Mr. Nelson joined Beacon, a Fortune 500 Distributor of roofing & building materials, as CIO in July 2006.  Since joining Beacon, the company has completed 40+ acquisitions and transformed from a $1.5B to $7.0B business.  Prior to that, Mr. Nelson was Vice President, Information Systems & Supply Chain, for Dan River, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of fashion bedding products. He was with Dan River for 10 years. Prior to his role at Dan River, Mr. Nelson was with PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Management Consultant. Mr. Nelson received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Global Executive M.B.A. with honors from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School.