DEREK DISTENFIELD
As a modern leader and award-winning national brand builder, Derek is known for bringing revolutionary new ideas to organizations and driving explosive growth.
For nearly twenty years, he has blazed high impact careers in both corporate and non-profit organizations. Currently the growth strategist behind Bunker Labs, USA,
Prior to this, he ignited immediate growth in a highly regulated industry as CEO of Nextgen Justice, a social enterprise start-up that served as an alternative to traditional legal venues. As founding visionary and chief evangelist, Derek developed a product that grew its consumer base 50%,17 of 18 months in business.
Early in his career, he profoundly influenced the culture of We The People Legal Document Services franchise. Over the course of four years, his team achieved record-breaking, multi-million dollar sales and became ranked on Entrepreneur Magazine’s 500 most successful Franchise list.
Derek is passionate about breaking barriers, leading innovation, and inspiring people to believe they can achieve. He Has been a keynote speaker at the Military Defense and Veterans Opportunities Summit, One Spark Innovation Conference and International Conference on Business Incubation. Beyond public speaking, Derek is a mentor and start-up business advisor for GrowthX, Google Pioneer Accelerator
and LifeFlip Media. In 2015 Derek was named one of 20 Veterans of Influence by the Jacksonville Business Journal.