Nicole joined Blu Venture Investors as a partner after nearly 17 years as the founder and seasoned CEO of a mid-sized global government contracting company, which she sold in 2014. Based on her M&A experience as both a leader in business development and management, Nicole today helps other CEOs and teams gain clarity and focus of their strategic growth objectives for transformation and successful exits. Having experienced first hand market pivots, uncontrolled and controlled growth, mid-sized business challenges, M&A and executive team building, Nicole understands the factors and best practices that can be invaluable to increasing the economic value of a business. She also serves on four private company boards and as a trustee of the GMU Foundation Board. Prior to starting her former company, GCS, Inc., she was a manager at Booz Allen Hamilton and PRC, where she managed large federal, commercial, and global contracts, subcontracts, and negotiations for enterprise system integrations.

 

As a former founder and now early-stage investor, Nicole finds working with startups exciting, challenging, and rewarding and enjoys working with companies from the startup phase to exit strategy and preparation. Using her experience as a leader in business development and management, she helps startups strategize how to capture new business and mentors teams to optimize overall performance, navigate the very toughest business challenges and create opportunities for growth.