private partnership with the City of Addison. Created nearly five years ago, the Treehouse helps entrepreneurs start, build and grow companies through education, mentorship and community.
“A goal of our partnership with the City ...read more
Monday, December 10, 2018
Thank you to the Tech Titans members who either joined or renewed their memberships in October and November. 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.
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Tuesday, October 09, 2018
Thank you to the Tech Titans members who either joined or renewed their memberships in June-September. 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.New Champion's Circle
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Wednesday, October 03, 2018
Tech Titans and Qorvo sponsored three days of SMARTgirls summer camp at Davis Intermediate in Wylie during the summer. The focus of the week-long camp was building awareness of STEM opportunities and careers among rising fifth, sixth and seventh grade girls.
Thanks to the talent of several Tech Titans volunteers and the generous sponsorship of Qorvo, 29 girls learned about aerospace engineering, ...read more
Categories: Education
Monday, October 01, 2018
Cost of education. Price matters to students more than ever.
College tuition is going up, but students are poorer and responsible for more of the cost of higher education.
North Texas institutions recognize these issues and are adapting to support the needs of students and local communities.Dr. Richard Benson, president, UT Dallas, and Dr. Joe May, chancellor, DCCCD, discussed the stateof higher ...read more
Categories: Community, Education
Tuesday, September 04, 2018
The Blockchain Forum's inagural event was quite a blockbuster and stetched the limits of the room at host Bottle Rocket. The next event is Tuesday, Sept. 25 at Jones Day downtown, to discuss the legal landscape.Watch this video for the last event on the Tech Titans YouTube channel.Will Blockchain's technical problems ever get solved?Panelists: Mance Harmon, CEO/co-founder, Hedera HashgraphPaul ...read more
Monday, August 20, 2018
Twenty years ago, Stephen T. Winn had a vision: leveraging the internet to address the complex requirements of the multifamily rental industry. Today, RealPage is a leading global provider of software and data analytics to the real estate industry, serving more than 12,000 clients worldwide.
Steve founded RealPage in 1998 with the acquisition of Rent Roll, Inc., a provider of industry-leading, ...read more
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
At a special reception at Jones Day, Tech Titans announced the winners of the Community Hero and Investment Catalyst awards. The Community Hero Award was presented by award sponsor Axxess. The Investment Catalyst award was presented by CyrusOne. Click to watch the full presentation. See photos from the evening and from the Innovators Lunch. Read the story in the Dallas Business Journal.The ...read more
Tuesday, August 07, 2018
Romelia Flores will be inducted into the Tech Titans Hall of Fame at the Tech Titans Awards Gala on August 24.One of IBM’s top technologists worldwide, she earned the titles of IBM Distinguished Engineer in 2008 – one of just 700 worldwide – and IBM Master Inventor in 2009, a title afforded to IBM inventors when significant patent grants are awarded by the United States Patent and Trademark ...read more
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
The Tech Titans Analytics and Insights Forum recently hosted an information session around communicating complex information at Colo5.
Organizations have an immense amount of data, and they want to use that information to make more informed decisions. In this session they discuss the challenges of effectively communicating complex information so it can be easily digested by the target ...read more
Sunday, April 01, 2018
Six teams competed for cash prizes March 9-10 in a hackathon co-hosted by the Tech Titans Internet of Things Forum, a European IoT standards body (ETSI), the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), InterDigital, several other industry leaders and the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). The hackathon was held in the Jindal School of Management Building on the UTD campus.
The event ...read more
Monday, February 26, 2018
Barbara is serving as the Tech Titans chairman of the board for 2018. She is the vice president, government & industry relations, for Ericsson North America. She has previously served as chair of the Tech Titans Awards Gala committee. Below is a Q&A where she relayed perspective about the tech industry and her hopes for Tech Titans this year. Scroll to the bottom of the page for Barbara’s complete ...read more
Wednesday, August 02, 2017
Tech Titans recently hosted a STEM camp sponsored by the Wylie ISD Foundation and Girls in Tech, which included activities and tours at Qorvo’s Richardson plant. The four-day camp was created to get young girls excited about STEM.
“The highlight of the camp for me was watching the girls in the activities and realizing they have what it takes to solve a real-world problem,” said Lymari Ames, ...read more
Monday, August 04, 2014
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 ...read more
