Derek Chow

  • Business Development Manager
  • Burns & McDonnell

Derek Chow currently serves as the Pacific Rim Business Development Manager for Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company. Previously, he served as the director of Hawaii’s commercial ports and oversaw the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water resources development throughout the Pacific. He was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom to assist with infrastructure reconstruction in these war-torn countries. He is a graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Leadership Program and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Leadership Program.

Sessions

  • Session 1B (Panel): From Trade Gateways to Strategic Logistics Platforms

    Military Buildup, Pacific Supply Chain Resilience, and What It Means for Your Port With military construction accelerating across the western Pacific — on Tinian, in Yap State, and on Peleliu — and the Marine Corps relocation from Okinawa to Guam reshaping the region’s logistics landscape, this session examines what the buildup demands of the ports […]