[3] Nelson held a variety of executive positions in the high-tech industry, spanning marketing, sales, product development and business strategy with leading companies such as Oracle Corporation, Sun Microsystems, and McAfee/Network Associates.

[7] During his tenure, NetSuite grew from a startup with annual sales of $1 million to revenue of $1 Billion in 2017 with a global customer base of approximately 24,000 mid-size and enterprise companies and subsidiaries.

[9] Nelson also spearheaded NetSuite's acquisition of commerce marketing software company Bronto in 2015[10] social HR player TribeHR in 2014 and of OrderMotion, Retail Anywhere and Venda in 2013.

[11] NetSuite was acquired by Oracle for $9.3 billion on November 7, 2016, making it the third largest software company acquisition by enterprise value in the industry.

[12] Nelson has won multiple awards and received many accolades in his career including being named to CRN's 25 Most Influential of 2014 list, which highlights individuals who made the largest impact on the technology industry in the year.

He was a seed investor in Curbed.com, a popular real estate blog network with sites in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles [18] that was acquired by Vox Media.