Jimmy Nelson
Principal at Slalom
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJimmy Nelson is a Principal technologist based in Denver with eight years of hands-on Salesforce and software delivery experience, rising from developer to practice leader at Slalom. He combines a disciplined engineering background (Turing School) with earlier careers as a math teacher and paralegal, which sharpened his communication, stakeholder management, and problem-framing skills. Jimmy specializes in solving high‑complexity Salesforce integrations and architecting cross-platform solutions while translating technical detail to non‑technical audiences. He still rolls up his sleeves to implement the most critical features and to guide delivery quality, mentoring teams and shaping solution strategy. Less obvious: his classroom and legal experience drive a pragmatic, user-centered approach to requirements and documentation that keeps projects both auditable and adoptable.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Osbourn Park High SchoolSoftware Development, Software Development at Turing School of Software & DesignBachelor of Arts (B.A.), French Language and Literature; Foreign Affairs, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), French Language and Literature; Foreign Affairs at University of Virginia
French
Github Skills (12)
wikipedia8
ruby6
foundation5
react5
frontend5
intake5
dashboard4
api3
rails3
django3
full-stack2
quantified-self1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jamesrnelson/recipes-and-lists
Apr 2018 - Oct 2020
This is the repository for Appetite, a Rails full-stack app that allows users to create and collect recipes and easily turn them into grocery lists.
Contributions:47 PRs, 102 pushes, 27 branches in 2 years 6 months
full-stackrails
jamesrnelson/rtd-rails-api
Sep 2018 - Oct 2018
This API interacts with a React frontend to deliver an improved RTD transit experience.
Contributions:138 commits, 27 PRs, 38 pushes in 1 month
frontendreact
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