Nate Heckman is a marketing strategist with 20+ years of experience solving strategic business problems through rigorous research, consumer insight, and clear thinking. He works directly with brands and businesses to answer their hardest questions: What's wrong? Where should we go? How do we get there?
His background is a winding path. His upbringing gave him authentic access to diverse perspectives across broad socio-economics and demographics. He's lived across multiple U.S. regions and worked client-side directing insights functions that reported directly to C-suite and CMO leadership across US, European, and Asian markets.
He built a research firm. In 2007, Nate founded Stitch Marketing Research, a boutique strategy consultancy grounded in rigorous research methodology. He grew it into a respected firm serving mid-market brands and Fortune 100 companies across sports, CPG, education, healthcare, and other sectors. In 2026, he sold Stitch.
In 2026 he launched Walking S Marketing Strategy, founded to offer boutique, hands-on strategy consulting grounded in rigorous research and strategic thinking. You work directly with Nate—not a team, not junior researchers. His 20+ years of experience, research methodology, strategic synthesis, genuine understanding of business and human behavior - and committed passion - are what you get.
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