Dean Nelson

Infrastructure Masons, Inc. is a non-profit professional association that was founded in 2016 by Dean Nelson. The non-profit company is based in Beaverton, OR. The company has brought together 6,000 individuals across 130 countries, representing USD 150+ billion in infrastructure projects. Infrastructure Masons provides an agnostic platform for members to connect, grow, and give back across four strategic pillars: education, inclusion, innovation, and sustainability. The company has already contributed USD 1+ million in scholarships, launched resource groups including imwomen, armed forces, latinx, and millennials-genz, and opened regional and local chapters across four continents. In 2022, Infrastructure Masons spearheaded the climate accord, uniting leaders on carbon reduction in digital infrastructure.

Cato Digital, Inc. provides software-defined power solutions for next-generation data centers. The company is based in Milpitas, CA. The company's Virtual Power Systems (VPS) technology platform, Intelligent Control of Energy (ICE), dynamically adjusts power delivery as demand fluctuates across data-center workloads, servers, and racks, enabling data center and cloud providers to generate significant additional revenue within existing power and IT footprints while avoiding millions of dollars in capital expenditures and operating expenses. Additionally, VPS empowers enterprise customers to reduce power infrastructure wait times and costs. The company was founded by Shankar Ramamurthy. Dean Nelson has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

EDJX, Inc. operates as a computing platform company. It offers server less edge and edge infrastructure. The company was founded by John Cowan and James Thomason in 2018 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.