Al Nugent is an experienced technology leader and industry veteran of more than 3 decades. He is currently the Managing Partner for Palladian Partners, LLC in Boston, MA. Most recently, he was the Chief Executive and Chief Technology Officer at Mzinga, Inc. a leader in the development and delivery of cloud-based solutions for big data, real-time analytics, social intelligence and community management. Prior to Mzinga, he was executive vice president and Chief Technology Officer at CA, Inc. where he was responsible for setting the strategic technology direction for the company. He has also served as CTO for Novell, CTO for Xerox, and CIO for American Re.
Al is the independent member of the Board of Directors of Telogis, Inc. in Aliso Vieho, CA, and Adaptive Computing in Provo, UT. He is also a member of the advisory boards of Safeguard Scientifics, N-of-one in Waltham, MA and Marlborough Street Partners in Boston, MA.
He is an instrument rated private pilot and has played professional poker for the past 3 decades. In his sparse spare time he enjoys rebuilding older American muscle cars and motorcycles, collecting antiquarian books, epicurean cooking, and has passion for cellaring American and Italian wines.