Brandon Nelson

Brandon Nelson has a diverse work experience spanning several companies. Brandon started their career in 1999 as a Systems Engineer at VantageMed Corporation, where they provided presales support and managed servers in a production environment. From 2002 to 2012, they worked at Acxiom Corporation as a Team Leader, Systems Engineer, and Architect, responsible for building and maintaining enterprise-level systems and creating disaster recovery plans. Brandon then joined EMC as an Enterprise Systems Engineer, contributing to pre-sales activities and designing integrated technology solutions. In 2015, Brandon moved to NetApp as a Technical Account Manager and later as a Systems Engineer, supporting customers and driving system solutions. Brandon subsequently worked as a Sales Engineer at EATEL Business/Venyu and later joined Palo Alto Networks as a Systems Engineer, leading conversations about the company's security platform. Brandon then transitioned to Rubrik, Inc., where they held various roles, including Account Executive and Sales Engineer, focusing on state and local government, enterprise, and security markets. Most recently, they joined Matillion as an Enterprise Account Executive, accountable for customer onboarding and revenue growth.

Brandon Nelson has a background in Electronic Engineering from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Brandon also holds several certifications, including NetApp Certified Data Administrator, Clustered Data ONTAP from NetApp, EMCTA - Technology Architect, Isilon Solutions Specialist Version 1.0 and EMCTA - Technology Architect, VNX Solutions Specialist Version 7.0 from EMC, and EMCISA - Information Storage Associate Version 2 from EMC. Additionally, they have obtained certifications in NCIE Backup and Recovery, NCIE SAN Implementation, and NCDA from NetApp, VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization from VMware, and CCA Access Gateway 4.0, CCA MetaFrame XP, CCA Password Manager 4.0, CCA Presentation Server 4.0, and CCEA MetaFrame XP from Citrix. Brandon also has certifications in MCSA Windows Server 2003, MCSE NT 4.0, MCSE Windows 2000, and MCSE Windows Server 2003 from Microsoft.