D CEO October 2018
Cover Story
Sabre Corp. CEO Sean Menke Is Mapping Out A Bold New Direction
He’s reviving the 60-year-old company’s cutting edge roots with big vision, advanced technology, and a brand new executive team.
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Features
Business
The 50 Highest-Paid, Middle-Market CEOs in Dallas-Fort Worth
CEOs of Six Flags, Basic Energy, and Spirit Realty top the list. Plus, breakdowns by industry and mix of pay in this year’s study of middle-market CEO compensation.
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Business
How Renfro Foods Became One of the Country’s Top Salsa Brands
For most its existence, 80-year-old Renfro was a sleepy Fort Worth company with a few steady products.
Awards
The Winners of D CEO’s Corporate Counsel Awards 2018
As the winners and finalists in our ninth annual program show, in-house attorneys play an increasingly important role in the success of their companies.
By Thomas Korosec
Business
Meet the Woman Tasked With Moving Deep Ellum Into the Future
Stephanie Keller Hudiburg heads the Deep Ellum Foundation at a pivotal time for the neighborhood.
By Julia Bunch
Business
Developer Mike Rader Helped Pioneer Southern Dallas County’s Booming Industrial Market
Two and a half decades later, it’s one of the most active in the U.S.
By Kerry Curry
Publications
Lunch With… Four Corners Brewing Co-founder George Esquivel
Can a craft beer brand find the heart of the dynamic Texas consumer? George Esquivel is going to find out.
By Shawn Shinneman
Business
Irving-Based Hollman Inc. Makes the World’s Most Instagrammed Locker
The 42-year-old company, led by reality show regular Travis Hollman, has become an unlikely backdrop for the post-workout flex.
By Caitlin Clark
Business
Cienda Partners Jumps the River
Philip Wise and Barry Hancock have been involved in dozens of projects in Southern Dallas over the years. They’ve all been leading to this.
By Julia Bunch
Business
David Mace Roberts Helps His Company After It Lands Back At Square One
The general counsel at Electronic Transaction Consultants entered the fray after a legal blow to the company.
By Thomas Korosec
Business
Jeffrey Harvey Minds the Shop at PrimeSource Building
Harvey helped the Irving company navigate the legal fallout that occurred after former executives started up a competitor.
By Thomas Korosec
Business
Andrew Trusevich Helps Rent-A-Center Fight For What’s Right
The company’s SVP and assistant general counsel took on a case that put its reputation on the line.
By Thomas Korosec
Business
My Toughest Challenge: Erol Akdamar, President of Medical City Healthcare
Akdamar had to come to a realization: The buck stops with him.
Business
Banking With Blockchain
As local banks decide how blockchain will factor into their businesses, they must determine how to maintain their role as trusted intermediates.
By Jeff Bounds
Publications
Dallas Is Over-Parked
As more evidence surfaces that we’re building too many parking spots in North Texas, developers are asking how they can discourage costly and under-utilized garages.
By Julia Bunch
Business
How the Changing Shape of AT&T is Redefining the Telecom Industry
The modern media giant’s evolution is speeding up now that it has Time Warner under its belt.
By Danielle Abril
Personalities
Comerica Bank Chief Economist Robert Dye Is Quite The Artist
And he has some thoughts about how easily we seem to separate the number crunchers and creatives of the world.
By Madeline Fry
Personalities
My Office: Craig Hall
The HALL Group founder tells us about the tie Herb Kelleher sent him and other things around his Dallas Arts District office.
By Julia Bunch
Personalities
My Style: Harry LaRosiliere
The Plano mayor and Harlem native on keeping a professional look with an urban flare.
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My Roots
My Roots: Amrit Kirpalani
The NectarOM co-founder and CEO discusses his upbringing and the way his parents stood up to adversity.
Personalities
How Downtown Dallas Inc.’s Kourtny Garrett Spends Her Day
There’s yoga, shepherding her 6-year-old twins to school, and plenty of meetings for the nonprofit’s leader.
By Amy Roh
Business
Meet the Dallas 500: Matthew Myers
The lessons learned, inspirations, and funniest experience of the Dean of SMU’s Cox School of Business.
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Business
What I Learned: Sherrie Clark
The chief technology officer at ABB Integrated DC Power on the lessons she took from her newborn’s stint in the NICU.
Business
A Look At What Motivates Insider Selling At Dallas Companies and Beyond
C-suiters are selling heavily at the same time they’re buying back stock with company cash. What gives?
By Thomas Korosec