Ben Nelson

Ben Nelson is a Senior Lead DevOps Engineer at NextGear Capital, with a wealth of experience in providing technical leadership and support for development pipelines and infrastructure across various roles since August 2015. Nelson's expertise spans multiple technologies, including Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise, Terraform, and AWS, with a strong focus on deploying in-house software products and optimizing deployment methodologies. Prior to this, Nelson served as a Systems Engineer and Network Operations Technician at GlobalNOC, where responsibilities included building and maintaining servers and troubleshooting network issues. An early career experience as a Discovery Lab Intern at Eli Lilly and Company complements Nelson's technical background, which is supported by a BA in Philosophy and Political Science from Purdue University.