Cody Swann

I first worked with Nicole during my time at Dialpad, and I've been lucky enough to continue working with her as my coach as I pursue my dream of building a digital product agency.

Nicole has been instrumental in developing my leadership and interpersonal skills, which has improved how I communicate with my clients and partners. Her coaching has helped me create a more collaborative work environment, resulting in improved productivity, stronger team dynamics, and higher quality of work.

What I appreciate about Nicole is that she makes coaching sessions not only informative but also enjoyable. Her warm, approachable style and sense of humor put me at ease, even when discussing challenging topics.

Nicole's coaching doesn't just stop at the professional level, either. She's been a huge help in navigating personal challenges that have affected my work. Her empathy and holistic approach to coaching have been incredibly valuable.

Overall, I highly recommend Nicole to anyone looking to improve their design leadership, communication, collaboration skills, and overall quality of life. She's an amazing coach, and I feel grateful to have had the opportunity to work with her.

Ya'el Keren

I’ve had the great pleasure of working with Nicole as my manager and mentor at Dropbox for over 3 years. Nicole is an incredibly supportive and encouraging coach. She has a remarkable talent for understanding people's unique strengths and growth areas and providing insightful feedback and actionable guidance to help them reach their goals. Nicole is a great listener, always taking the time to understand other people’s perspectives and concerns before providing valuable advice.

I highly recommend Nicole as a coach and mentor. Her skills and expertise will undoubtedly be an asset to anyone looking to achieve their full potential in their personal or professional lives.

Fred Carreido

I've been so lucky to have Nicole in my corner as I navigate this new stage in my career. She's been an amazing resource for me, really helping me fine-tune my leadership skills with practical advice and tools that I can use every day. I know that with her expertise and mentorship, I'll be able to grow and advance in my career for years to come.

Marek Szeszycki

Staff & Coachee
I’m grateful to have had the privilege of cultivating a career supported by Nicole as both a previous manager and long-time mentor. Nicole approaches coaching with a mix of empathy and reflection which has helped me reach a deeper level of introspection and forge a career path which aligns with my strengths of communicating and facilitating design activities to break down complex experiences and important decisions. I continue to be excited about my career trajectory, which has been influenced by Nicole’s coaching skillset.

Leif Hill

Nicole is one of the best leaders I’ve ever had the privilege to work under!

I’ve been lucky enough to have worked with Nicole and benefitted from her wisdom and advice many times. Even though we do not work with each other now, I still contact her and she always makes time to listen… really listen, and in this day, that is a rare skill. I know that others will benefit from her wisdom and advice like I have. She’s the best! 

Kellan Elliot-McCrea

Nicole was a pleasure to partner with leading a Dropbox Core team. She is a thoughtful and experienced leader, able to navigate complex organizational dynamics, and tricky questions of craft equally well. She played a particularly critical role in our Enterprise strategy as well as the push to move Dropbox from being files and folders to something that could take the company to the next level.

Vasu Nagalingam

Nicole brings a treasure trove of not just design talent but also the organizational suaveness and the experience of having evolved the lifecycle of design multiple times within a global organization. A tremendous asset for any organization!

John Finnimore

Nicole and I worked closely together with delivering customized solutions for our government customers. Nicole was instrumental in planning the staffing, improving processes, and delivering solutions, and I am very glad we had the opportunity to work together. Nicole's foresight, communication skills, and creative mind would be an asset to any company.

Dwiti Bisaria

I’ve had the opportunity of working with Nicole as my direct manager and it has been a great experience. She is a great mentor to have and one who always encourages ideas and values inputs or suggestions.

She facilitated interaction within designers situated globally by creating a great team environment and has always gone above and beyond for her team. Nicole always took the time to explain the details behind projects and methods and has always recognized and credited achievements.

She has greatly contributed to my professional growth and motivated me to deliver my best. I have learned a great deal as a professional from her and she is definitely one of the best managers I’ve had the pleasure of working with. Nicole is someone I admire, respect and will always look to for advice and guidance.

Leon Kitain

Nicole is the best product design partner any product leader can hope for, and any company would be lucky to have her.

Ilya Shubik

Having worked with Nicole in the past I must say she is one of the rare UX leaders that focuses on amazing outcomes and able to rally up teams around aligned vision and goals!

Emilia Ronchetti

Nicole is one of the best leaders I ever worked with. During our 1:1s she always challenged me, and pushed the right buttons, to get the best out of me. She brings all her industry experience to every call. I would go to her with a problem and she already had experienced it in one or more organizations so she gave me great advice and made me feel confident I would be able to solve it too.

Ted Goas

Nicole helped me mature my design thinking and process. Her expertise and guidance challenged me to think more deeply, critically, and creatively about my design work.

Marshall Norman

Let me tell you about Nicole. She came on at Dialpad as VP of design and in the course of a year, she fought tooth and nail to make design a voice that can now lead the conversation of the product. And she did it with thoughtfulness and understanding—bringing balance to the organization.

As if that wasn’t a massive feat of determination and grit, she also took the time to make sure every designer felt heard, important, and needed.

Nicole has the rare ability to give meaningful, productive advice while showing respect and empathy for a person. Two things that are hard to find in one package. On more than one occasion and in more than one setting, Nicole has met me where I was, listened to me, and then helped me get my head straight so I could move forward.