About Us
SERVICES
About Ridge Innovative
Vision
To deliver innovation with a purpose through the strength of our ecosystem built on a foundation of trust.
Values
We are committed to relationships, creativity, passion, innovation, accountability, and gratitude. We act with integrity as our foundation with our values as our guide to get things done. We are committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion.
Community
We are committed to the best interests of our stakeholders, our ecosystem – the broad spectrum of people and communities whose lives we touch.
SERVICES
Ridge Innovative Team
Nancy Ridge
President & Founder
Nancy Ridge is the President & Founder of Ridge Innovative, an experienced thought leader in the technology channel ecosystem who has led from all sides of the table. She sets the culture, vision, strategy and business direction at Ridge Innovative. Her leadership is founded on her personal values of relationships, creativity, passion, innovation, accountability, gratitude and love. Nancy’s passion is delivering the best business outcomes to her clients in terms of technology, strategy, project management and cost. Her motto is, “Be Curious”
Previously, Nancy built the partner program for a leading national technology services broker. Ridge also led sales for a high-touch wholesale carrier where she was responsible for creating and managing the indirect sales channel. The company won #41 on the “Inc. 500” list of fastest growing companies with over 2,000% growth. She is the co-founder and past president of the Alliance of Channel Women, a certified WBENC, sits of the Boards of 3 non-profits and is an enthusiastic mentor for women and girls in both the workplace and her community.
Nancy lives in Costa Mesa, CA with her pets, Kona and Zipper and outside of work enjoys riding and competing as an equestrian with her horse Balou. Her son, Niko, is a lifeguard in Laguna Beach, CA where she enjoys time on the beach with him as well as visiting New York City where her daughter, Danielle, lives and works in the entertainment industry.
Brittney Ishida
Director of Revenue Operations
Brittney Ishida comes to Ridge Innovative as a Revenue Operations leader with a bachelor’s degree in Business/Managerial Economics from the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine.
She has over 9 years’ experience as a Financial Analyst and Partner Commissions team member in the channel ecosystem. Brittney serves as a crucial part of the leadership team at Ridge Innovative, implementing revenue forecasts, processes, and CRM and software management.
She is a longstanding member of Alliance of Channel Women, where she contributes as a Technology & Communications committee member.