Scott S. Nelson
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Scott S. Nelson is a professional services technology consultant focused on leading the implementation of highly integrated solutions in the cloud, on premise, and often with a web-enabled user interface on platforms such as Informatica Cloud, Salesforce.com and Oracle WebCenter.
He has been creating business value with technology since 1991 when he came into his marketing communications office one morning to find a pile of boxed components and a note from the company president saying “Please set up.” After all six 486 machines were networked and online at a brisk 2400 baud rate he configured a Microsoft Works Database to manage the sales process from lead rotation to order creation and became another “accidental IT guy.”
In the last 26 years Scott has lead the way in finding applications of technology to improve business processes and profitability. He has worked with companies as small as one person and as large as 200,000 employees. He has been an independent consultant and worked for small consultancies and within large software vendor professional services groups at BEA and Oracle. He strives for every solution he contributes to make it easier for users to get things done and application support teams to go home on time.
The opinions expressed in this blog are those of Scott S Nelson and do not necessarily represent those of IDG Communications, Inc., its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies.
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