# Jerod Nelsen

> Jerod Nelsen is a forward-deployed engineer and deployment strategist working out of the Office of the CEO at Peregrine, the San Francisco data platform that Sequoia valued at $2.5 billion for untangling the disparate systems public safety agencies rely on. A 6'7" former Princeton volleyball captain who studied Operations Research and Financial Engineering, he graduated summa cum laude in 2022, added a master's from Penn in 2024, and passed through EY-Parthenon and Audax before landing at one of the fastest-scaling govtech companies in the country. He sits where the code meets the customer: turning tangled agency data into something an analyst can actually search.

- **Role:** Office of the CEO (Deployment Strategist & Forward Deployed Engineer) at Peregrine
- **Organizations:** Peregrine, EY-Parthenon, Audax Private Equity, Behavior Change for Good Initiative (University of Pennsylvania), Princeton University
- **From:** Monte Sereno, California, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S.E., Operations Research and Financial Engineering (Summa Cum Laude), Princeton University, M.S., University of Pennsylvania, High School (AP Scholar with Distinction, National Honor Society), St. Francis High School (Mountain View, CA)
- **Known for:** Graduated Princeton University summa cum laude with a B.S.E. in Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton men's volleyball captain and starting outside hitter (jersey #17, 6'7"), AVCA National Player of the Week (February 4, 2020)

## Career timeline

- **2018** — Enrolls at Princeton to study Operations Research and Financial Engineering; joins the men's volleyball team as an outside hitter.
- **2020** — Named AVCA National Player of the Week (Feb. 4) and All-EIVA Second Team.
- **2022** — Graduates Princeton summa cum laude; volleyball team wins the EIVA title and reaches the NCAA tournament.
- **2022** — Works in strategy and transactions advisory at EY-Parthenon and in private equity at Audax.
- **2024** — Completes M.S. at the University of Pennsylvania; research tied to the Behavior Change for Good Initiative.
- **2024** — Joins Peregrine as a forward-deployed engineer / deployment strategist in the Office of the CEO.

## Achievements

- Graduated Princeton University summa cum laude with a B.S.E. in Operations Research and Financial Engineering
- Princeton men's volleyball captain and starting outside hitter (jersey #17, 6'7")
- AVCA National Player of the Week (February 4, 2020)
- All-EIVA Second Team (2020) and All-EIVA Academic Team (2020, 2021)
- 2017 FloVolleyball and Volleyball Magazine High School All-American
- Two-time West Catholic League Player of the Year
- AP Scholar with Distinction and National Honor Society member
- Earned a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania (2024)

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Peregrine, where Nelsen works, raised a $190M Series C led by Sequoia Capital at a $2.5 billion valuation.

## Links

- Website: https://peregrine.io
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jerod-nelsen

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Last updated: 2026-07-01