dereksbridges
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Bio
Derek S. Bridges currently serves as CEO of Next Level HealthCare. He is a nationally recognized health care expert, providing employee benefits to companies and advisory services to insurance companies to help them maintain their competitive advantage in the marketplace and continue to offer great benefits to their members.
Bridges previously served as a senior executive for several of the largest health insurance companies in the U.S., including Anthem, Aetna and Delta Dental, successfully developing and aligning growth strategies to double revenue and/or profitability in $100MM - $1B+ organizations. In addition, he has held leadership and board roles for several technology ventures including the Wharton Writing Challenge, Ascend Learning and PayForward.
Derek has been recognized for his growth results and strategic alignment efforts. Delta Dental of Kansas was one of 84 total companies worldwide inducted into the Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame based on the transformational results achieved. He chaired the National Strategy Group for Delta Dental, representing the largest market share in the industry. Derek has recently led the effort to implement the Balanced Scorecard at the University of Kansas School of Business.
Bridges has received an M.B.A. from the University of Kansas and an M.S.E. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania