Mark Nelson

Mark Nelson

Member of the Board of Trustees at American Public Media Group
United States

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.

  • American Public Media Group Member of the Board of Trustees 2025–present · current
  • Spotnana Board Member 2024–present · current
  • Veezoo Board Member 2024–present · current
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    Madrona Venture Partner 2023–present, Strategic Director 2021–2023 · current
  • CircleCI Member Board of Directors 2022–present · current
  • Tableau logo
    Tableau President and CEO, Former CEO · current
  • Tableau Software President and CEO at Tableau Software, the world’s leading analytics platform 2021–2022, Executive Vice President of Product Development 2018–2021 · past
  • Talend Board Member 2018–2020 · past
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    Concur CTO 2013–2018 · past
  • Oracle Vice President and Architect 1997–2013 · past
  • Informix Software Software Engineer 1995–1997 · past
  • AT&T Network Systems Software Engineer 1991–1995 · past
  • Tableau Software past

Education

  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign MS, Computer Science · 1993–1995
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign BS, General Engineering · 1987–1991

Organizations

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  • American Public Media Group Member of the Board of Trustees 2025–present · current
  • Spotnana Board Member 2024–present · current
  • Veezoo Board Member 2024–present · current

Education

  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign MS, Computer Science · 1993–1995
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign BS, General Engineering · 1987–1991

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