Ryan Nelson
Head Of Technical Operations
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolRyan Nelson is a seasoned infrastructure and operations leader with over three decades building large-scale internet systems and 13 years in senior technical roles, now serving as Head of Technical Operations at TED. He specializes in multi-tenant IaaS, cloud and datacenter security, virtualization, and Unix-based platforms (Linux, BSD, SmartOS/Illumos, Oracle Solaris), with deep experience designing streaming media and CDN architectures that have supported peak, high-profile events. Ryan has repeatedly built and scaled Ops organizations—from MLBAM’s pioneering live-stream infrastructure to Oracle’s Gen-2 cloud security operations—and blends hands-on engineering with people leadership and field-facing solutions. He has a track record of translating complex operational requirements into pragmatic, auditable processes and has helped productionize platform software across telco and enterprise customers. Anecdotally, he’s been part of iconic internet moments (MLB.com, Joyent, TED) and even took a sabbatical as a self-styled “DadOps” CTO, reflecting a practical, human-centered approach to technical stewardship. Based in Seattle, he pairs veteran systems craftsmanship with a knack for turning operational lessons from the field into product and process improvements.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of IowaWinterset High School
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Github Skills (66)
utm8
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qemu7
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tailscale6
security6
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ryancnelson/ipsec-zone-setup
Sep 2013 - Mar 2014
Contributions:11 commits in 5 months
ryancnelson/kubernetes-scenarios
Apr 2019 - Dec 2019
Katacoda Kubernetes Interactive Scenarios - https://katacoda.com/courses/kubernetes/
Contributions:179 pushes in 7 months
scenariosk8skuberneteskatacoda
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