Barbara Nelson is an accomplished technical leader with a wealth of experience in managing distributed teams in the development, deployment, and support of cloud-based products and services. Her expertise spans many roles including CTO, Chief Architect, VP Prod Dev, VP Operations, CIO, and Developer in small Silicon Valley companies. She possesses great adaptability and is able to clearly present complex technical ideas to business partners and customers in easily digestible terms. Her specialties include distributed architecture, cloud computing, mobile applications, time-series databases, embedded firmware, Wi-Fi, security, compliance, intellectual property, global workforce, technology partnerships, and public speaking.

Throughout her career, Barbara has held many notable positions such as Senior Director of Applications at InfluxData, Investor - FemTech Fund at Portfolia, Board Member at BlastWave, Principal Architect of Structured Data at eBay, Chief Technology Officer at Cirrent, Senior Vice President of Product Development and Operations at iPass, Vice President of Engineering at iPass, CTO at iPass, Vice-President of Architecture and Design at iPass, Client Architect, then Director of Advanced Technology at iPass, Director of Product Architecture at Peregrine Systems, Director of Product Architecture at Extricity, Senior Engineer, then Technical Director at General Magic, and Senior System Architect at Retix.