Influential Woman · Stratum Technologies HR Tech SAAS
Nicole PC
Principal Human Resources Consultant, Oliver Kennedy Consulting
Atlanta, GA
Her Story
About Nicole
Nicole Price is the founder of Stratum Technologies, an HR Tech SAAS company focused on small business solutions, a position she assumed at the beginning of 2024 after two decades in the compensation field. Her career includes serving as Director of Total Rewards at NerdWallet, along with roles at Weight Watchers and Mozilla, where she managed compensation strategy, benefits strategy, executive compensation, merit and bonus planning, and HR operations. She holds a bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management from Baruch College, CUNY, and an MBA in business from Dowling College. Price is a member of World at Work and SHRM, and she received the President's Award around 2013 for her work during Superstorm Sandy at Northwell Health, where she helped establish employee support resources. She attributes her success to curiosity and a willingness to explore new paths, values compassion, integrity, and resilience, and advises young women in the field to be creative, confident, and resilient.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Nicole
01What do you attribute your success to?
I think it's a lot of curiosity and just going for it, not being afraid to second-guess myself. I've never been afraid to kind of just figure it out as I go, being curious and running after that curiosity.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Be creative. Don't be afraid to shake things up. Don't take just the path that you think everybody wants you to take. Think for yourself. Be confident. Sometimes you just gotta roll with the punches. When you fall down, lick your wounds, but know that there's something on the other side of it, and get back up.
03What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Thinking about how to optimize AI in a way that optimizes your current workflows but also improves those workflows is a really big opportunity. Seeing things from a different lens and being open to the possibilities with new technology. There's so much opportunity for compensation practitioners to be creative in their day-to-day work.
04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Compassion, integrity, willingness to explore new things, being open-minded, non-judgmental when things don't work out, and being resilient.
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