Eric Neilsen
COO / CTO | Scaling Technology Organizations & GTM Strategy | Led $145M Exit, $9B Platform, and Global AWS Launches
- Role
- Chief Operating Officer at Jolt
- Location
- Lehi, UT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Eric Neilsen
Engineering and operations executive with 20+ years of experience building and scaling platforms, developer ecosystems, and infrastructure across global enterprises and high-growth startups.I’ve led engineering, product, and GTM teams at Amazon, AWS, Gemini, Adobe Workfront, and Jolt — driving transformations that increased developer velocity, reduced delivery cycles, and grew multi-billion-dollar businesses. My focus blends technology and strategy: building systems that scale and cultures that sustain innovation.At Jolt, I helped lead the company through a $145.5M acquisition by Digi International, launching new IoT hardware platforms and doubling inbound revenue through operational excellence. Before that, I scaled Gemini’s trading and wealth platforms to support $9B in annual volume and 10x throughput. At AWS, I led the launch of CloudFront in China and the creation of Snowball Edge — efforts recognized at the S-Team level by Andy Jassy.I’m passionate about developer experience, automation, and reliability — embedding AI into engineering operations to drive measurable gains in productivity and uptime. I thrive at the intersection of strategy, engineering, and execution — turning technical capabilities into business impact.Specialties:Platform Engineering | Developer Experience | Cloud & Edge Computing | AI/ML Integration | Organizational Design | P&L Ownership | GTM Strategy | Infrastructure at Scale | Executive Leadership
Experience
Chief Operating Officer
Jan 2024 — Present
Partnered with the executive team and investors to lead Jolt’s $145.5M acquisition by Digi International. Focused on scaling operations and engineering excellence, delivering a 200% increase in inbound revenue and launching new IoT hardware platforms (JPS XL, XXL, and 3XL). Guided integration planning, improved cross-departmental velocity, and aligned product strategy with an enterprise vision
Education
Brigham Young University
B.S. Electronic Information Technology
1998 — 2003
Skills
- Java
- Ajax
- Soap
- Tomcat
- Software Development
- Scrum
- Java Enterprise Edition
- Git
- Ant
- Continuous Integration
- Subversion
- Web Applications
- Jsp
- Junit
- Jboss Application Server
- Databases
- Php
- Web Services
- Apache
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