Nika has spent 20+ years practicing decision science. She’s worked with organizations and businesses of all sizes, across all industry categories, helping them drive strategic growth. Her clients have included Amazon, Google, Microsoft, YouTube, Salesforce, Sony, Oakley, PepsiCo, General Mills, Anheuser-Busch InBev, the Seattle Seahawks, VMware, Zillow, Expedia, Smartsheet, and the Sierra Club, as well as many more. She has also served as an Advisor to Madrona Venture Labs, where she’s helped startups get their footing.

A former faculty member at the University of Washington, Nika taught graduate and undergraduate courses on Decision Science. She has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Washington, where her academic focus was on choice theory and institutional analysis. She also has a JD from the University of Texas.

She has been a contributor to The Hill, Inside Sources, the Huffington Post and Seattle Business Magazine. She has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Time, Yahoo!, Fast Company, Gizmodo, Voice of America, Forbes, and MarketWatch, among others. Her bestselling book Money Off the Table: Decision Science and the Secret to Smarter Investing is available on Amazon.