Emmett Nelson

Emmett Nelson is an experienced professional in the fields of AI evaluation, governance strategy, and enterprise sales. Currently serving as the AI Evaluation & Governance Strategy at Openlayer since May 2025, Emmett previously contributed to Metaplane from February 2024 to April 2025, where the enterprise sales strategy was developed during the company's growth and successful acquisition by Datadog. Emmett's background includes a role as Sr. Account Executive for Mid-Market at Amazon Web Services (AWS) from July 2020 to February 2024, focusing on high performance computing, AI/ML, and enterprise data strategy, as well as various client solutions positions at GLG from July 2018 to June 2020. Emmett also has experience as an English teacher at Comunidad de Madrid and a marketing intern at BDO USA, LLP. Educationally, Emmett holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Operations Management & Business Analytics and Marketing from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.