Nelson De Witt Email & Phone Number

Greater Boston

For nearly two decades, I’ve been writing and publishing online in various forms. Over the years, my writing has evolved from blog posts and personal essays to how-to books and, more recently, full-length narratives. I’ve written about topics such as reuniting with my Salvadoran family, crowd-funding, and coming to terms with being forcibly disappeared as an infant.While these pieces have varied in size and scope, many have provided me with an outlet for examining my family’s complicated history and processing the difficult emotions resulting from it.

Chestnut Hill, Ma

Since 2016, I have been coaching varsity Ultimate Frisbee and working to develop students both on and off the field. During that time, I have been involved in all aspects of the program, including helping to plan practices, hiring and training staff, and managing team logistics. After taking over as the head coach in 2021, I expanded the program into the middle school, which recently finished 3rd at the Massachusetts state championship.

Chestnut Hill, Ma

Greater Boston

Since 2015 I have been hosting websites for artists, authors, and independent creatives. Besides taking care of all the technical details, I help my clients troubleshoot issues and protect their sites from spammers. I specialize in running online publications using WordPress or Ghost Blog.I also offer additional services, such as VPN access and cloud file storage. To run the platform I use several Linode servers, which I also configure and maintain. My goal is to provide affordable solutions for creatives like me because I fundamentally believe that technology should empower our best work, not get in the way of it.

Greater Boston Area

Cabin 23 Productions is a joint venture between director John Younger and me. Our first project is a documentary film titled Identifying Nelson/Buscando a Roberto, which focuses on El Salvador's Disappeared children. In addition to being the film's subject, I played a pivotal role in developing its storyline and am responsible for all the business and marketing aspects of the venture, including writing our newsletter.During the research phase of the film, we produced 87 episodes of a podcast called Inside The Journey Podcast, where we interviewed members of my family as well as other Salvadoran Adoptees who, like me, were forcibly separated from their families during the war. We also spoke with people who have done significant advocacy work for and in El Salvador, such as Representative Jim McGovern, Professor Aviva Chomsky, and Dr. Angelina Snodgrass Godoy.

David, Chiriquí, Panama

For roughly five years, from 2007 to 2012, I worked with Servicio Bordado de Coto (SBC) to computerize its business and improve its operations. I designed and developed several Ruby on Rails applications that streamlined its production process and dramatically increased productivity. My efforts saved the company over 1,000 hours of labor, allowed it to cope with substantial growth, and helped triple revenue. All this was accomplished with a minimal budget using donated computers and open-source software.

Was responsible for creating and defining the G-Hamp message and brand. Developed online and offline marketing strategies for the venture. Helped come up with programs that would give back to the community.

Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Created, edited and ran reports for various departments. Updated and maintained loan center software. Addressed employee's software and hardware issues. Managed employee's accounts on the bank's operations system.

Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Ran reports and mail mergers. Trained employees on computer skills. Updated and maintained 6 databases used by loan center to track loan closings and generate monthly reports.

Newton, Massachusetts, United States

From 2004 to 2006, I developed several Microsoft Access databases for the commercial and residential lending departments of The Village Bank in Auburndale, Massachusetts. The bank used my programs to close over 700 loans, representing over $200 million worth of business. It was my first entrepreneurial project. It taught me that I could build software that could have a significant impact on a business simply by listening to people's needs.

Bmt, Cum Laude, Business, Management, Information Systems, Manufacturing

Activities and Societies: Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE), Volunteer Income Tax Assistane (VITA), Newpaper/Yearbook Photographer

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Activities and Societies: Sigma Alpha Epsilon