Joseph Nelson
Co-founder, CEO at Roboflow
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJoseph Nelson is a founder and CEO with a decade of experience turning computer vision research into developer-first products used by 250,000+ engineers across startups and the Fortune 100. As co-founder of Roboflow he shepherds an open-source-forward platform that helps teams organize datasets, train models, and deploy vision systems—powering use cases from steel production monitoring to medical imagery. He combines hands-on engineering (recently noted for "merges his own PRs") with product and fundraising chops, raising over $22M from top-tier investors. His background spans teaching machine learning curricula, consulting on data science for Fortune 500 clients, and bootstrapping earlier startups that led to acquisition. Based in San Francisco, he brings a rare mix of pedagogy, operational experience, and practical ML tooling that scales from local devices to enterprise deployments. An underappreciated detail: he’s taught debate to senior military officers in Paris, reflecting strong communication and persuasion skills beyond tech.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Economics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Economics at The George Washington UniversityDevelopment Economics and International Development, Development Economics and International Development at Central University of Finance and EconomicsDowling Catholic High SchoolGeneral AssemblyLondon School of Economics and Political ScienceCentral Academy
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (111)
nteract10
python10
image-processing10
deep-learning10
instance-segmentation10
coco10
zero-shot-classification10
yolov510
convolutional-neural-networks10
video-processing10
onnx10
sports-data10
desktop-application10
yolov810
resnet10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
josephofiowa/josephofiowa.github.io
Oct 2020 - Dec 2025
Contributions:32 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 3 months
josephofiowa/GA-DSI
May 2016 - May 2019
Contributions:158 commits, 1 PR, 134 pushes in 3 years
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