Nicole Harper is a Sr. Analyst who leads Jack Henry & Associates’ Strategy team and covers digital banking, the credit union industry, and the FinTech landscape. Nicole joined Jack Henry & Associates in 2017 bringing over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. She previously held senior-executive leadership positions in marketing, business development, digital, and retail delivery for large credit unions and has provided consulting services for leading financial services providers such as LifeLock and Intuit. Nicole’s unique blend of experience as a practitioner, analyst, and technology solution provider gives her the foundation to provide thought leadership through multiple lenses of the financial services ecosystem. Nicole has a passion for empowering mission-driven organizations to activate data-informed and insights-driven strategies while leveraging technology to improve the human experience in the digital age. She is curious about emerging trends and disruptive technology (and their implications to people and businesses) and enjoys helping brands find the white space amid the white noise.

 Nicole is active in the FinTech community and serves on the CUNA Associate Business Member Advisory Committee. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. Nicole also holds an MIT Sloan Executive Certificate in Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy and completed the Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence for Leaders from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.