Leadership + Advisors

Derik is an experienced sales and marketing leader hell bent on helping companies grow intelligently. Derik has founded tech companies and has over 18 years of leadership experience in successful growth related roles ranging from business development, as well as directing marketing and sales teams. Derik serves on boards and advises entrepreneurs that fit his experience. He has an extreme addiction to whiteboarding in order to bring deeper understanding of how strategy and vision come together. “A deeper and shared understanding can be achieved with thoughtful questions, art, and an Expo heavy with the chisel tip”.

Nic is relentless in his pursuit to support businesses with integrated sales and marketing to drive growth. He has been in the startup technology and manufacturing sector for over a decade in various sales and marketing roles from leading the sales channel to Product Manager to Director of Marketing. Nic is always optimizing and developing sales and marketing strategies. He enjoys rolling up his sleeves and hopping on calls himself. Being born and raised in Hawaii, Nic brings a refreshing “Aloha” spirit and energy to the office and to customers. He’s also a former rugby player for the Snake River Rugby Club and a forever dog lover (current dog is a golden named Lili’i).

Brittney aligns the customer scope with executables. She takes the strategic direction and leads the execution teams with clear timelines and communication. Brittney is the real boss at SMHeuristics. Her experience includes sales and marketing campaign management, business operations, and investor relations. She is always challenging the traditional norm and is ahead of industry trends. Brittney enjoys live music, really good jokes, and spending time with her dog. If you don’t like dogs, no need to apply.