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The Great Idea PeopleFounder
Oct. 2025
Nautical Miles Yacht ChartersChief Operations Officer
Sep. 2025
Nicole RoyerFractional Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer
May. 2009Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United StatesMulti-industry strategist with 20+ years in operations, strategy, and program design and 7+ years leading innovation across startups, nonprofits, and enterprise ecosystems. I turn complexity into momentum: aligning teams, systems, and emerging tech to unlock scalable growth and resilience. Highlights:
- Created an enterprise innovation framework for a Fortune 500 manufacturer, enabling 42 successful launches in 6 months and reducing time-to-market. - Led 75+ cross-functional teams across sectors through agile, human-centered leadership. - Delivered 800%+ ROI by combining foresight, trend analysis, and applied tech to identify strategic opportunities and future-proof operations. - Fostered stakeholder alignment and high-impact collaboration across technical and executive functions. - Used research and storytelling to launch audience-centered innovations in education, workforce, and health. - Designed and facilitated training on design thinking, AI adoption, innovation leadership, and systems strategy to upskill teams and accelerate change. - Secured and managed $20M+ in innovation-driven grant programs (DOE, DOC, NSF, Rotary, and private foundations), from concept through compliance. - Built scalable systems and onboarding for distributed teams, delivering results through agile sprints with autonomy and clarity. Core Competencies:
Innovation Strategy | Strategic Foresight | Systems Thinking | Emerging Tech | AI Integration | Agile Program Design | Cross-Sector Collaboration | Storytelling | Change Management | Operational Scaling Ventures:
Innovative Revolution — Strategy & Innovation Consulting
The Great Idea People — Learning & Cohort Community for Future-Builders Clients & Partners:
GTC 360° Advisors | Glacial Valleys Partnership | Skilled Hive | Backing Small Past Ventures:
Start-Up with Nicole | Royer Services | Power Mountain Foods | Jeanne | Economics4Kids
Nicole RoyerIndependent Fractional COO & Operations Strategist
May. 2009Winston-Salem, NCI run an independent consulting practice providing fractional COO, operations strategy, and systems design services to growth-stage startups, founder-led businesses, and nonprofits. Engagements range from fractional retainers and defined-scope sprints to advisory and implementation work. Selected outcomes:
• Built and deployed an end-to-end innovation framework across four manufacturing companies for Fortive Sensing Technologies Group, leading 42 launch projects through the framework with a focus on AI and automation implementation
• Advised Da Bomb Sea Moss on operations and growth strategy over an 18-month engagement, contributing to 300% revenue growth
• Designed and launched entrepreneurship programming for Pacific Community Ventures, guiding 141 companies through structured cohorts
• Advised Saint Mary's College Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative on accelerator and mastermind program revisions
• Built end-to-end HubSpot CRM operating system for Nautical Miles Yacht Charters across 8 US coastal markets, supporting a 120% year-over-year revenue growth trajectory
• Created programming on growth strategy, funding, and AI implementation for Forsyth Technical Community College and HandsOn Northwest North Carolina, reaching approximately 230 businesses and nonprofits
• Leading operations and innovative programming for a multi-county entrepreneurship initiative with state-level expansion potential
• Secured and managed approximately $260M in federal and private grant funding across sources including DOE, DOC, NSF, and private foundations SERVICES: Fractional COO Services · Operations & Systems Design · Strategic Planning · Nonprofit Consulting · Speaking & Workshops
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