Nicole Wicker

Biography

CFO of the #1 Fastest Growing Company in North Carolina (TearScience). * 2013 CFO of the Year (Awarded by Triangle Business Journal). * Over two decades of experience in finance, leadership, and management roles, as well as key decision maker across all departments. * Experience ranges from VC backed start up companies to public SEC companies. * Expertise in defining a company's overall business strategy, advising CEO, financing companies through a variety of funding vehicles, recruiting, and rapidly growing companies from start-up phase to emerging growth/mid-market stage and successful exits. * Led commercialization efforts through building a direct sales force (from scratch to >50 sales reps) in North America and select European countries as well as negotiated distributer agreements throughout the world. Prepared and reviewed compensation plans, pricing, sale promos, and sales force structure on an annual basis. Visited Key Existing and Potential Customers and Accounts on a Regular Basis. * Raised over $150M in funding vehicles such as VC Series Equity Rounds, Royalty Funding, Venture Debt, and Governmental Grants. * Presentation Skills: Presented to >200 venture capital firms, as well as Board of Directors and investors, finance and compensation committees, investment banking community, and industry leaders. * Speaking Opportunities: Emceed TBJ's 2014 CFO of the Year event, Panelist for 2013 Business NC Fast 40 Awards, Lobbied on Capital Hill in 2012 and 2013 for Advamed, Presented to Venture Capital Firms in Boston, MA and San Jose, CA on behalf of NC Biotech, Key Speaker for Global Sales Meetings. Awards: * TBJ's 2013 CFO of the Year * CFO of Fastest Growing Company in North Carolina for 2011-2013 (TearScience - Awarded by NC Business Magazine in 2014) * Closed Largest Royalty Funding by a Medical Device Company in History ($70M) * Closed Largest Venture Capital Equity Round of a Medical Device Company during 2010 ($45M)

Research Interest

Business strategy, Economics, Finance.