Nicole Tucker

About Nicole Tucker

Award-winning business development and marketing professional with proven success as both an individual contributor and sales leader within the fintech ecosystem. Strong interpersonal and networking skills in building strategic partnerships to help small businesses gain access to capital. Extensive B2B/B2C SAAS Experiences.Over 20+ years of leadership experience in franchise operations, small business ownership and restaurant management. 14+ years as an educator, mentoring and facilitating training in education. Leverages a strong customer-driven mindset to build and foster relationships to increase brand awareness, secure new business, and generate recurrent business. When not driving my mission of serving small businesses and working with the heart of our communities, I can be found spending time with my family, four growing boys, 2 Labrador retrievers, traveling, running enjoying the outdoors and working with non profits.Meyers Briggs: ESFP (Extraversion-Sensing-Feeling-Perceiving)

Experience

1. Strategic Partnerships Corporate Development

   Paychex

   Jun 2024 — Present

   In my role at Paychex, I am driving Strategic Partnerships and fostering mid market-Enterprise channel partners through Paychex\'s Corporate Development vision and client marketplace. I focus on identifying, developing, and nurturing key partnerships that drive mutual growth.

Education

• Illinois State University

  Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

• Aurora University

  Masters, Elementary Education,Middle School and Intermediate Teaching

• University of Montana

  Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA. , Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

• University of Strathclyde

  Business Administration and Management, International