University of Texas at Austin

Homer Parkhill Joins Guggenheim Securities Capital Structure Advisory Group

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
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NEW YORK, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that Homer Parkhill has joined the firm’s Capital Structure Advisory investment banking practice as a Senior Managing Director.

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  • NEW YORK, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that Homer Parkhill has joined the firm’s Capital Structure Advisory investment banking practice as a Senior Managing Director.
  • “We are excited to welcome Homer to Guggenheim,” said Mark Van Lith, CEO of Guggenheim Securities.
  • “Homer has a long history of success advising companies, investors, and creditors as they navigate challenging business and balance sheet issues.
  • We look forward to his contributions to our team, as he builds on the recent success in our capital structure advisory franchise, and are confident that he will help accelerate our growth.”
    Mr. Parkhill has more than 25 years of restructuring advisory experience and joins Guggenheim from Rothschild & Co, where he spent the last 22 years, most recently serving as the Global Co-Head of Rothschild’s restructuring advisory practice.

Robots Descend on Cowboys Stadium to Help Booming Dallas Manufacturing Sector Address Labor Shortages

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Friday, November 3, 2023
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Despite the Dallas metro adding more than 10,000 manufacturing jobs over the past 10 months, the region still has more job vacancies than applicants.

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  • Despite the Dallas metro adding more than 10,000 manufacturing jobs over the past 10 months, the region still has more job vacancies than applicants.
  • In Texas, there is currently 0.8 unemployed persons per job opening, a gap that is especially pronounced in manufacturing.
  • Where: Choctaw Club - Silver Room North, AT&T Stadium, 1 AT&T Way Arlington, TX 76011
    Scott Paulk, engineering manager with Alexandria Industries in Dallas, is excited to attend Waves of Innovation.
  • “We sometimes struggle with hiring skilled labor, automation helps offset this by enabling us to reallocate resources.

Laura Chow, MD, Cancer Immunotherapy Trailblazer, Joins Summit as Senior Vice President of Clinical Development

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Thursday, November 2, 2023
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Summit Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMT) (“Summit,” “we,” or the “Company”) today announced that Laura Chow, MD, has joined Summit Therapeutics as Senior Vice President of Clinical Development.

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  • Summit Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMT) (“Summit,” “we,” or the “Company”) today announced that Laura Chow, MD, has joined Summit Therapeutics as Senior Vice President of Clinical Development.
  • We are very excited to welcome Laura to our team.”
    Dr. Chow remains in active clinical practice as a medical oncologist specialized in lung and head and neck cancers.
  • She joins Summit from Fate Therapeutics, where she was the Vice President of Clinical Development in Solid Tumors.
  • Chow’s experience being on the ground floor of cancer immunotherapy is unmatched,” added Dr. Allen S. Yang, Chief Medical Officer at Summit.

Mouser Electronics Shows Support for UTA College of Engineering

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Thursday, November 2, 2023
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We are very excited to help support UTA's engineering programs," said Kevin Hess, Mouser Senior Vice President of Marketing.

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  • We are very excited to help support UTA's engineering programs," said Kevin Hess, Mouser Senior Vice President of Marketing.
  • "We are very grateful to Mouser Electronics for their generous support of our engineering programming, events and other activities," said Peter Crouch, Dean of UTA's College of Engineering.
  • Mouser, whose global headquarters is located near UTA's college campus, sponsored numerous events in 2023, including the UTA College of Engineering Banquet and the UTA Computer Science Engineering (CSE) Banquet.
  • To learn more about Mouser's support of the UTA College of Engineering, visit https://www.mouser.com/uta-engineering/ .

TruGreen Appoints Kurt Kane as President and Chief Executive Officer

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Monday, November 6, 2023
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TruGreen®, the nation's leading lawn care provider, today announced the appointment of Kurt Kane as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Kane succeeds John Cowles, who leaves TruGreen after having successfully led the company through its most recent period of growth.

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  • MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TruGreen® , the nation's leading lawn care provider, today announced the appointment of Kurt Kane as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
  • Mr. Kane succeeds John Cowles, who leaves TruGreen after having successfully led the company through its most recent period of growth.
  • Mr. Kane most recently served as President, U.S., and Chief Commercial Officer at The Wendy's Company.
  • "I am excited to join TruGreen and collaborate with all of my new colleagues to help TruGreen deepen its associate and customer engagement and continue on its strong growth trajectory," said Kurt Kane, TruGreen Chief Executive Officer.

