Nicole Radziwill
PhD  ·  MBA  ·  IAQ Academician ·  ASQ Fellow  ·  Author / Keynote
Executive leader who turns AI strategy and quality systems into measurable enterprise value — building the teams, governance, and culture that make transformation stick.
Pittsburgh, PA | (703) 835-6336 (SMS) | nicole.radziwill@gmail.com | linkedin.com/in/nicoleradziwill
Nicole Radziwill
Recognition
IAQ Academician Elected 2021 — peer-recognized among the world's foremost quality leaders across 45+ nations
ASQ Fellow Since 2012 — the Society's highest distinction for cross-disciplinary contributions to quality
Baldrige National Examiner 5× examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Samsung/Weather Channel Global Innovation Challenge 2nd Place (Deep Learning)
Core Capabilities
AI/ML Strategy Quality Data Governance MLOps ISO 9001 Baldrige Six Sigma Executive Advisory Python & R Team Building Product Strategy Operational Excellence Scaling Orgs C-Suite Briefings
Education
PhD Technology Mgmt & Quality Systems — Indiana State
MBA Production & Operations Mgmt — Regis University
MS Cert Human Factors Engineering — Penn State
BS Meteorology (Statistics Minor) — Penn State
Unicorn — NCSSM
Certifications
ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
ASQ Certified Manager of Quality & Org Excellence
I partner with executive teams to operationalize AI and embed quality-first thinking into the way organizations build, ship, and scale. From pioneering data governance at a $1B national lab, to launching a $5M data & AI practice from zero, I bring the rare combination of deep technical fluency and presence that makes transformation real, not theoretical.
$5M
Data/AI practice built
from the ground up
20-300% ROI
across 30+ data/AI initiatives
at Fortune 1000 clients
20+
Years leading teams
of 3 to 130 & budgets to $20M
Executive Experience
Chief Technology & AI Officer
Team-X AI · Pittsburgh, PA
2024 – 2026
Developed and launched AI-powered product for intelligent inclusive teaming, earning $200K in pilot revenue. Driving product-market fit and technical strategy for the company's AI platform.
SVP & Chief Data Scientist · Advisor to CEO
Ultranauts · New York
2020 – 2023
Built service offerings and established product-market fit to grow a $5M/year data and AI practice. Delivered AI/ML models with 10–300% ROI on process improvement.
VP Quality & Supply Chain Practice · Advisor to CEO & CSO
Intelex · Toronto, ON
2018 – 2020
Shaped quality and supply chain product strategy for a leading SaaS EHSQ platform.
Associate Professor of Data Science & Production Systems
James Madison University · Harrisonburg, VA
2009 – 2020
Accelerated 4000+ students in statistics, data science, manufacturing & applied machine learning.
Chief Data Officer
National Radio Astronomy Observatory · Charlottesville, VA
2006 – 2009
Advanced quality and continuous improvement in software and data across 3 continents.
Author
The AI-Native Leader 2026
Machine Learning Fundamentals 2026
Data Strategy, Culture & Power 2026
Connected, Intelligent, Automated: The Definitive Guide to Digital Transformation & Quality 4.0 2020
Board & Advisory
IQ Labs, Inc. — Continuous compliance for automotive (2024–present)
Great Expectations — Strategic advisory, data quality open-source (2021–present)
Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) — Advisor to CEO for $500M cooperative agreement
Natl. Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) — Advisor to CEO for building data operations