Summary
Rachael Nelson is a founder and CEO with a decade of cross-disciplinary experience spanning software engineering, product, e-commerce, and growth, currently building Brandy—a lifestyle ad platform that shifts affiliate revenue to everyday consumers. She began in research at NASA as a teen, moved through engineering roles at Bankrate and Comcast, and has led product and growth at startups and DTC brands, bringing technical fluency to go-to-market strategy. Passionate about authentic word-of-mouth, she designs systems that help brands scale while reducing consumer waste by improving purchase-fit. A bootstrapped operator who values underdog teams, she pairs pragmatic product leadership with a keen sense for sustainable marketing innovation. Based in Los Angeles, she blends surf-enthusiast creativity with rigorous, mission-driven entrepreneurship.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Physics Math and Psychology, Physics Math and Psychology at Loyola Marymount University