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Josh Nelson

@joshnelson

Highly qualified technology senior leader with extensive experience in IT.

United States

What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that fosters innovation, values strategic alignment, and offers opportunities for team development and growth.

I am a highly qualified technology senior leader with over 27 years of experience in infrastructure, application development, solution architecture, and cloud technologies. My career has been marked by a proven success in leading cross-practice teams and developing strategic solutions that drive organizational growth. I excel in strategic planning, team leadership, and hands-on delivery, ready to bring a wealth of experience and a fresh perspective to new challenges.

Throughout my career, I have incubated innovative solutions, such as an AI and ML video processing platform that significantly reduced investigative video review processes. My leadership at Neudesic LLC resulted in a remarkable revenue growth from $1.5M to $20M in cloud application development. I have consistently partnered with executive leadership to align IT strategies with business goals, ensuring successful project delivery and client satisfaction across various industries.

My commitment to mentoring and developing teams has enhanced capabilities and improved project delivery efficiency. I am passionate about leveraging emerging technologies to create impactful solutions and am eager to continue driving success in my next role.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Director, Infrastructure Services

Neudesic LLC an IBM Company

Jun 2023 - Sep 2024 (1 year 3 months)

Led cross-discipline fiscal growth across 4 markets, achieving $160M in annual revenue and managing staff and technology budgets. Developed delivery and engineering strategic solution playbooks and architectures for customer cloud infrastructure journeys, including secured AI solution capabilities, and designed cloud solution architectures paired with hands-on delivery, overseeing simultaneous in-

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Director, Application Innovation

Neudesic LLC an IBM Company

Dec 2019 - Jun 2023 (3 years 6 months)

Led cloud application development delivery for the Mountain Market, overseeing revenue growth from $1.5M to $20M and growing the development consulting team significantly. Created new strategic assets supporting technical sales, solution delivery, and engineering delivery practices, overseeing cloud application development, mobile development, API integration services, DevOps practices, and AI sol

OppenheimerFunds Inc/ Invesco logoOI

Enterprise Architect, Manager, Team Lead

Jun 2015 - Dec 2019 (4 years 6 months)

Coordinated with executive and senior leadership to craft, communicate, and execute aligned 3-5 year IT and business strategies. Led a team of 11, executing an annual $1.5M budget to deliver software and integration solutions, reducing SME work efforts significantly, and supported IT capabilities for LCAR functions. Designed solution architectures leveraging enterprise tools and technologies, impr

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Solutions Architect and Competency Lead

Critigen LLC

Feb 2012 - Jun 2015 (3 years 4 months)

Led the Web Development Competency and SharePoint Solution Delivery teams, implementing modern web platform solutions resulting in successful project completions for contracts ranging from $100k to $1M+. Mentored staff on client engagement, solution delivery, and career development, enhancing team capabilities and client satisfaction. Provided best-practice system and solution implementation guida

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Senior Architect/Developer

ShareSquared, Inc

Oct 2010 - Feb 2012 (1 year 4 months)

Led teams implementing custom solutions enhancing project delivery efficiency by 50%. Interfaced directly with clients in design sessions, provided level-of-effort estimates for building statements of work, and communicated project status daily to project manager. Provided technical expertise and support to sales efforts, resulting in over $1M in new contracts, contributing to significant revenue

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Solutions Lead

Critigen LLC

May 2008 - Oct 2010 (2 years 5 months)

Led solution delivery teams, implementing document management systems and custom web solutions, resulting in successful project completions for contracts ranging from $100k to $1M+. Mentored staff on client engagement, solution delivery, and career development, enhancing team capabilities and client satisfaction. Established practices for system and solution implementations based on Microsoft Shar

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Lead Application Developer

Raytheon Polar Services

May 2002 - May 2008 (6 years)

Led project team of 10 through the design and implementation of 3 versions of the primary polar science support software, POLAR ICE, enhancing system efficiency and scalability. Communicated architecture and design decisions to the National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs, ensuring alignment with strategic goals. Functioned as interim primary SQL Server DBA for the entire Polar progr

Company39 logoCO

Senior Developer

Jul 2001 - Jun 2002 (11 months)

Led 6-person team on core product v2; wrote 100% initial custom code with Active Directory auth. Reviewed peer code for quality, standards, & requirements. Key in defining formal dev process, improving workflow. Created design/deployment docs; had deployment sign-off. Main tech contact for suppliers; researched & recommended COTS replacements (SharePoint, eRoom).

Company39 logoCO

Web/Data Developer

Company39

Jun 1998 - Jul 2001 (3 years 1 month)

Consultant, developer & technologist. Promoted to Sr. Developer; led 5-dev team on flagship product (inception-launch). Engineered N-tier data system for 60+ clients. Did >70% initial flagship implementation. Designed/built v1 E-Commerce pkg (CyberSource). Developed ASP sites (VBScript, COM, ADO, SQL) & COM objects for Web/Win32 apps. Program managed flagship.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Denver logoUD

University of Denver

Master of Science, Computer Information Systems

2002 - 2004

Grade: 4.0

Graduated with honors with a Masters degree in Computer Information Systems.

Wartburg College logoWC

Wartburg College

Computer Science, Computer Science

1994 - 1998

Grade: 3.5

Activities and societies: Alumni Association Student President, Football team member, Ambassador (adminssions guide)

Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics.

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