Heather Nixon, CPSM
Since 2017
Active
SMPS member
AEC marketing professional
Heather drives organizational excellence as Vice President of Staff Operations at Oak Grove Technologies, a leading Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business delivering customized business and training solutions to government and commercial clients. In this executive role, she leverages two decades of professional services marketing expertise to shape brand strategy, business initiatives, and company culture across the organization.
Her comprehensive background spans strategic planning, business development, and operational leadership for firms serving defense, federal government, law enforcement, and commercial sectors. Heather brings specialized expertise in proposal management, graphic design, branding and identity development, and strategic communication planning. With over 20 years of AEC industry experience, she has contributed to marketing excellence at prominent firms including Perkins&Will, Broaddus Planning, and multi-disciplinary construction and planning consultancies.
Her natural problem-solving abilities, combined with resourcefulness and collaborative leadership approach, enable seamless execution of initiatives from concept to completion across complex government contracting and professional services environments.
Heather demonstrates exceptional professional leadership through her CPSM certification, earned in February 2017, representing a commitment to professional excellence that spans nearly eight years. Her certification achievement reflects mastery of the SMPS Domains of Practice and ongoing dedication to professional development through continuing education and recertification requirements.
As a long-time SMPS member, Heather has been active in professional services marketing education and industry advancement. Her entrepreneurial initiative in founding Circle Line Marketing & Design showcased leadership in providing strategic planning, communication planning, and graphic design consultancy services to clients across multiple industries.
Throughout her career progression from marketing director roles to executive leadership, Heather has built expertise in team development, staff operations, and organizational excellence. Her leadership approach emphasizes collaboration, resourcefulness, and strategic alignment—qualities that have positioned her as a trusted advisor in professional services marketing and business development.
Heather’s 20+ year journey through the AEC industry, combined with her UC Irvine contract management certification and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire education in journalism and mass communication, provides valuable cross-functional perspective that enhances organizational and professional excellence.
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