Think|Stack announced today that Cal Bowman has joined the company in the role of Vice President for Strategy and Innovation. Think|Stack is committed to designing and delivering world-class technology and security environments.
The hiring of Bowman is a critical investment in creating meaningful human-techno experiences that dissect technological complexity and change while creating meaningful experiences at the intersection of empathy, technology, and the world around us.
Bowman brings with him many years of design thinking and security experience. He served various roles in the government sector, his most recent position as the Deputy Director for the Governor's Office of Homeland Security. There, Bowman led the design and implementation of strategies to strengthen the preparedness and security posture of the State of Maryland with a critical focus on the emerging cybersecurity risk. Cal earned his master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School, where he also co-founded HSx, an advanced program that pulls elements of design and systems thinking and rapid prototyping to define and address hard-to-solve problems.
"Technology is and always will be shaped and defined by the people who use it, "said Chris Sachse, CEO of Think|Stack. "Cal comes to us with an end-user first mentality that will drive Think|Stack to be at the forefront of not only building out technology environments but to truly design and usher in the next generation of technology experiences and services.”
"Human-centered design begins when we strive to understand the world through other people's eyes, to see what they see, feel what they feel, and experience things as they do," said Bowman. "Recognizing that the natural environments of the earth, technology, and the human experience are evolving at exponential rates, this role allows me to work alongside our clients and partners design and build innovative solutions that are desirable, viable, and feasible to their organization.
Bowman's initial work will focus on the design and building of innovative strategy methods and solutions out of Think| Stack's design thinking and rapid prototyping lab, Think|Lab. The only of its kind in Baltimore, Think|Lab will continue to build out organizational capacity requirements needed to consistently innovate and is a natural next step for the company as it builds on recent accolades, including Best in Cybersecurity, Baltimore City at the 2019 CAMI Awards.
Cal Bowman.