
Rachel Horton is a Dallas-based marketing and communications leader who heads up editorial at TechArena.ai. Having built and led marketing and communications functions across four different industries over 27 years, Rachel has held key leadership roles at the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, Texas Health Resources, Texas Instruments, Micron, and SMU. She also served as a branding and communications consultant for companies including biotech startup Revalia Bio.
Rachel has a degree in Journalism with a minor in Creative Writing from Pepperdine University. She started her career as a reporter in Dallas, winning an Associated Press Managing Editor's Award in 2000 for a series of articles she wrote for the Arlington Morning News about a youth correctional facility where inmates were being abused by guards. Because of her articles, the facility was ultimately shut down.
Most recently, Rachel debuted her first children’s book. She is working on a novel.
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In this video from SC24, experts discuss how the world’s largest SSD will transform their AI and HPC workloads, enabling faster access and accelerating growth while reducing data center footprints.
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Tech veteran Bob Rogers, CEO of Oii.ai, opens up about what inspired his career in tech, challenges he’s encountered, a risk that paid off, the respect/ trust paradigm at work, and much more.
Robots That Play Music By Ear & Other Highlights from SC24
TechArena Editorial Director Rachel Horton covers highlights from SC24, including Georgia Tech’s robot xylophonist, leaps in quantum computing, and NASA’s exploration of the cosmos.
Cornelis Networks’ Lisa Spelman on Being CEO
Four months into her tenure, Cornelis Networks' CEO Lisa Spelman opens up about her leadership approach, vision for AI’s potential, the value of leveraging collective expertise, and much more.