Nick Ford

Nick Ford is the chief growth officer at Mendix, where he sits at the intersection between the customer, sales team, and product development team, giving him unique insight into how products are developed, sold, and applied to solve business problems. He is responsible for more than 100 employees, overseeing Mendix’s product marketers and evangelists, sales enablement, digital operations, education, and data teams. He hasn’t always had this oversight, however.

Ford credits his father for introducing him to computer programming by gifting the young teenager a ZX Spectrum kit, enabling colorful, programmable gaming. Thus inspired, Ford launched his 30-plus-year career in the software development space, beginning as a COBOL programmer and software consultant for North England’s steel industry.