Summary
Andy Nelson is an accomplished platform and security engineering leader with 11 years of experience building control planes, IAM, and cloud-ready infrastructure for enterprise environments. Currently an Associate Director of Software Engineering at BD after senior security and cloud roles at Splunk, he combines hands-on architecture skills from years at Cerner—where he built ETL pipelines, HBase-backed services, and Java/CCL applications—with people leadership that scales teams and delivery. He has a strong background in secure cloud operations and platform design, routinely translating complex compliance and reliability needs into pragmatic engineering roadmaps. Based in Lone Jack, Missouri, Andy brings a practical Midwestern work ethic and a knack for mentoring engineers while owning end-to-end technical accountability.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Computer and Information Technology, Network Engineering / Information Systems, Computer and Information Technology, Network Engineering / Information Systems at Purdue University
English