Nick is a Senior Director at Pinkston Strategy. He partners with executives and business leaders to set vision and strategy to take their business to the next level. He has experience leading c-suite engagements in growth and corporate strategy, business model innovation, operating model, and operations and supply chain strategy. His experience spans industries and functions, from finding growth for a large network of independent distributors for a national bakery to creating the new organization for an $80B acquisition in Life Sciences. Prior to Pinkston Strategy, Nick was an executive in Accenture's CEO & Enterprise Strategy practice. Before consulting, Nick worked in aerospace manufacturing as a site leader of operational excellence, helping turn around a stagnating business to achieve double digit growth.
Nick earned an MBA from Duke University as a Fuqua Scholar with international residencies in Shanghai, Santiago, Istanbul, and New Delhi. He earned a Bachelors of Industrial & Systems Engineering from Auburn University, where he graduated summa cum laude, University Honors Scholar, and was a member of the Auburn University Drumline.