HCA Healthcare Announces Grant to University of California, Riverside

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023
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HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA), one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers, today announced that it will gift $620,000 to the University of California, Riverside (UCR) to support five scholarships for students enrolled in the UCR School of Medicine.

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  • HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA), one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers, today announced that it will gift $620,000 to the University of California, Riverside (UCR) to support five scholarships for students enrolled in the UCR School of Medicine.
  • HCA Healthcare has now announced approximately $7.42 million to multiple colleges and universities towards that commitment.
  • HCA Healthcare, through its local facility Riverside Community Hospital, will also provide job shadowing opportunities, mentors for Mission Award recipients and seminar and leadership session opportunities.
  • Nationally, HCA Healthcare is the largest sponsor of Graduate Medical Education in the United States, with 72 teaching hospitals in 16 states.

Howard Energy Partners Announces the Addition of Dr. Scott W. Tinker to Its Board of Directors

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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Howard Energy Partners (HEP) today announced that Dr. Scott W. Tinker was appointed to HEP’s Board of Directors (“Board”).

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  • Howard Energy Partners (HEP) today announced that Dr. Scott W. Tinker was appointed to HEP’s Board of Directors (“Board”).
  • “We are pleased to welcome Scott to the HEP board,” said Mike Howard, HEP Chairman and CEO.
  • “Scott’s deep commitment to helping others understand energy and how it is necessary in order to lift the world from energy poverty aligns with Howard Energy Partners’ mission to deliver positive energy in everything we do,” said Howard.
  • Dr. Tinker has served on many public and private boards and is an angel investor helping bring companies from startup to acquisition.

Cambria Hotels Furthers Nationwide Expansion with Openings in Sought-After Markets

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023
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ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), the challenger in the upscale segment, continues its growth, opening two Cambria Hotels in popular destinations this past October, and breaking ground on two others. The newly opened properties, located in Austin, TX, and Lake Placid, NY, join a collection of more than 60 open Cambria Hotels located around the country and an upscale portfolio of eight brands, including Radisson Blu, the Ascend Hotel Collection, Radisson and Radisson Individuals with hotels around the world.

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  • Choice Hotels recently hired Indy Adenaw as senior vice president and general manager, upscale brands to grow Choice's upscale portfolio of eight brands.
  • "We're opening world-class hotels, providing owners and operators with our best-in-class franchisee-facing technology platforms, are reinvigorating our Choice Privileges loyalty program.
  • We have a dedicated, strong team of professionals working to grow the performance of our hotels across the segment."
  • Cambria Hotels broke ground on two additional properties in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in October 2023; the Cambria Hotel Fort Worth and the Cambria Hotel Northlake.

Fresenius Medical Care appoints Craig Cordola as new Management Board member for Care Delivery

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresenius Medical Care, the world's leading provider of products and services for individuals with renal diseases, has appointed Craig Cordola (52) as new Management Board member for the globally operating Care Delivery segment.

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  • WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresenius Medical Care, the world's leading provider of products and services for individuals with renal diseases, has appointed Craig Cordola (52) as new Management Board member for the globally operating Care Delivery segment.
  • Michael Sen, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius Medical Care Management AG, said: "We are delighted to have Craig Cordola join the Management Board of Fresenius Medical Care as the leader of the global Care Delivery organization.
  • With this expertise, he will be a crucial player in the Management Board in implementing Fresenius Medical Care's turnaround and focusing on patient care."
  • Craig Cordola said: "I am excited to join Fresenius Medical Care, the global leader in kidney care and leading healthcare brand across this industry.

Santander Consumer Supports Local STEM Students ahead of the FORMULA 1 Lenovo United States GRAND PRIX 2023 in Austin

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023
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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231018751705/en/
    Ferrari Formula 1 Driver Charles Leclerc joins members of the Longhorn Racing team at UT Austin.
  • Santander Consumer announced today it will become a title sponsor of the Longhorn Racing team, as part of $500,000 in grants benefiting local students.
  • Leclerc's visit ahead of the Formula 1 Lenovo United States Grand Prix 2023 in Austin has been a source of inspiration to push the program forward with top talent.
  • Banco Santander and Formula 1 have a long-standing relationship with the bank as a partner of the sport from 2007 to 2017.