Barbara grew up all around the world as her father was in the military. She was born in Japan and after that, she lived in many different places within the U.S. and Canada. She went to eight different schools before attending college.
Like Evelyn, Barbara always loved math, and she got her degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. As one of the only few women in engineering, she saw early on the diverse voice that a woman brings and the challenges in having that voice be heard.
Barbara started her journey as a board member at ACE Technologies. She happened to know one of the venture capitalists who invested in the company and he encouraged her to join the board. Since then, she has served on a total of five corporate boards, and held the title of CEO on two of them.
Barbara came across the opportunity to join Backblaze through a connection she’s had for 30 years. Gleb had reached out to a trusted colleague looking for a board member and explained the background he was looking for in his ideal candidate. Barbara came recommended, and she and Gleb started a conversation about joining the Backblaze board. “I was extremely impressed by how Gleb and the founders had built such a great culture, while delivering impressive and consistent growth with only $3M of outside funding,” said Barbara. Today, Barbara is the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee. In addition, she is a member of the Audit Committee.
Barbara explained that as a woman, she strives to look out and advocate for other underrepresented groups and points of view. She believes that having diverse people in the boardroom helps bring a lens that looks out for inclusion.
Barbara has a passion for traveling, and she’s been to over 90 countries. She just got back from Brazil where she was tracking jaguars and tropical birds. In the future, she wants to go back and visit some of the countries that she’s been to and explore other parts of those places. In particular, she’s interested in going back to Australia to explore the Kimberley region and Western Australia. She also plays keyboard and sings for two bands—one is a classic rock band and the other is a church band. She said that if she could switch places with someone for their talent, it would be Yuja Wang, a classical pianist, or Rihanna during one of her performances. “What fun to be a REAL rock star for a day!”
What is Barbara H. Nelson's net worth?
The estimated net worth of Barbara H. Nelson is at least $303.00 thousand as of August 16th, 2024. Ms. Nelson owns 62,346 shares of Backblaze stock worth more than $303,002 as of December 5th. This net worth estimate does not reflect any other investments that Ms. Nelson may own. Learn More about Barbara H. Nelson's net worth.
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Has Barbara H. Nelson been buying or selling shares of Backblaze?
Barbara H. Nelson has not been actively trading shares of Backblaze in the last ninety days. Most recently, Barbara H. Nelson sold 16,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, August 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $6.79, for a transaction totalling $108,640.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 62,346 shares of the company's stock, valued at $423,329.34. Learn More on Barbara H. Nelson's trading history.
Who are Backblaze's active insiders?
Are insiders buying or selling shares of Backblaze?
In the last twelve months, insiders at the sold shares 4 times. They sold a total of 9,199 shares worth more than $60,692.05. The most recent insider tranaction occured on March, 3rd when VP Tina Cessna sold 3,778 shares worth more than $24,859.24. Insiders at Backblaze own 3.8% of the company.
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