# About Nicole Ramsey

Integration and project management executive with more than 15 years of experience leading transformation across SaaS, cybersecurity, financial services, and advanced technology.

## Career history
### Clari — Integration Management Office Leader

- Designed and operationalized the company's first formal M&A integration function
- Led onboarding and alignment of Groove ($36M ARR, 200 employees, 300+ customers)
- Created playbooks, governance models, and executive dashboards for future deals

### Kong — Senior Director of Strategy & Operations

- Architected the CEO's execution model
- Drove annual and quarterly planning cycles
- Led metrics, OKRs, and leadership alignment across a global organization

### NEC Advanced Recognition Systems — Program Leadership

- Deployed biometric and identity tech for government, aviation, and federal customers
- Managed large-scale fingerprint systems and airport-wide facial recognition platforms
- Drove ISO 9001:2015 certification
- Launched NEC's cloud-based training infrastructure

### Symantec — Global M&A Integration Leadership

- Supported transactions valued over $2B
- Helped scale company to $6.4B in revenue

### F&M Bank — Post-Acquisition Integration

- Delivered end-to-end integration of Delta Bank
- Completed core conversion, customer migration, and full branch rebrand on time and under budget

## Education & service
- B.S. in Management Information Systems
- Master's Certificate in Project Management
- Strategy Execution — Harvard Business School Online
- MBA (in progress)
- United States Air Force veteran

## Core competencies
- Operational rigor
- Executive partnership
- M&A integration
- Program delivery
- Cross-functional leadership
- Strategic planning
- Governance design
- Operating models