Our Team
Prior to joining Exai as Chief Administrative Officer, Nelson served as Vice President of Finance at the Ellison Institute of Transformative Medicine. Nelson has over 20 years of leadership experience building finance organizations. He has led corporate strategic planning during periods of high growth for early-stage life science companies, including Evidation Health and Crescendo Biosciences (acquired by Myriad), and for large enterprises like Yahoo and Lockheed Martin. Nelson holds an MBA in finance and entrepreneurship from the University of Maryland, and a bachelor’s degree in finance from Drexel University.