Cloud Computing Authority & Technology Innovation Advocate; Co-Founder of CloudCamp & BigDataCamp; Author of "PayPal Hacks"

Mountain View, CA, USA
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Dave Nielsen Biography

Dave Nielsen is a technologist, entrepreneur, and cloud computing advocate known for identifying and promoting transformative technologies in web development, APIs, and cloud computing. Nielsen has played a significant role in the evolution of web technology, serving as an early adopter and evangelist for web applications, web services, and cloud computing since the 1990s. He was among the first to teach dynamic web application development and founded the Web Services SIG, which later became the Cloud Computing SIG.

Nielsen served as PayPal's first technical evangelist, where he expanded the PayPal Developer Network to more than 350,000 developers and started the first user group dedicated to APIs. He is the author of "PayPal Hacks," a book that explores web API development and integration. Through his consulting firm, Platform D, Nielsen assisted companies in marketing their cloud-based technologies to developers.

Nielsen co-founded CloudCamp, a grassroots cloud computing organization that facilitates knowledge sharing among early adopters of cloud technologies. CloudCamp has expanded internationally, including in the UK, Europe, India, and Singapore. He also founded BigDataCamp, a community focused on big data technologies and collaboration.

Nielsen is recognized for the acronym OSSM, which stands for On-Demand, Self-Service, Scalable, Measurable, and authored "The Four Essential Characteristics of Cloud Computing." He is a frequent conference speaker on cloud computing, web APIs, and technology innovation, and has contributed to certification programs that distinguish genuine cloud computing products.

Nielsen has held senior leadership roles at technology companies such as Harness, Dremio, Traceable, Redis Labs, Strikeiron, and PayPal. He has represented IBM as head of community at the AI Alliance, an initiative focused on open innovation in artificial intelligence. With more than 20 years of experience in open source, databases, DevOps, payments, and AI, Nielsen is a recognized authority on cloud computing and digital transformation.

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Dave Nielsen is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics. The estimated speaking fee range to book Dave Nielsen for your event is available upon request. Dave Nielsen generally travels from Mountain View, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Ramsey Musallam, Ron Garan, Nik Wallenda, Joe Trippi and Dave Morin. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Dave Nielsen for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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