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Curtis Nelson, serves as the current Chairman of the Board at Viewpoint and is concurrently the President and CEO of EDC, Inc., a business accelerator he founded in 2003, as well as President and co-founder of the Iowa Venture Capital Association. As a 1974 graduate from the University of Iowa, Mr. Nelson holds a BBA in Marketing and is also the author of The Recipe for Business Success. Mr. Nelson has over thirty-five years of successful national and international business creation and leadership experience – directing the development and successful launch of over 100 new businesses and more than 500 new products for the medical, health, communications, IT, military, transportation, food, and gardening industries worldwide. Mr. Nelson’s areas of expertise include starting-up and financing through a product development life cycle as well as management consulting in financials. Mr. Nelson is a successful entrepreneur, investor, seasoned public speaker, consultant, and three-time veteran of Inc. Magazine’s 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies® list (#48, #67, #225).