About John Nord

John Nord serves as a Partner and the Chief Operating and Financial Officer at PIE while also driving business development initiatives for leading firms through executive roundtables and strategic engagement programs. Since joining PIE in 2009, John has collaborated extensively with clients such as Accenture and KPMG. Prior to PIE, John worked as Senior Account Manager at Golden Helix, Inc. He holds an MBA with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business where he is active as Booth Ambassador interviewing potential candidates for the MBA program. He received his undergraduate degree from Montana State University. John lives in Bozeman, Montana, and enjoys getting outside with his wife and 2 kids to fish, float, ski, and hike. 

MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT WORKING AT PIE

I’m always learning. As someone who can get bored easily, after 16+ years I’ve still never had a boring day at PIE. I find it fascinating to talk with executives about the challenges they need to overcome to be successful.

HOW I LIVE A FULL LIFE

My kids keep me active and luckily share my interests, including skiing in the winter and getting on the rivers and camping in the summers. I value education and economic development, so I give my time to mentoring students, serving as an Ambassador to Chicago Booth, and participating in the Montana Ambassadors.

MY BEST $100 PURCHASE

TSA PreCheck. Without question, the money I spent on TSA PreCheck has the highest consumer surplus of any purchase I’ve made in my life.

MY BOOK RECOMMENDATION

Nothing has topped the Lord of the Rings Trilogy for me. I completed all 3 books in a weekend—I just couldn’t put them down.

ONE OF MY FAVORITES

Growing up, my mom always said, “Say what you mean, and mean what you say.” We could never use the excuse of “I didn’t mean it like that,” because her response is that we say what we mean, and we mean what we say. I take that with me in my personal and professional lives, and if I say something, you know that I mean it.