
NICOLE BROWNELL is a Managing Director with Novo Advisors, leading our Value Creation Practice for middle-market and PE/VC-backed organizations navigating critical inflection points, including commercial acceleration, go-to-market redesign, transformation, and scale. Nicole provides executive-level leadership across operational value creation, commercial strategy, go-to-market strategy, RevOps, customer lifecycle optimization, sales process design, and AI-enablement, helping leadership teams build durable revenue engines and board-defensible performance systems.
Nicole brings nearly 20 years of executive leadership experience via COO, CPO, Managing Partner and CMO roles across SaaS, technology, MarTech, agency, hospitality development, and private equity and venture capital. She is known for unifying business strategy, product, marketing, sales, and customer success into disciplined operating systems that improve conversion, retention, and expansion — translating market complexity into clear, executable plans with measurable outcomes.
A board-facing operator with strong financial and commercial acumen, Nicole has worked closely with investors and executive teams to drive enterprise value through pricing and packaging rigor, margin-aware growth strategy, forecasting and performance management frameworks, and commercialization sequencing.
Nicole has been recognized as a 2025 Top Woman Leader, a 2024 Woman to Watch, and an Exceptional Women Alliance award recipient, and has received 70+ honors spanning leadership, innovation, marketing, and industry impact. She has been featured in Fast Company, TechCrunch, The New York Times, and Women We Admire, holds keynote and speaking seats across the industry, and serves on multiple boards and advisory councils across technology, place, and women’s leadership.
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