Jeremie Hicks

Jeremie Hicks · Greenville, SC

AI go‑to‑market, built by someone who actually ships.

Leading GTM for AI across the Americas at IFS. Off‑hours: agents, automations, prototypes, and one very slow book. The day job and the night job inform each other on purpose.

RoleHead of AI GTM — Americas
CompanyIFS
Experience25 years
BasedGreenville, SC
StatusBuilding

Projects

07 active · updated apr '26

About

I've spent 25 years selling technology that the market wasn't quite ready for — mobile before the iPhone existed, SaaS before anyone called it that, predictive asset management before it was a category. Every time, the market caught up. The pattern taught me something: the gap between "too early" and "right on time" is where the best go-to-market strategies are built.

Today I lead AI GTM for the Americas at IFS, where we're building the Industrial AI category — AI that takes action inside the critical processes that power energy grids, manufacturing floors, and global service operations. It's the same pattern: early, conviction-driven, building something the market will catch up to.

But I don't just sell the future — I build with it. I run a personal AI lab on a DGX Spark, I design automation systems, I prototype voice agents. The best technology sellers don't wait for the market to validate what they're selling. They go early, learn the hard way, and build conviction that can't be faked. That's what the lab is for.

Off the clock, that same instinct drives everything else — a nonprofit that uses competitive soccer to reach fatherless boys, a book that tries to make sense of growing up without a father, and a family in Greenville, SC that keeps all of it grounded.

Current build
NVIDIA DGX Spark Claude · Cowork + Code + API OpenAI Ollama MCP integrations Make.com n8n Power Automate Airtable Replicate LoRA fine-tuning GitHub Pages Supabase Cloudflare
On the bench
DJI drones Meta Ray-Bans Meta Quest 3 Projection mapping Holograph fan + voice AI

Outside the Terminal

The One
Tera Hicks
Wife of 26 years. CEO of the home. Yoga master. The mother our boys needed and the woman I spent my whole life hoping existed. Everything I build starts with her.
Oldest Son
Jace Hicks
Junior in college. Studying Christian Studies and playing soccer. The kid who made me understand what coaching really means.
Youngest Son
Jerod Hicks
Sophomore at Clemson University. Finance major with a minor in AI. Chi Psi. Already thinking about the world differently than I did at his age.
In My Ear
Seasoned entrepreneur, Advoco founder, and a mentor who shaped how I think about building teams and leading with trust.
Mike Manzi — Stop Winging It. Start Leading. Real systems for sales leaders, not platitudes.
On the Shelf
Zack Kass, former Head of GTM at OpenAI — the most grounded book I've read on what AI actually means for humanity.
Lisa Earle McLeod — the book that reframed how I think about sales.
Lisa Earle McLeod — the leadership companion. Purpose drives profit.
On the Water
Lake Keowee
Upstate SC. Clear water, Blue Ridge foothills. My favorite place to disconnect.
MasterCraft Boats
Nothing else rides the same.
Wake Surfing
The thing that makes me forget I have a phone.

Path

always one wave early
Nov 2025 — Present
Head of AI GTM — Americas
IFS — Industrial AI. Applied.
Building the Industrial AI category
Hexagon
Predictive & Prescriptive Asset Management
Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence
Predictive before it was a category
Infor
Enterprise SaaS — EAM & ERP
Infor
SaaS before it was called SaaS
Blue Dot Solutions
Enterprise Mobile — mNOW Mobile Framework
Blue Dot Solutions
Mobile before mobile was mobile