Portfolio

Work in the community

Beyond advising, we build. Here are ventures we've helped launch and grow in Dallas and beyond.

Raised garden beds at an organic urban farm

Urban Agriculture & Economic Development

Restorative Farms

An award-winning urban farm system training, hiring, and paying members of the South Dallas community to grow fresh food and build a resilient local food economy.

USDA certified
Partners with DISD student interns and Dallas College
2026 Texas Environmental Excellence Awards finalist
Co-founded with Dr. Owen Lynch, Brad Boa, and Tyrone Day; Dr. Earle serves as CFO

Corporate & Community Partners

Tito's Handmade Vodka — Supported Restorative Farms through Tito's Block to Block community farm-building program.
Kosmos Energy — Backs the Kosmos TAPkit hydroponic system and a workforce internship/fellowship program.
Whole Foods Market — Dallas team members regularly volunteer on the farm.

As Featured In

"Grow a Better Dallas" — Official Trailer

Meadows School of the Arts building at SMU

Social Impact Investing & Venture Diligence

SMU Impact Lab

A student-led diligence program at SMU that evaluates real companies and social ventures, turning classroom rigor into investment recommendations and mentorship for founders.

Co-Directed by Dr. Doric Earle
Backed by the Phillips Foundation for social, creative, and arts entrepreneurship
Combines coursework, workshops, and an active Advisory Board of Dallas leaders
Cross-disciplinary: draws faculty from Cox, Lyle, and Meadows

Rows of crops growing at an urban training farm

Urban Agriculture & Workforce Training

Hatcher Station Community Garden Training Farm

A DART-affiliated community garden and training farm supporting hands-on agricultural education in South Dallas.

Developed in partnership with DART
Focused on hands-on training and community food access

Local shops in the Bishop Arts District, Dallas, Texas

Small Business Incubation

The Hatchery

A retail entrepreneur storefront designed to help launch small, local retail businesses with lower overhead and hands-on support.

In development
Retail incubation model for local entrepreneurs

Corporate Technology & Operations Consulting

Enterprise & Global Technology Consulting

Three decades leading large-scale technology consultancies before Dr. Earle's shift to community and economic development — the operational and financial discipline behind everything Forward Planning does today.

VP, Global Technical Operations — CompuCom Systems: led shared services (end-user computing, data center, network, security, ITSM) across Dallas, Louisville, Toronto, Mexico City, and Pune, India
Program Management Office Leader — CompuCom Systems: governed all externalized client services delivery across a $100M+ global IT practice
Division Vice President — Affiliated Computer Services (ACS Xerox), another $100M+ global IT practice
Benchmarking Consultant — Alsbridge, a global sourcing and benchmarking advisory firm
Career origin at Coopers & Lybrand