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PROFILE
Unlimited opportunity: Chris Wilde CEO of Dunaway (Fort Worth, TX), a leading independent multi-discipline design firm in Texas.
By LIISA ANDREASSEN Correspondent
W ilde started his career as a civil engineer at Dunaway in 2003. In 2021, he became the firm’s CEO – taking over the reins from 35-year Dunaway veteran, Tom Galbreath. The two worked together for a few years before Wilde was ready to set loose and lead the company through its next critical growth stage. Wilde likes to talk about “The Dunaway Difference” and interprets this to mean that the company works together to match clients with the right expertise at the right time on every project. “We have shared goals and allocate our top resources and people across markets to provide the best outcome for our clients,” he says. Dunaway also knows that in order to best serve its clients it has to best serve its staff. And, it appears that’s happening as it won Zweig Group’s 2024 Best Firms To Work For award as well as a Hot Firm award. “We believe that we are one team with one heart,” Wilde says. “This mentality permeates throughout our entire organization
from the way we are structured to the way we share the financial profits. This approach has proven to be successful from both a culture and profitability standpoint.” TRAINING AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. Dunaway’s vision is to be recognized as the leading independent multi-discipline design firm in Texas and one of Wilde’s first acts as CEO back in 2021 was to open a Dallas office. With a strong presence in Texas, they have a unique opportunity to deliver integrated solutions to their clients by cross-selling their various service lines and enhancing collaboration between regions and lines of business. For example, Dunaway is highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between their firm and Texas Christian University and the significance of the Burnett School of Medicine, which marks TCU’s first educational building outside its main campus in Fort Worth. They are also proud to announce that the school has recently achieved LEED Gold Certification, underscoring its commitment to sustainability and excellence.
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THE ZWEIG LETTER APRIL 7, 2025, ISSUE 1580
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