Summary: Derek Townsend - CEO, Seasoned Healthcare Executive. Twenty-five years of experience in business development, strategic planning, and sales management at several Fortune 150 healthcare and pharmaceutical companies. Owner of multiple service oriented businesses and co-founder of Bizowna.com. In 2020 Derek left healthcare administration and pivoted into the tech world to co-found Bizowna.com in response to the need to support underrepresented small business growth resulting from the impact of the pandemic. Bizowna is the first social media network for professionals designed to match underrepresented small business owners to business experts using unique social identifiers shared by registered users. The magic happens when primary business needs are addressed in conjunction with unique identity preference filters set by users. This is to ensure that business owners are able to receive critical expert advice in a safe space, void of micro aggressions and unconscious bias that often occur in many business settings. If you are a business owner or business expert join the innovators of tomorrow at Bizowna.com to partake in the surge of small business growth in today’s economy.
