CEO Quest Appoints Noel Heiks Managing Director
Distinguished Female Entrepreneur Brings Silicon Valley to Mid-Atlantic
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CEO Quest, the premier Silicon Valley-based advisory forum for tech CEOs, announced the hiring of Noel Heiks as Managing Director to serve the Mid-Atlantic region. This is CEO Quest's first expansion of services beyond Silicon Valley.
"I am thrilled Noel will lead our Mid-Atlantic practice. Noel is a highly accomplished entrepreneur, and will be an outstanding coach to CEO members from Baltimore and DC to The Triangle. She makes a valued addition to our elite MD team," said Tom Mohr, CEO of CEO Quest.
Heiks is a lifelong entrepreneur. At 14 she was janitor in a robotics startup. By 15 she was bookkeeper. By 16 she was an assembler, and by 17 a C++ programmer. She earned her BS in Physics and MS in Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech. Most recently, as CEO of Nuvotronics, she built a fast-growing, multimillion-dollar company selling ultra-miniaturized electronics hardware to the defense and communications industries.
Heiks has founded several million-dollar companies, helped build $100M+ businesses, and sold large enterprise government deals. As CEO Quest MD, she will provide select tech company CEOs of companies in the $2M-$200M revenue range expert advisory support. Beyond her stellar professional background, she's a STEM education advocate and surfer mom.
Heiks said, "It's exciting to join CEO Quest. I feel my entire career has led me towards this role. Early on, my Dad encouraged me to pursue my entrepreneurial passions, and now it's my turn to inspire and support tech CEOs. CEO Quest's unique approach, top team and research-based tools have propelled their success. I can't wait to get started."
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CEO Quest is a Silicon Valley-based membership forum for CEOs of venture-backed technology companies. CEO Quest connects CEOs with Managing Directors who have themselves been CEOs of successful technology startups. These Managing Directors leverage proven decision frameworks and best practice methods to deliver expert scaling advice to our CEO members, resulting in accelerated growth in their companies.
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