Board of Directors

Larry Nelson focuses on helping to fulfill the promise of technology in Primary/Secondary education. He leads Microsoft's Worldwide Primary/Secondary Education strategy within its Public Sector Business unit.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Nelson led strategic planning of telecom services for the University Librarian at Stanford University, and before that, he was a Director at Sun Microsystems. While at Sun, he led the company’s Primary/Secondary Education strategy and solution partnerships helping to cement sales and strategic partnerships in the United States, Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, United Kingdom, Spain, and many other parts of the world. Nelson also served as acting Executive Director of the Global Education & Learning Community (GELC, which is now known as Curriki) where he managed the "spin-out" of the GELC as an independent nonprofit corporation.

Before joining Sun, Nelson was Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Finance at SchoolCity.com, a web-based infrastructure provider to schools around the globe; and CEO of the Decision Development Corporation (DDC), a privately held educational software publisher. Before entering the technology industry, he grounded his business skills at General Foods, Procter & Gamble, and Bloomingdale's.

Nelson is Secretary and Treasurer of the Curriki Board of Directors and a member of the NEA Foundation Board of Directors. He earned a Masters in business administration from Cornell University and a Bachelors degree from Vassar College.