Chief Energy Officer

Nia

I was here for the growing pains. I am mostly here for the ball.

Nia, a red poodle, lying on the office rug and looking straight at the camera.
What I do here

Morale, mainly. Also quality control on naps, and making sure nobody sits at a computer for six hours without being told.

Around four in the afternoon I start the campaign: stand by the desk, get up on my two feet and reach for my mom and dad. It works most days.

What shaped me

How I got here

Mom and Dad adopted me from a friend in July 2022, around the time CRE8R was working out of its first office in Pleasant Hill.

I had been coming by before that, since my first owner would bring me along. So by the time it was official, I already knew where the good couch was.

A day at CRE8R

Morning walk, then breakfast, then a long nap while they work. I have found this to be the correct order.

Afternoon is when I get antsy, and that is when I remind them to go outside. Later there is another walk and the dog park. At night I FaceTime my aunt and my grandma.

Nia lying in the grass at the park, tongue out, a tennis ball between her paws.
Nia flat on her back on the office carpet in a patch of sun, paws in the air.
Nia as a small puppy sitting on the carpet of the Pleasant Hill office, a rope toy in the foreground.
Mike holding Nia up in a parking lot, both looking at the camera.
Rachel and Nia cheek to cheek in a selfie under a blue sky.
What I believe
Step away from the computer once in a while.

Go outside. Throw the ball. Come back better.

A few things about me
Favorite thing
Ball is life. But the backyard hose is something else.
Happiest
In the backyard, playing with the hose.
Temperament
Extremely loving. Will lean on you until you notice.
Eating habits
Picky. I know what I like, and it is not that.
Signature look
The side-eye. Deployed when something is not up to standard.
Evenings
A walk, the dog park, and a FaceTime with my aunt and grandma.
What I'd want you to know

I have been around for the early days and the hard ones, and I have kept these two going through a few of each.

I am not the strategy or the camera. I am the reason they get up from the desk.

Someone has to be.