About
Chris Bowler - founder of BowlerWorks
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An AI-First Marketing Consultant with Deep Industry Experience
Chris Bowler is the founder of BowlerWorks, an AI-First marketing consultancy focused on helping brands apply artificial intelligence in practical, effective ways. With a deep background in digital marketing, Chris blends human judgment with AI-powered tools to help organizations market smarter, faster, and with greater confidence.
Chris is the founder of BowlerWorks LLC, a digital marketing consultancy, based in Chicago and Quincy, Illinois. Chris is a seasoned digital marketer with a passion and focus around helping companies orchestrate all aspects of their digital marketing mix, whether it's a website, search engine marketing, social marketing, paid media and email.
Chris brings a pioneering super-power to his career.
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Chris launched the U.S. operation at Flipside Group, a digital marketing agency based in the UK. At the dawn of Artificial Intelligence, he worked with the team to develop some of the earliest forms of AI-driven chatbots.
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At SapientRazorfish (now Razorfish), Chris established and scaled the social media and content marketing practice into one of the largest teams within the Publicis network.
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Previously, Chris was with Agency.com where he operationalized paid search and SEM right around the time Google took off.
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His career began at Campbell Mithun Advertising in Minneapolis where, as a advertising media planner,
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he pioneered some of the first display advertising on the web.
He is also a thought leader in the digital marketing industry, writing in industry journals, quoted in analyst reports and speaking at industry conferences such as SXSW, ad:tech, and WOMMA.
Chris is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. And he’s also an avid runner, with nine marathons so far. Perhaps the next one will be virtual?
What People Are Saying
"I had the pleasure of working with Chris while he was part of the Flipside Group.
Chris and I worked closely on a large number of digital projects for some brilliant clients, working on global projects and dealing with teams around the world.
Chris was the client lead for the U.S. team at Flipside Group, working between the London and Chicago based mobile and digital teams. Working with a large group of UX/UI designers, developers, writers, search jockeys and project managers. The work focused on high-impact mobile, social and digital experiences.
Chris was always top of his game - leading the client meetings and always keeping projects moving at a very fast pace - dealing with me to deliver a large number of websites and mobile apps on time and to the highest standards.
I enjoyed working with Chris and would recommend him to any company who
wants a digital expert who gives everything to a project."
MARK TOMLIN
Studio Manager & Project Director
Clients value not just execution, but clarity, leadership, and trust.
Jumpstart Your AI-Driven Marketing
Chris works across small and medium-sized organizations who want to apply AI practically without hype or unnecessary complexity.
Chris also works with teams and leaders as an advisor helping them evaluate AI tools, workflows, and opportunities to infuse AI thoughtfully to achieve real business outcomes.