Brian Nelson

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Mr. Brian Nelson serves as Angel Investor at Brian Nelson. He served as Vice President, Business Strategy at Identiv. He served as CFO at Safetrust. He became Identiv's VP Business Strategy in November 2015. He previously served as Identiv's Chief Financial Officer from December 2013 to November 2015. He has more than 20 years of practical experience in accounting and finance, ranging from executive finance positions with both emerging and established technology companies in Silicon Valley to providing audit assurance and transaction-related services to public and private companies. Prior to joining the company, he was Chief Financial Officer of idOnDemand, a pioneer in cloud-based identity management solutions that was acquired by Identiv in May 2011. Prior to idOnDemand, he served for five years as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Kleer Corporation, a wireless audio company. His previous positions also include Vice President of Finance for Silicon Access Networks and for PlanetRx, Corporate Controller for LinkExchange (acquired by Microsoft) and various other technology startups, and he was an Audit Manager with KPMG LLP in Silicon Valley. Since 2008, he has been a Professor of Practice in the M.B.A. program in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. He received his B.S. in Accounting from San Jose State University, studied in the M.B.A. program at Santa Clara University, and earned his CPA license in the State of California.