Derek Chavez

Senior Marketing Strategist

MBA, Marketing Analytics; Certified Digital Marketing Professional (CDMP)

15+ years experience

Derek Chavez is a distinguished Senior Marketing Strategist with over 15 years of experience shaping brand narratives for Fortune 500 companies. As the former Head of Growth Strategy at Ascend Global Marketing and a current consultant for Veritas Insights Group, she specializes in leveraging data-driven insights to optimize customer lifecycle management. Her groundbreaking work on predictive customer behavior models was featured in the Journal of Modern Marketing, significantly impacting industry best practices. Derek holds an MBA with a concentration in Marketing Analytics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Her professional philosophy centers on transforming complex market data into actionable strategies that drive measurable growth and foster enduring customer relationships. Readers can expect her articles to offer pragmatic, research-backed advice on navigating the evolving marketing landscape, featuring case studies, strategic frameworks, and forward-thinking perspectives on digital transformation and consumer psychology

Articles by Derek Chavez

Marketing Strategy

Marketing: Use Feedly to Win 2026

As marketing professionals, we constantly face the challenge of information overload. Every week, new trends emerge, algorithms shift, and competitors launch fresh campaigns, leaving many…

Derek Chavez · · 9 min read