Board & Advisory
Independent Director & Board Advisor
Nicole “Nik” Morris
Independent director and advisor to founder-led and PE-backed companies navigating scale. Nik brings 30+ years in operations, business transformation, and CEO coaching to the boardroom, helping leadership teams build companies that run beyond their founders: scaling operations, reducing operational risk, preparing for CEO succession, and adopting AI with discipline.
Download board & advisory one-pager (PDF)Board expertise
- Scaling & operating model design
- Operational risk & key-person dependency
- CEO succession & leadership bench
- AI adoption & technology-enabled operations
- Business transformation
- CEO coaching & peer advisory
Leadership summary
President, Ronimo Operating Group
Leads the firm behind Ronimo OS, which takes the founder out of the middle of the business through assessment, technology, AI-enabled staff, and a fractional COO; serves founder-led companies with $1–50M revenue, 1–50 employees, and no COO.
Vistage Chair
Leads CEO peer advisory groups, giving chief executives a confidential forum for hard decisions, accountability, and growth.
30+ Years in Operations & Transformation
Career spanning operations leadership, business transformation, and CEO coaching.
Value to a board
- An operator’s lens on whether the company can scale beyond its founder
- Early identification of key-person and operational risk
- Practical guidance on CEO succession and building the leadership bench
- Pragmatic, governance-minded oversight of AI adoption
- A seasoned coach’s read on CEO performance and board–CEO dynamics
Areas of interest
- Founder-led companies, $1–50M revenue
- PE portfolio companies, especially founder-to-professional-management transitions
- Roles: independent director, advisory board member, board advisor
Board & Advisory Experience
Board member, Big Brothers Big Sisters, 2023–2025
Education
MBA, Henderson University