Mr. Nelson brings over 30 years of industry and consulting experience across a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, retail, wholesale and B2B and B2C distribution. He has led end-to-end operations and global supply chain functions within private equity held businesses and public and privately held companies.​

Most recently at A&M, Mr. Nelson led assessment and execution for post-merger integration synergy capture, rapid cost reduction, implementation of digital transformation, order-to-delivery process improvement, direct and indirect strategic sourcing, and SG&A spend efficiency programs. ​

Previously, Mr. Nelson served as Chief Operating Officer for Colson Group Holdings, a $350 million private equity held global manufacturer. He led the redesign of Colson’s global manufacturing and distribution footprint, identifying $40 million in improved EBITDA and deploying inventory tracking metrics to improve fill rates and customer service levels by 50 percent.​ Mr. Nelson also served as SVP, Global Supply Chain for Everyware Global, a $500 million private equity owned business. He restructured the supply chain team, added capabilities in China and implemented new sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes to improve customer service levels by 47 percent. Mr. Nelson also established a China consolidation warehouse to enable mixed product shipping, reducing costs, average inventory and lead times by 15 percent.​

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Nelson was a Senior Manager in consumer products/industrial markets with Deloitte Consulting, where he focused on M&A, supply chain optimization, SG&A cost reduction, and purchase spend improvement through should cost modeling.​

Mr. Nelson earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial management from Purdue University and an MBA (corporate finance and business policy concentration) from the University of Chicago.​