At PIVOT we ignite generosity.
With over 70 years of combined experience, Erica Mirich and Sean Martin - the dynamic leaders behind PIVOT Creative & Consulting - bring a wealth of expertise in strategic communications, fundraising, and organizational development.
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PIVOT's commitment to philanthropy and community impact has made it a leader in delivering successful outcomes that exceed expectations.
Together, PIVOT's strategic expertise makes us a hub for successful and impactful creative consulting.
ERICA MIRICH
principal & founder
Erica is a passionate coach and consultant committed to helping people and organizations create a better life, community, and world. Her expertise in strategic communications, storytelling, and organizational strategy and management allows her to provide inventive and strategic support, guidance, and direction to clients through personal and professional leadership.
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Erica has spent more than 25 years working with institutions of all sizes to instill the confidence and build the systems needed for inspired and meaningful community impact. Her true passion is encouraging organizations to “do well by doing good,” guiding them to develop strategies and policies that benefit the organization’s bottom line, the people they serve, and the community at large.
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Her team at PIVOT works with organizations to build internal capacity through operational and inspirational fundraising campaigns, Board development, strategic planning, and visionary organizational branding and messaging. She believes that data drives social impact and progress, and she conducts organizational audits to determine how benchmarking and metrics tracking can improve institutional outcomes.
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Her key accomplishments include providing thought leadership and boots-on-the-ground support to organizations such as Microsoft’s Give Back Challenge, the USDA’s Institute for Food and Agriculture, the national Land-Grant University system’s agricultural research brand—agInnovation, the Nevada Museum of Natural History, Hope Means Nevada, the League to Save Lake Tahoe, Truckee Meadows Tomorrow, Providence High School, Sage Ridge School, and Stevenson School, among others.
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Erica is a Board member of the Nevada Women’s Fund, an organization dedicated to empowering women to improve their lives and those of their families. She is also past president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Monterey Bay Chapter.
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She has a master’s degree from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan. Based in Reno, NV, she enjoys adventuring around Reno-Tahoe with her husband and three boys, watching soccer, skiing, and hiking with her canine bestie, Bear.
SEAN MARTIN
cto/coo/caio
Sean Martin is a senior technology and data leader with more than 15 years of experience designing, scaling, and overseeing complex engineering organizations and enterprise data platforms across education technology, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure. He holds an MS in Computer Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno.
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Sean has led the development of large-scale, cloud-native systems that ingest, normalize, and analyze massive volumes of real-time data using modern platforms including AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Kafka/Redpanda, Elasticsearch, ClickHouse, and Flink. His expertise in high-stakes system integrations, governance, and data migrations has consistently ensured that critical operational and financial data remains accurate, secure, and accessible to organizational leaders.
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Most recently, Sean directed all software development for a network observability company, building and managing globally distributed engineering teams while delivering highly reliable, high-performance data platforms. Previously, he led data and platform strategy for an education technology organization serving non-traditional learners, integrating academic, engagement, curriculum, and financial systems into unified business intelligence environments in full compliance with FERPA and student data privacy regulations.
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Sean is recognized for his exceptional ability to build and scale high-performing teams — growing engineering organizations by more than 250% in under six months and establishing new teams of 25+ engineers from the ground up. His structured onboarding and mentorship programs have reduced time-to-productivity by 50%, supported numerous internal promotions, and contributed to the successful launch of nearly 100 products.
Beyond his technical depth, Sean brings extensive experience in executive stakeholder engagement, vendor management, budget oversight, and full product lifecycle leadership across SaaS, IaaS, cybersecurity, networking, and cloud platforms. Currently, he serves as COO/CTO at PIVOT, where he is helping expand the organization's digital transformation offerings to the social impact industry — driven by a commitment to doing well by doing good.
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Outside of work, Sean is an avid skier and mountain biker and the proud father of three boys.
PREFERRED PARTNERS
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Lela Rose Consulting
fundraising strategy + capital planning + transformational gifts
PIVOT Consulting, led by creative powerhouses of Erica Mirich, Sean Martin, transformed two of our projects, one regional and one national, into brand creation and awareness successes.
PIVOT was instrumental in guiding us from inception to implementation with unparalleled expertise. PIVOT's high-touch, high-care approaches work! Many thanks, we’re grateful for your contributions!
Rick Rhodes, Executive Director, Northeastern Regional Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NERA), a proud member of agInnovation
