Darrin Nelson Vice President of Software Sales Upon graduating in 1988 with degree in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology, Darrin Nelson joined IBM at the Myers Corners Labs in Poughkeepsie, NY, where he was a developer on MVS/ESA (now z/OS). After three years in that position, he became a Systems Engineer for IBM mainframes for two years, and then a Client-Server Consultant in 1992 and 1993.

In 1993, Mr. Nelson left IBM and joined Lotus as a Systems Engineer, during which time he was published in a number of industry journals such as E-Week and The View and was awarded the IBM Summit Award for Excellence in Technical Sales. When Lotus was acquired by IBM in 1996, he went to Integrated Business Solutions International, a professional services firm where he was a principal and Chief Technology Officer.

In 1999, IBSI was acquired by NetSetGo, and he was named General Manager of that company’s Software and Services business. During Mr. Nelson’s tenure, NetSetGo won an IBM Beacon Award for Best WebSphere Solution in 2002.

After NetSetGo was acquired, Mr. Nelson left to become Vice President and Principal of the Software and Services business at Strategic Computer Solutions (SCS). In that position, he led a team that was responsible for growing SCS’s IBM Software business by 4,633% over a four-year period, making it the #1 IBM Software VAR in the Northeast. When SCS was acquired by Sirius in 2007, he was named Vice President of Software Sales. Since joining Sirius, he has grown the Sirius software business 70% in a two-year period, and helped make the company IBM’s leading new-license Software VAR in the U.S.

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