Mark Nelson
InvestorVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group · Board director at Golden Analytics
United States
Writes $500K – $10M checks · typically $5M
About
Mark T. Nelson is a Venture Partner at Madrona with over 30 years of experience as a software engineer, executive, and CEO. He focuses on software development and organizational culture, believing that software quality reflects the values and practices of the teams that create it.
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Board director at Golden Analytics
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Experience
- MadronaVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- MadronaStrategic Director2021 — 2023Seattle, Washington, United States
- American Public Media GroupMember of the Board of Trusteescurrent2025 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- CircleCIMember Board of Directorscurrent2022 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- VeezooBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- SpotnanaBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- Tableau SoftwarePresident and CEO at Tableau Software, the world’s leading analytics platform2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- Tableau SoftwareExecutive Vice President of Product Development2018 — 2021Greater Seattle Area
- TalendBoard Member2018 — 2020
- SAP ConcurCTO2013 — 2018Greater Seattle Area
- OracleVice President and Architect1997 — 2013Greater Seattle Area
- Informix SoftwareSoftware Engineer1995 — 1997
- AT&T Network SystemsSoftware Engineer1991 — 1995
Skills & more
Virtualization23Cloud Computing95Distributed Systems47PaaS13High Availability29Scalability13High Performance ComputingCluster2SOA11Software Development25Middleware17Architecture17
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Enterprise ArchitectureSystem ArchitectureSolution ArchitectureIntegrationArchitecturesAgile MethodologiesService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)ServersSaaSClusteringEnterprise SoftwareOracleFrom Mark's professional profile.
Colleagues at Madrona Venture Group
Alexandra Estep
Controller at Madrona Venture Group
Alison McCulloch
Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group
Alli Sherwin
Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group
An Cayas
Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group
Andrew Leary
IT Support Engineer at Madrona Venture Group
Anna Baird
Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
Anna Chen
Investor at Madrona Venture Group
Anna Schmitz
Receptionist at Madrona Venture Group
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mark Nelson?
- Mark T. Nelson is a Venture Partner at Madrona with over 30 years of experience as a software engineer, executive, and CEO. He focuses on software development and organizational culture, believing that software quality reflects the values and practices of the teams that create it.
- Where does Mark Nelson work?
- Mark Nelson is Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group and Board director at Golden Analytics.
- What check size does Mark Nelson write?
- Mark Nelson typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
- Where did Mark Nelson go to school?
- Mark Nelson studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (MS, Computer Science); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS, General Engineering).
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Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign421
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Shared employers
Also worked at Madrona39
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