Mark Nelson
Mark Nelson currently serves as a board member at American Public Media Group, CircleCI, Spotnana, and Veezoo, and is a Venture Partner at Madrona. He has expertise in building software and companies, with prior experience as a software engineer and executive at organizations including AT&T Network Systems, Informix Software, Oracle, SAP Concur, and Madrona.
Google's James Phillips and Former Tableau CEO Mark Nelson on PLG and Scaling in the Face of Stiff Competition
This week, investor Aseem Datar is possibly making app dev and product development history with his guests. We've got former Tableau CEO Mark Nelson and James Phillips, the former president of Microsoft who drove the creation of many of the company's most successful products, including, of course, Tableau's number one competitor — Power BI. James was also just named the VP of Google Cloud. Mark and James are both part of the Madrona family, as venture partner and strategic director respectively. And today, we have the rare treat of them together sharing their learnings and experiences about modern app development…
Organizations
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American Public Media Group Member of the Board of Trustees 2025–present · current
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Spotnana Board Member 2024–present · current
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Veezoo Board Member 2024–present · current
Education
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign MS, Computer Science · 1993–1995
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign BS, General Engineering · 1987–1991
