Profile
Nick is the Chief Commercial Officer for SHRM, the world’s foremost authority on all things work, where he leads the SHRM teams responsible for supporting the performance and professional development of HR professionals; delivering best-in-class B2B solutions and experiences that improve organizations’ people operations; developing and fulfilling SHRM business outside the United States; SHRM’s Linkage company, with the mission of changing the face of leadership; and SHRM’s best-in-class Event Experience and Operations platform.
Before joining SHRM, Nick was the founder and CEO of KnowCyber, a learning and development company focused on improving the cybersecurity-related skills of people in all types of organizations worldwide; the President and Chief Operating Officer for PetroSkills, a provider of training and development services to the worldwide petroleum industry; the CEO and President of Learning Tree International, a publicly traded provider of IT and management learning and development; and the President of Global Learning Systems, a start-up focused on e-Learning and digital content. He served in a variety of capacities at ESI International, culminating in his role as President when ESI was sold to the Institute for International Research (IIR) and then as Group President for the Americas for IIR. He has been a Research Fellow at the Logistics Management Institute and began his career as a U.S. Navy Supply Officer, on the headquarters staff of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.
Nick graduated with honors from the U.S. Naval Academy, and holds Master’s degrees in Administration from the University of Maryland University College, and Information Systems Technology from The George Washington University. He holds a SHRM-SCP certification.