Jeffrey Givens
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BS 2005, Moody College of Communication, Life Member 

JDA TSG is a Longhorn-led professional services firm that helps enterprise brands scale complex work with precision, trust, and speed. Founded in 2011 and built remote-first long before it was fashionable, JDA designs and delivers expert-driven solutions across tax, finance, and technology. Rather than traditional staffing or consulting, JDA specializes in architecting end-to-end operating models and deploying highly vetted, client-ready teams that deliver measurable outcomes from day one. With a track record of scaling programs into the thousands while maintaining quality and accountability, JDA has grown into one of the fastest-scaling expert services firms in the country proving that disciplined execution and Longhorn leadership can compete with, and outperform, the largest global players.
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Kinesh Patel
Co-Founder & CTO
BS 2006, Cockrell School of Engineering

SevenRooms is the leading CRM, marketing, and operations platform within the hospitality industry. With more than 13,000 customers globally across restaurants, hotels, membership clubs, entertainment venues, wineries/breweries, and nightclubs and bars, the technology helps turn every guest interaction into a personalized experience that drives loyalty, increases revenue, and improves overall operational efficiency. The CRM-driven suite of products includes reservations, waitlist and table management, review aggregation, email/text marketing, and marketing automation.

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Jeffrey Givens
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BS 2005, Moody College of Communication, Life Member

JDA TSG provides business process outsourcing services to companies so they can focus on delivering the very best experience to their customers. They provide the strategy, highly skilled teams, and energy it takes to make change happen quickly, even on a large scale. JDA TSG holds themselves and the outsourced business processes they deliver to a higher standard than anyone else in the outsourced industry. 

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Matthew Viragh
Founder & Executive Director 
BS 2000, Moody College of Communication 

Rebecca Viragh
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BS 1999, Moody College of Communication 

Nitehawk Cinema is New York’s premier dine-in theater, pairing exemplary first-run and repertory film programming along with tableside food and beverage service. They strive to enhance the cinematic experience. 

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Cyrus Deyhimi
CEO  
BS 1992, Cockrell School of Engineering  

Paradigm was helps you access hard-to-reach audiences to support consumer and B2B market research. They provide real-time market research, giving leading companies a strong foundation to support all types of business and marketing decisions.  
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Aakash Kumar
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BBA 2012, McCombs School of Business  

Shiftsmart is a labor platform connecting the modern hourly worker with large-scale enterprises facing increasingly complex staffing requirements. The company pairs core workforce management software with a network of more than 3 million workers to create a labor marketplace.  

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