Tom Bowen

– Founder & CEO, THRIVE

After thirty-four combined years with Williams Group (Founding Principal), Practice Coach, Optometric Consulting Systems (OCS) and the SILVERMARK Agency, Tom Bowen is now Founder and CEO of THRIVE Practice and Life Development.

Earning his degree in Marketing and Advertising from the University of Nebraska ("Dear Old Nebraska U"), Tom has since spent decades consulting, coaching and training thousands of practice owners and teams throughout North America and around the world in the areas of practice growth, team development, operations and organizational structure, strategic planning, personal achievement and practice transition. He has also worked and partnered with some of the largest companies in health care to bring a number of recognized programs to practice owners.

Tom has also worked and partnered with national associations, companies and professional schools to create and deliver recognized practice management programs and curriculum throughout North America, including Pathways In Optometry in all of North America's optometry schools, and Pathways In Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State and Iowa State Universities. He has published hundreds of practice-development manuals, columns, articles and instructional texts, and is former Editor-in-Chief of The Practice Owner’s Review and Operations Management Review. 

As former Creative Director for the SilverMark Advertising Agency, Tom created, wrote, and produced hundreds of successful internal and external promotional campaigns. He is a member of the Academy for Health Care Marketing, and a renowned speaker worldwide on human capital and team performance, team vision, culture and mission, operations and organizational structure, production outcomes, internal and external marketing and promotion, consumer behavior and greater personal achievement.

Dane Bowen

– Marketing Director, THRIVE

Dane Bowen is the newest member of the Growing THRIVE Practice and Life Development team. Dane has been working with THRIVE in a number of capacities while finishing his degree, and will be joining the team full-time as Marketing Director upon his graduation in May of 2021. 

Dane is a 4th Year student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and like his dad years back, will graduate with his degree in Advertising and Public Relations, as well as a Certificate of Sales Excellence this spring. Dane currently and will continue to help THRIVE clients in many areas of advertising and marketing, client engagement and client/consumer communication and outreach, as well as developing and advancing their digital presence. Outside of his work at the University and with THRIVE, Dane is an avid sportsman and outdoorsman who enjoys fishing, hiking, skiing and wakeboarding.