Aaron Vick is a Mississippi native and current resident of Nashville, Tennessee. His passion for innovation and workflow began at an early age leading him to a career in the technology sector that has spanned nearly 30 years.
At the age of fifteen, Aaron launched his career with a hardware company building computers piece-by-piece, wire-by-wire to sell to individuals and businesses. As the technology evolved, so did Aaron’s business. He began providing custom software to help customers harness the efficiencies of the technological age.
A few companies later, Aaron wound up as part of the Rocket Science crew who provided companies, in Mississippi and beyond, with tailored solutions that embraced the world wide web. Their efforts lead to designing the first document research product, CaseLogistix, for the legal discovery market.
Aaron went on to provide workflow consulting and expert witness services within the legal electronic discovery vertical. He has worked in numerous countries around the globe with law firms and corporate counsel both on the strategic and tactical level to overcome the unique challenges of modern complex litigation. He has also served as the administrator and project manager for various U.S. federal court document collections.
Post-purchase of CaseLogistix by Thomson Reuters, he played an integral part in developing the Litigation Product Specialists team at Thomson Reuters specific to workflow, eDiscovery, and CaseLogistix. As a Partner with Standard CP, Aaron consulted on information workflow and procedures in order to design best practice procedures with various clients. Additionally, he designed and built a secure data transfer, validation, and learning document & metadata routing system for an international government client to manage highly sensitive material.
As Chief Executive Officer for Cicayda, he led innovation with the launch of technology focused on the emerging data sources within discovery and successfully led Cicayda through an M&A in 2020. Aaron actively pursued M&A activity at Cicayda resulting in an acquisition by Technology Concepts & Designs, Inc. (“TCDI”) and Aaron accepted the role as Chief Visionary Officer for TCDI.
In 2021, Aaron transitioned his focus to emerging technology where he is designing the expansion of archetypal-gamification within technology, providing Web3.0 strategies to clients, and assists startups such as Evichat who are pushing the boundaries of archaic digital data collection methods. He routinely speaks on operational and growth best practices within the growing Web3 and NFT space.
He is also very active in the technology and emerging market sectors as a mentor, inventor, writer, and advisor in various verticals. Aaron was a founding member of a Mississippi technology incubator & co-working space, Mantle, encouraging young entrepreneurs in the Southeast region to push the boundaries of today’s technology. In 2017, Aaron was given the MS Top in Tech award that spotlights businesses and individuals driving the industry in Mississippi. Aaron’s blog, AaronVick.com, was named as one of the 24 Best Blogs for Startups in 2018 by Fieldboom.
As a writer, Aaron has written numerous articles on Web3, leadership, startup culture, entrepreneurship, the founder’s journey, and ediscovery topics which have been published across industry journals such as Forbes, Crypto Globe, The AI Journal, Law Technology Today, Above the Law, Law.com, Advisory Cloud, and Counselor Chronicles. Aaron is also a USA Today and NYT best-selling author who has a number of books available in bookstores and online such as Leaderpreneur, Quitless, and Inevitable Revolutions.
