Jon Nelson
Senior Vice President Of Engineering at acre security
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolJon Nelson is a senior engineering and product executive with 25+ years of experience leading global teams to design, deliver, and commercialize complex PLM and cloud-based enterprise platforms. Currently SVP of Engineering at Acre Security, he specializes in aligning engineering execution with business goals, standardizing data and processes after M&A, and implementing SDLC rigor across hardware-software integrated products. He has a strong track record driving large-scale product consolidations and operating-model transformations that measurably improve velocity, quality, and release predictability. Previously he led managed services and transformational delivery programs at Rockwell Automation/Kalypso, including a medical-device program that cut product change cycle time by 75%. A hands-on technologist as well as a leader, Jon has contributed bug fixes and core-ORM improvements to prominent open-source projects like SQLAlchemy and enhancements to Spotify’s Luigi, reflecting continued engagement with backend engineering and DevOps. Based in Fort Collins, he blends strategic vision with practical, on-the-ground delivery experience and a penchant for scaling disciplined, accountable teams.
17 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Science, Business Administration, Bachelor's of Science, Business Administration at Colorado State University
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Github Skills (25)
sqlite10
python10
testing10
hadoop10
sqlalchemy10
sql10
orchestration-framework10
logging10
reflection9
subprocess9
reflect9
database-design9
orm9
error-handling9
fileio9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
spotify/luigi
Sep 2013 - Mar 2014
Luigi is a Python module that helps you build complex pipelines of batch jobs. It handles dependency resolution, workflow management, visualization etc. It also comes with Hadoop support built in.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:9 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Jon primarily contributed to the improvement and maintenance of the `luigi` Python module, focusing on improving its integration with external tools. They implemented support for bzip2 file format and enhanced the logging and error handling of the system. They also made several modifications to the Hadoop integration, including refactoring logging calls and improving the handling of file operations and temporary directories.
dependency-resolutionhadooppython-modulesvisualizationpython
zzzeek/sqlalchemy
Nov 2014 - Nov 2014
THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL REPO - PLEASE SUBMIT PRs ETC AT: http://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 3 days
Contributions summary:Jon contributed to bug fixes and feature enhancements within the SQLAlchemy project. Their work included fixing a memory leak related to relationship replacement, improving SQLite unique constraint parsing, and adding tests for unnamed unique constraints. They also addressed minor spelling errors and provided documentation updates. The user's contributions involved modifications to the core ORM, dialect implementations, and testing infrastructure.
sqlalchemy
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