Marty Nelson
Innovative Technology Leader | Master of Code Alchemy & Agile Wizardry | Architecting Human-Centered Solutions & Empowering Developer Growth | Business-Technology Strategist & Cross-Functional Collaborator
- Role
- Chief Technology Officer at Works Real Estate
- Location
- Portland, OR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Marty Nelson
Results-oriented software development leader with a strong technical background with 25 years of industry experience and 18 years in leadership and management roles. Experienced in managing engineering teams, developing and launching B2B and B2C applications, aligning technology and business strategy, and fostering inclusive communities. Passionate about transforming industries and contributing to diverse, high-performing teams.Key achievements include: Co-founded a successful ed-tech code school, training 500+ millennial and GenX career-switchers in Full Stack JavaScript with a median starting salary of $80K, emphasizing scalable technology patterns, agile practices, and a productive developer mindset. Managed a $2.5M business with 30+ employees, forging a partnership with a nationally-recognized workforce training non-profit for a $6M Impact ISA. Established and led dev teams for multiple B2C startups, guiding entrepreneurs to focus on strategic value, BaaS architectures, and cross device and platform frontends for rapid deployment and growth. Co-maintained an open-source frontend library in the software industry with over 5K stars on GitHub, showcasing expertise in innovative technologies. Provided leadership at a life sciences software company through process implementation and improvements, standards, coaching, and creative problem-solving, resulting in 90% on-time delivery across 25 major product releases per year for 4 years. Demonstrated technology leadership by overseeing the technology aspects of 7 M&A efforts, effectively growing the organization and integrating new teams into a cohesive R&D unit, contributing to the company\'s acquisition for $750M. Successfully implemented agile development at a financial services company, overcoming previous barriers and delivering high value to the business through comprehensive data insights in just 6 months. Led the development of multiple large-scale enterprise products in the legal services industry, demonstrating expertise in various technologies and agile methodologies.
Experience
Chief Technology Officer
Nov 2024 — Present · Portland, OR, US
Building a tech-enabled Real Estate Brokerage focused on:* Brokerage operations - Scalability and profitability thru process automation & business-specific apps that delivers stability and technology enforced business process across recruiting and transactions.* Business Intelligence - Enable decision making & business navigation thru access to data, reports and dashboards that deliver the right information to the right people at the right time.* Agent Success - Improve agent performance and retention AI enabled tools & gamified training delivery for adoption & engagement.
Education
Claremont McKenna College
BA, Art History
1989 — 1992
Claremont McKenna College
Bachelor's degree, Art History
1988 — 1993
Skills
- Software Design
- Data Management
- Requirements Analysis
- C#
- Distributed Systems
- Architectures
- Web Applications
- Software Development
- Scrum
- Databases
- Web Services
- Sql
- Enterprise Software
- Enterprise Architecture
- Saas
- Agile Project Management
- Product Management
- Java
- IT Strategy
- Software Project Management
- Agile Methodologies
- Xml
- Architecture
- Object Oriented Design
- Software Engineering
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