Known as “The Encourager,” Derrick is the Chairman/CEO of The Milestone Brand Inc., a professional development and training company helping corporations and individuals alike achieve “Superhuman Performance®.”

The Milestone Brand has identified that the primary reason for burnout, frustration and ineffectiveness in the lives of employees is their failure to utilize their gifts, internal resources and the gifts of others to positively impact the marketplace and communities. Through thousands of hours of research and hundreds of interviews with top executives, entrepreneurs, celebrities and faith-based leaders, Derrick has co-authored the much anticipated book series Superhuman Performance: Utilizing Your Gifts to Perform at Extraordinary Levels. Using the Milestone Collaboration Method and the many products under the Superhuman Performance® brand, readers, listeners and seminar participants are able to realize rapid improvement in their personal and professional development. This concept allows individuals to obtain the position, get the promotion, generate the profits and live the life that they deserve.

Prior to establishing The Milestone Brand, Derrick worked for 12 years in hospital leadership, holding numerous executive-level positions in health care organizations across the country. He led operations and logistics for facilities with over 140,000 patients and that served more than 40,000 children each year. In his various positions, he had fiscal operation revenue responsibility of $60 to $200 million. His productivity improvement and cost-savings initiatives have added millions of dollars to the top and bottom lines of leading organizations.

Known for his encouraging and approachable leadership style, Derrick has been instrumental in motivating, coaching and assisting future leaders.

Derrick received both an MSHA and MBA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He also holds a BS in Medical Technology from Bethune-Cookman University.

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