Nick Miller
Youngstown, Ohio
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”
~ Steve Jobs
DIGITAL MARKETING GURU.
PRODUCER. FRONTMAN.
ADVENTURER. HUSBAND. FATHER.
NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT ORDER.
At age 16, I was hired as a web assistant at Nashbar. Within a year I took over as the Webmaster, where I spent two years helping to build out their custom eCommerce solution that stocked more products than Amazon had books at the time. It was an amazing experience where I got to learn techniques from some of the most brilliant developers in the field on how to leverage my experience in development for marketing purposes. My eyes were open.
I continued to cut my teeth in the advertising and marketing space at Marcus Thomas – where I spent over four years developing cutting edge interactive solutions for companies such as Alltel, Dunlop, Goodyear, the Cleveland Browns, Pfaltzgraff, Johnsonite, and Glidden. Some of my favorite projects I led while there involved the creation and implementation of a custom A/B testing module that delivered different content paths depending on the users journey and entry point.
I spent the next 11 years working as the Interactive Director at PALO Creative, where I helped to sell their solutions, and led a team of developers and designers that built interactive experiences, e-commerce solutions, and custom programming solutions on an enterprise level for clients such as Parker Hannifin, Heritage Plastics, Talmer Bank, the Pittsburgh Airport and Involta – to name a few.
In 2014, I met up with an old friend who introduced me to FPV (First Person View) flying and I was hooked. I started an online community to help educate mini quad (drone) pilots on proper build techniques and safety procedures, which quickly grew into the world’s premier online forum for drone pilots – the Mini Quad Club (MQC). The group consists of over 10,000 pilots and drone racers helping to keep each other in the air, with a social media network over 50,000 followers strong.
My passion for design and manufacturing quickly took over, and MQC Worx was born. It was during this time that I really got to leverage all of my skill sets and watch my SEM, SEO, and PPC campaigns come together to help me create the first US based drone manufacturing plant specializing in the manufacturing of carbon fiber racing drones and 3D printed accessories.
I am currently the VP of Technology at iSynergy, where I help clients realize their analog dreams using digital technology. Our team uses collaboration and creativity to breathe life into projects, and leverages the newest available platforms to help enhance a users experience during all stages of “the funnel”.
Personal Life
Let me start off by saying that I am the luckiest man alive. I have the most loving, supportive, intelligent, talented, and beautiful wife that I could ever hope for – and three amazing girls that I have the pleasure of getting to raise… and it’s all because of music.
I’ve played many special shows over my musical career. I had the pleasure of touring for almost a decade with some of this areas greatest musicians, shared the stage with dozens of national acts, and even had the pleasure of showcasing multiple times for major labels. Those were some amazing shows – yet none of them turned out to be as important as the ones I played in 2017 with Ctrl + Alt Rewind.
We performed our Chris Cornell Tribute at Party on the Plaza in September of 2017, where I happened to lock eyes with a girl in the front row who was smiling and singing along (and pounding Coors Light Tall Boys, I might add). It turned out that she had been friends with most of my friends for over a decade – yet somehow we had never met. We spoke for a few minutes after the show and I instantly felt that we had a connection, so I did what any man would do and got into my car and drove home. I was nervous and figured there was no way she would ever be interested in a divorced musician with a teenage daughter (even though she is incredibly awesome!).
The next day I found her on social media and sent her a message. We started chatting and It turned out that we had a lot in common.
A month and a half of lunch dates and text messages followed, and then we played a Halloween show at Cedars. I’ll never forget that night as long as I live. I was nervous when she walked into the room. I was even more nervous when she followed me outside to the patio. I looked into her eyes, closed mine, and we had our first kiss.
I left the show that night with blue lipstick on my face, and a new sense of hope for the future.
The days turned to weeks, weeks turned to months, and before we knew it – we were living together and had fallen madly in love with one another. We got married during the Pandemic on Halloween in 2020. 🙂 #MillerHallowedding2020