Larry Nelson | Regional General Manager, Education in Asia
Microsoft

As General Manager of Education for Microsoft Asia, Larry Nelson leads the education business unit for primary, secondary, and higher education institutions and drives digital transformation projects in educational organizations across India, China, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and all other countries in Southeast Asia.  Mr. Nelson and the Asia Industry Team bring Microsoft’s mission of empowerment—and cutting-edge technology—to life for our education customers and partners. They stand on the front lines of innovation, working side-by-side with customers to drive value across the entirety of their digital transformation journey. Before joining Microsoft in 2009, Nelson led strategic planning of telecom services at Stanford University. He was also the principal at Global Educational Technology Knowledge, LLC, where he provided strategic planning, marketing, operations, market research and business development expertise to corporations, schools, universities and Ministries of Education. With more than three decades of experience, Nelson has held a series of executive positions in multinational technology corporations, including Director of Global Citizenship and Acting-Executive Director of the Global Education and Learning Community (GELC) at Sun Microsystems. Nelson converted the GELC to an independent non-profit corporation now known as Curriki.org.  Nelson was also the Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Finance at SchoolCity.com, and the 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 graduated from Vassar College, United States of America, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science/Legal Theory. He also received a Master of Business Administration in Marketing and Finance from Cornell University, United States of America. Nelson is the secretary and treasurer of Curriki’s Board of Directors. He has served on other Boards including the National Education Association (NEA) Foundation, Co-Chair of the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIFA) Executive Board, as well as the Education Board of the Software Publishers Association, now known as the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).