Merge pull request #15445 from baldwinjim/dfw2025-august26-updates

[DFW-2025] Update speaker info and sponsors

Author: toshywoshy

assets/events/2025-dallas/speakers/pamela-dukes.jpg

@@ -7,4 +7,8 @@ Type = "talk"
 Speakers = ["pamela-dukes"]
 +++
 
+Just like in an Olympic relay, corporate success depends on more than individual talent—it thrives on unity, precision, and trust. When each team member runs their leg with excellence and passes the baton as smoothly as a practiced handoff, the whole organization gains momentum. By harnessing diverse strengths like runners with different speeds and strides, staying aligned on the goal like arrows aimed at the same target, and supporting one another through every challenge, teams transform effort into achievement and cross the finish line stronger, faster, and together.
 
+**Why Your Role Matters**
+
+Team Success depends on both collaboration and individual performance. Strengthening your teamwork skills is like sharpening the edges of a gear—it ensures you fit smoothly with others to keep progress moving forward. Listening, aligning with shared goals, and supporting colleagues is like laying bricks that build trust and momentum for the group. At the same time, your personal contributions directly shape the team’s results, like a single instrument adding depth to an orchestra. When everyone brings their best while working in unison, the team achieves more than any individual could accomplish alone. In this presentation, I explore how individuals can become better teammates and, like strong links in a chain, improve their environment, connections, and contributions to their organization’s goals and initiatives.

assets/sponsors/d/dallastechxchange.png

@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ linktitle = "pamela-dukes"
 
 +++
 
+Pam Dukes brings over 20 years of IT leadership with deep expertise in continuous improvement, change management, and driving organizational transformation. As an Olympian and three-time Hall of Fame athlete, she offers a distinctive perspective on team dynamics, goal setting, and performance motivation across all levels of an organization.
 
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-I have over 25 years of experience in the IT industry. I am deeply passionate about continuous improvement, change management, and serving as a coach, trainer, and mentor to others. With a background as an Olympic and Hall of Fame athlete, I possess a unique advantage in comprehending team dynamics, setting goals, and motivating and coaching individuals and teams across all levels.
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-My expertise spans various fields, including healthcare, market research, mobile application development, infrastructure and technology, financial services, big data analytics, and reporting, where I have implemented waterfall, agile, and change management practices. Additionally, I bring extensive experience collaborating with and coaching technology teams across diverse business sectors.
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-I excel in identifying and satisfying customer needs to achieve business objectives, leveraging my skills as an enterprise coach and trainer proficient in Scrum, Kanban, Lean principles, Complexity and Flow, change management techniques, outcome achievement, and high-value product delivery. Moreover, I have successfully spearheaded enterprise change initiatives, cultivated high-performing teams, and established Centers of Excellence to standardize the ways of working. 
+Her experience spans several industries including healthcare, market research, automotive, infrastructure, financial services, and analytics & reporting. Pam has a proven track record of applying Lean principles, enhancing Waterfall and Agile delivery, and empowering diverse technology teams to execute enterprise-wide initiatives. She is recognized for consistently aligning customer needs with strategic objectives, delivering high-value results in complex, fast-paced environments. Her favorite role is being a mom to her son, Alex.

content/events/2025-dallas/program/pamela-dukes.md

@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ sponsors:
     level: gold
   - id: launch-darkly
     level: gold
+  - id: gmfinancial
+    level: gold
+  - id: cockroachlabs
+    level: gold
   - id: pulumi
     level: silver
   - id: coder
@@ -206,6 +210,8 @@ sponsors:
     level: community
   - id: texas-state-university
     level: community
+  - id: dallastechxchange
+    level: community
 
 sponsors_accepted: "yes" # Whether you want "Become a XXX Sponsor!" link
 

content/events/2025-dallas/speakers/pamela-dukes.md

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+name: "Dallas Tech Xchange"
+url: "https://www.meetup.com/dtxchg/"