Strategic Advisor (Former CIO)
Niel Nickolaisen has held technology executive (CIO / CTO / CISO) and operations executive positions (COO); typically in turnaround roles.
His outcomes include the transformation of a manufacturing company into a software company, the rapid modernization of a telecommunications company and the creation of a number of highly-successful technology products and artificial intelligence tools.
He has advised a number of established organizations and start-ups on architecture, agile and lean methods, products and technology and is on the advisory board of two AI start-ups and on the board of an early-stage advisory and investment firm.
He holds a MS in Engineering from MIT, a BS in Physics from Utah State University, and an MBA from Utah State University.
He is the author of “The Agile Culture” (2014, Addison Wesley) and “Stand Back and Deliver” (Addison Wesley, 2009). Niel is the winner of several IT leadership awards including the ProphIT award and, in 2020, was named one of the 20 CIO’s changing the future of technology.