Executive leadership · Strategic partnerships

Connecting leadership, innovation & opportunity.

I bring business, government, and community leaders together to advance bold ideas, forge high-value partnerships, and deliver meaningful results.

Derick Bowers wearing a blue suit and white shirt

A career built at the intersection of sectors

Business   /   Government   /   Community   /   Innovation
Where I focus

Building influence.
Creating opportunity.

My leadership combines external engagement, institutional strategy, and a record of turning relationships into action.

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Strategic Partnerships

Creating trusted alliances across business, government, and the nonprofit sector to advance shared priorities.

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External Affairs

Representing organizations, engaging public leaders, and building the credibility needed to move priorities forward.

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Executive Leadership

Leading complex initiatives, strengthening performance, and translating organizational ambition into measurable outcomes.

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Innovation & Work

Advancing practical conversations about AI, economic competitiveness, and a more sustainable future of work.

Selected impact

Ideas are powerful.
Results matter.

I have led mission-driven business operations, cultivated government and corporate relationships, and helped turn ambitious initiatives into measurable performance and opportunity.

GoodTemps × Microsoft · AI-powered résumé builder

Identified the business challenge and led the GoodTemps-side implementation and adoption of an AI-powered résumé builder, working with Microsoft Hack4Good and Goodwill technology leadership.

839Résumés created
308Interviews
196Placements

Reported initiative activity; figures do not establish that the tool alone caused these outcomes.

Featured collaboration · Microsoft customer story

When technology meets opportunity.

See Microsoft's video on the Goodwill NYNJ collaboration that helped simplify résumé creation and support job seekers. I led the GoodTemps-side implementation and adoption alongside Microsoft and Goodwill technology leadership.

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Microsoft and Goodwill AI résumé builder customer story video
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A broader perspective

Leadership beyond
the job title.

A perspective shaped by executive leadership, public-sector engagement, and the belief that lasting progress requires both relationships and results.

Perspective

Partnerships that move systems

How trust, shared incentives, and institutional alignment turn promising conversations into lasting partnerships.

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Emerging focus

AI and the future of work

Examining how AI adoption, business performance, and workforce opportunity can advance together.

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Speaking & advisory

Ideas worth bringing together

Available for conversations and engagements on strategic partnerships, leadership, inclusive growth, and the future of work.

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Derick Bowers speaking on a conference panel
Public leadership

Ideas are meant to be shared.

Whether at a policy forum, conference, or community conversation, I believe leadership includes showing up, exchanging perspectives, and helping move important conversations forward.

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Derick Bowers photographed with Governor Kathy Hochul at a public engagement
Government relations & civic engagement

Building relationships across institutions.

From local government to statewide leadership, my career has been shaped by meaningful engagement with public officials and the institutions that influence economic opportunity and community progress.

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Let's connect

Let's build what's next.

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