Nicolas Valcik

[3] Valcik was previously the managing director of Institutional Research at Texas Tech University.

[4] Valcik has authored a series of notable case study books on strategic planning and analysis.

In 1989, Valcik graduated from Plano East Senior High School in Plano, Texas, and then initially attended The University of Texas at Arlington where he began competing in ISSF Collegiate Pistol as a member of the university's pistol team.

After 1991, Valcik transferred and attended simultaneously Collin County Community College and The University of Texas at Dallas.

In 1997, Valcik began working for The University of Texas at Dallas in the Office of Strategic Planning and Analysis.

In addition to his administrative position at The University of Texas at Dallas in the Office of Strategic Planning and Analysis from 1997 to 2013, Valcik was also a clinical lecturer[9] (2007) and later a clinical assistant professor (2008–2013) to the Public Affairs program in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas.

US National Team USA Judo Kata at the Pan American Kata Championship - 2023. Valcik is first row, third from the left.
US National Team USA Judo Kata at the Pan American Kata Championship - 2024. Valcik is back row, third from right.
US National Team USA Judo Kata at the World Kata Championships - 2024. Valcik is third from right.