Dean Nelson is CEO of Cato Digital, a pioneering low-cost, low-carbon bare metal cloud platform built on second-life hardware, stranded data center power, and clean energy, headquartered in Milpitas, California.

Dean earned an Associate's degree in Electronics from DeVry University and built a 36-year career spanning Sun Microsystems, Allegro Networks, eBay/PayPal, and Uber, where he led global infrastructure at massive scale.

Dean holds four US patents and has deployed over $10 billion in digital infrastructure projects across four continents, making him one of the most accomplished operators in the industry.

As VP of Global Foundation Services at eBay he supported over 300 million active users and $250B in annual commerce volume, and at Uber he led the Metal-as-a-Service function powering over 100 million trips per week across 600+ cities.

Dean founded Infrastructure Masons (iMasons) in 2016, which has grown to represent over $1.5 trillion in infrastructure projects across 130 countries, and led the iMasons Climate Accord uniting over 200 companies representing $6 trillion in market cap on carbon reduction.