I'm an entrepreneur and optimizer that is passionate about using technology to make people more productive. My background is in engineering, where I have a record of developing software to help people meaningfully use data. I enjoy writing code, crafting visions, and leading organizations.

Founder & Chief Executive Officer @ Cinchapi provides real-time data intelligence on demand. Our smart technology platform learns data semantics on the fly and enables anyone to use natural language for analytics without any setup or configuration. Unlike traditional approaches, which require integrating different tools, our solution is comprehensive, intuitive and adaptive – which simplifies infrastructure, eases development and reduces costs. Learn more about us at www.cinchapi.com. From May 2015 to Present (8 months) Senior Software Engineer @ Build data retention systems with strict requirements for data residency, high availability, and scalability that are the core of Ionic's Fusion platform, which automatically protects data while providing IT with full access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption and granular policy management, without proxies or gateways or requiring changes in user behavior. Environment: Python, GoLang, Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis, Linux From January 2015 to Present (1 year) Co-Founder @ Blavity is a tech media startup and digital community that creates content by and for urban millennials. I lead strategic technology initiatives. From September 2014 to Present (1 year 4 months) Greater Atlanta AreaSoftware Engineer @ Created a platform to integrate MailChimp with e-commerce providers so users could manage subscriber lists during checkout, track customer purchasing behaviour, and analyze campaign monetization efforts in realtime. Environment: PHP, Linux, Apache, Nginx, MySQL, CSS, HTML5, Javascript From April 2014 to November 2014 (8 months) Infrastructure Quality Engineer @ Developed solutions to automate the integration and analysis of terabyte scale data to proactively combat cyber attacks, financial fraud, and rouge trading while providing consulting, development, and integration of Palantir's software platforms for enterprise companies and government agencies. Environment: Java, Linux, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Hadoop, HTML5, CoffeScript, Distributed Systems From January 2011 to April 2014 (3 years 4 months) Software Engineer @ Responsible for data storage and backend development. From January 2010 to May 2011 (1 year 5 months) Greater St. Louis AreaSoftware Engineer, Intern @ Developed a distributed Hadoop application that utilized protocol buffers and mapreduce clustering to query Facebook social graph with over 40GB of data, which allowed a pharmacy benefit management company to analyze health trends in the social networks of over 40 million patients. Environment: Java, Hadoop, Facebook API From August 2010 to November 2010 (4 months) Project Manager, Intern @ Assisted in the management of several SAP infrastructure projects by automating the process of generating metrics and analytics. Environment: SAP, VBScript From May 2010 to August 2010 (4 months) Student Body President @ Spearheaded initiatives to improve the day-to-day experience of undergraduate students by 1. unanimously passing a budget that allocated more money to campus events, 2. improving the student email system while reducing administrative costs, 3. extending late night dining hours in popular locations, 4. incentivizing sustainability efforts across campus, and 5. developing recognizable campus traditions. From April 2009 to April 2010 (1 year 1 month)

B.S., Computer Science @ Washington University in St. Louis From 2006 to 2010 Jeff Nelson is skilled in: ConcourseDB, Distributed Systems, Java, Web Applications, Python, Ruby, User Interface Design, Linux, Project Management, Web Services, Bash, Data Modeling, JavaScript, Perl, PHP