David Nicol

About David Nicol

Seasoned Public Company Director, Advisor and Committee Chair (SEC/NYSE Audit Committee Financial Expert) of technology-focused businesses. Member NACD (since 2004) and FEI (since 2015), and in 2024 achieved CERT Certificate in Cyber-Risk Oversight (Carnegie Mellon). Demonstrated success in exploiting and managing technological change to create value, at both F100 and early-stage companies. Track record of creating winning long-term vision and strategy, driving profitable growth, and building shareholder value in enterprises of any maturity & size, including turnaround, M&A, integration, and restructuring. Authentic, collegial and consensus-building leader who leverages bold, innovative thinking to define and execute successful business models, create innovative products and services, and build scalable organizations. Extremely effective in partnering with executive leadership, employees, investors, and boards to assess shareholder/company goals, define strategic direction, and develop the roadmap to achieve value creation via organic and/or acquisitive growth. Excepting current activities, all engagements resulted in exits/liquidity events – five via acquisition by public companies and three via PE acquisitions. One went public (oversubscribed) on Nasdaq. Over that same time five synergistic acquisitions (two international) were completed/integrated. Currently Executive-in-Residence and Asst. Professor Finance in the MBA program at UMKC Bloch School of

Experience

1. Independent Director Audit Chair (Thru 2022), Nom Gov Chair

   Seachange International

   May 2021 — Present

   SeaChange Int’l (Nasdaq OTCPK:SEAC) is a global supplier of video delivery software, providing video streaming as well as linear TV and advertising technology for operators, content owners, and broadcasters.

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University CERT Division

  CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight (2024)

• The Ohio State University

  B. Sc., Aeronautical Engineering

• Case Institute of Technology

  M.A., Business Economics

• Case Western Reserve University

  Ph. D., Industial Economics, Corporate Finance

Skills

• Executive Management
• Operations Management
• Board Advisor
• Board of Directors
• Profitable Growth
• Earnings Growth
• Project Planning
• Leadership Development
• M&a
• Product Management
• Mergers
• Turnarounds
• Start-Ups
• Shareholder Value
• Liquidity Events
• Turn Around Management
• Exit Strategies
• Business Development
• Ipo
• Relationship Management
• Outsourcing
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Strategy
• Turnaround Strategy
• Corporate Governance
• Enterprise Software
• Emerging Technologies
• Board Leadership
• Strategic Partnerships
• Strategic Planning
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Investor Relations
• Entrepreneurship
• Management Consulting
• Capital Markets
• P&L Management
• Telecommunications
• Product Development
• Business Strategy