Nelson P is a Chief Technology Officer and seasoned engineering leader with 12 years of experience building cloud-native, distributed systems and edge AI for high-impact products. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he blends deep academic training (PhD-level work in electrical and computer engineering) with hands-on delivery—from designing multi-tenant SaaS platforms and high-throughput payment systems to building space-focused middleware and edge compute for autonomous systems. He has repeatedly scaled platforms for tens of thousands of transactions per minute and supported millions of concurrent users while introducing CI/CD, security, and observability best practices. Currently leading technology at Satlyt, Nelson is applying space computing, autonomous systems, and distributed architectures to make operations beyond Earth more resilient and intelligent. Notably, his early research ported Open-MPI to ARM SoCs and influenced aerospace middleware, a throughline that ties his cloud and edge expertise to real-world space systems. He pairs technical breadth across .NET, cloud providers, AI/ML model tooling and embedded compute with a track record of growing high-performing teams that ship next-gen products.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science Computer Science at Università di Trento
Master's degree Computer Science and Engineering, Master's degree Computer Science and Engineering at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Bachelors of Science (BSc) Electronic and Computer Engineering Engineering, Bachelors of Science (BSc) Electronic and Computer Engineering Engineering at Politecnico di Torino
Diploma Business Information Technology, Diploma Business Information Technology at Strathmore University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Florida
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