Will Maddox

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Nichole Jordan can turn on a dime. By her count, she has had more than a dozen positions at Grant Thornton since joining the accounting, tax, and advisory firm in 2006. The moves have taken her to New York City and back, but she’s now settled into her current post, serving as regional managing principal of the Texoma region and recently adding the role of Dallas and Austin market manager. The international firm has offices in 150 markets worldwide.

2 weeks ago | dmagazine.com | Will Maddox

Born in Alabama, William Henry Gaston moved with his family to Plentitude, Texas before he turned 10. The son of a slave-owner and Texas legislator who farmed extensive landholdings in East Texas and served two terms in the Texas legislature. Gaston and his two brothers attended the Mound Prairie institute and served in the Confederate Army, where Gaston became a captain in Hood’s Texas Brigade.

2 weeks ago | dmagazine.com | Will Maddox

As a young man in Nigeria, John Olajide developed a love for computers and technology. The son of business owners it didn’t take long for him to exercise his entrepreneurial outlet after he came to Dallas for college. His aunt lived in North Texas and was a home health nurse, and he saw an opportunity to apply his technological skills to the industry.

2 weeks ago | dmagazine.com | Will Maddox

Aurora Innovation is returning a human behind the wheel of its autonomous trucks after its manufacturer PACCAR requested that the company change course on its driverless operations. Aurora’s technology racked up thousands of miles of driverless routes between Dallas and Houston in recent weeks. Aurora is a Pennsylvania-based technology company that launched the nation’s first completely driverless commercial route on public highways on I-45 last month.

2 weeks ago | dmagazine.com | Will Maddox

After the Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement with New York-based private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe earlier this year, the FTC has finalized its order and resolved a potential antitrust case connected to the firm’s ownership of Dallas-based physician group U.S. Anesthesia Partners.