About Us: Leadership
Experienced. Successful. Committed.
Nelson Technology is led by a team of senior executives all of whom have long records of success building and managing high growth companies and share a common passion to create industry-leading solutions for global 2000 companies.
Meet Our Management Team
Gary D. Nelson - Chairman
Gary D. Nelson is the founder and chairman of all the divisions under the Nelson Family of Companies' umbrella, including Nelson Technology. With his wealth of experience in all aspects of the human resources industry, he is considered an expert in the workforce management business and continues to explore new avenues to enhance relationships with clients and consultants. Gary's keen grasp of prevailing economic and business trends has enabled him to lead Nelson Technology to its position as the leader in providing comprehensive service and software solutions to the workforce management marketplace.
Career Highlights
A graduate of San Jose State University with advanced work in industrial relations, Gary worked ten years in Human Resources before founding his own company in 1970. Prior to founding Nelson, he was associated with Data Technology Corporation, Fairchild Semiconductor, American Optical Corporations' Analytical Instrument Division, Marin General Hospital and the California State Personnel Board.
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Jonathan H. Parker - Chief Executive Officer
Jonathan H. Parker joined the Nelson Family of Companies in 2008 after serving on the Company’s Board of Directors for more than five years. “JP” is responsible for strategic planning, business growth and profitability for all operating units of the Nelson Family of Companies. Parker has more than 30 years experience planning and directing business expansion for national and international companies in a variety of industries. He is a respected expert on marketing, strategic planning, and organization development with senior management.
Career Highlights
Prior to joining Nelson, JP spent five years with Boston Private Financial Holdings, with four of those years as President of the Western Region for this publicly-traded firm before his advancement to Vice Chairman. Parker had responsibility for five operating companies in the West with approximately 400 employees and profits of $25 million. He also led the acquisition program in the West and was a member of the seven-person Senior Policy Group for the enterprise.
Prior to Boston Private, Parker was a Founding Partner of Edgar, Dunn & Company (EDC) a management consulting firm operating from offices on three continents. He was engaged by boards and executive officers seeking guidance on strategic planning, marketing/sales strategies, mergers and acquisitions, and profit improvement.
JP serves on the Board of Advisors for Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance. A graduate of Tufts University, Parker also holds an MBA from George Washington University.
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Steve McCarthy - Chief Operating Officer
Steve McCarthy joined the Nelson Family of Companies on October 1, 2004. Steve is responsible for helping all divisions in the Nelson Family of Companies create solutions that extend the company's market reach and optimize its value to our clients. This focus includes the development of comprehensive software and services solutions for the workforce management marketplace, such as risk mitigation, process improvement, compliance and strategic workforce management offerings.
Career Highlights
Prior to joining Nelson, from 2000 through 2003, Steve served as the Chief Executive Officer of Base Consulting Group, a leader in Business Intelligence and Data warehousing solutions. During Steve's tenure the company focused on clearly articulating and delivering value added solutions to its clients in order to maintain its leadership position. During the third quarter of 2003 the company was acquired.
Prior to his tenure with BASE, Steve worked for the Robert Mondavi Corporation from 1996 through 1999, initially as Corporate Controller and then as its Chief Financial Officer.
In addition to his corporate industry experience, Steve spent 10 years with Price Waterhouse serving clients in a broad range of industries.
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Craig S. Nelson - Executive Vice President of
Staffing Services
Craig S. Nelson leads the staffing divisions of the Nelson Family of companies. This includes overseeing the traditional staffing businesses of Nelson Staffing, Nelson Technology and Nelson & Associates. In addition, Craig is responsible for recruiting and retaining the best talent through Northern California’s premier
job board, NelsonJobs.com.
Career Highlights
Craig joined the Nelson Family of Companies in 2001 as General Counsel with responsibility for legal, administration, safety & risk, and human resources. In 2003, in addition to the aforementioned responsibilities Craig assumed responsibility for two professional staffing units, TechSource and Nelson & Associates. In 2005,
Nelson Staffing was added to Craig’s list of responsibilities.
In 2006, Craig relinquished his corporate responsibilities, assumed responsibility for Nelsonjobs.com and the Recruiting & Retention team while continuing to lead the staffing units.
Prior to joining Nelson, he spent seven years working for the Criminal Division of the California Department of Justice and
before that three years as a litigator with the Law Offices of
Bowles and Verna.
Craig has a Masters of Law from University of San Diego, his Juris Doctor from Hastings College of Law and degrees in Business Administration and Economics from California State University, Chico. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1990.
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Scott Bishop - Senior Vice President,
Nelson Technology
Scott Bishop joined the Nelson Family of Companies in 2005 as the northern region Vice President. During his three-year tenure he grew that region’s bottom line contribution by 62 percent. In June 2008, Scott was promoted to Senior Vice President of the Nelson Technology staffing business unit.
Career Highlights
Before joining the Nelson Family of Companies, Bishop was Vice President of business development for an international technical staffing company and prior to that he served as both area manager and branch manager at a competing staffing firm. He has a total of eighteen years of sales and management experience in the staffing industry. Bishop earned a Master’s degree at Brigham Young University and is fluent in both Spanish and Italian.
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