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Dean Nelson

CEO

Cato

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Dean's Summary

In my professional career I have been driven by one question - What's next? I love to solve complex problems and take on challenging projects. I live, eat and breath technology and push myself to come up with new ways to not only apply them, but push them further. I challenge the assumptions and push my leaders to think past their own experience. I also believe strongly in simplification. There are always different ways to look at challenges and innovate. Being a very visual person with a knack to see patterns, I can connect the dots allowing me to build strategies. I lead by example and surround myself with talented, passionate, dedicated people who are as motivated as I am to solving the next problem. I feel that the range of positions I have held in my 30+ year career has enabled me to be a well rounded executive who is able to see the opportunity, create the strategy, align and motivate the teams, drive execution, and tell the story that resonates with customers and the industry. Additionally, I have a strong affinity to my community. Over the last 10 years I have focused on bringing my peers together through industry forums to connect, grow and give back. This is hugely fulfilling to me personally. Relationships matter. They endure market turns, companies, and life changes. You never know who you will work for or who will work for you. You also never know what business opportunity you are missing if you go it alone. Specialties: Infrastructure, Sustainability, Industry Collaboration, Hardware, Data Center Design & Operations, Branding and Marketing, Network Architecture & Administration, Compute/Storage HW Optimization, Packaging, Quality Test Engineering, R&D, Supply Chain.

About Dean

  • Span of Control

    The number of people reporting to them

    50 - 99

  • Industry

    Other|Digital infrastructure- data center and edge

  • Size of Company

    In terms of revenue

    lt $10 Million

  • Employees of Company

    The number of people working for this company

    501-1,000

  • Business Function

    Information Technology/Engineering

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