Nick draws from his over 10 years of diverse professional experience as an innovation ecosystem leader, CVC advisor, attorney, and NGO professional to help organizations achieve their innovation investment goals.

As the creator and leader of numerous programs at the Technology Alliance for the last 2.5 years - such as the Enterprise Capital Alliance, Corporate Venture Connections series, Seattle Investor Summit+Showcase, etc. - Nick has fostered the burgeoning awareness by global CVCs and VCs of the high quality of startups and investment opportunities in the state of Washington and broadly the Pacific Northwest region of the US.

Nick provides unique expertise and experience working with government organizations, having scaled numerous programs and managed multiple grants.  Previously as an attorney, Nick worked for anti-trafficking NGO, Polaris, in Washington DC, where he covered thousands of human trafficking cases and testified before the US House Homeland Security Committee.

Nick holds a Juris Doctorate from Gonzaga University and a LLM in human rights law from Boston College.