Jeff Nelson

CTL-E-4430 · Person · businessperson · 2014–present

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Co-founder and CTO of Blavity Inc.; studied Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis (BS '10); previously held engineering and technical business development roles at Palantir, MailChimp, and Ionic Security.

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Morgan DeBaun — collaborated with → this record
Washington University in St. Louis — has alumnus → this record

Sources

AfroTech — AfroTech 2018 speaker bio
WashU The Source: Meet WashU alum Morgan DeBaun
CultureTechLens batch RELP102 research

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