Nate Ober
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Anton Leof
In my over 25 years in technology, I have worked with a large number of CTOs, and Nate certainly stands out as one of the best. He is highly capable, incredibly curious, very self-aware, and a marvelous colleague. While I have not worked directly for Nate, I know many who have, and they all describe him as a great manager. I have witnessed him as a leader, working with his team and across teams, and have always been impressed with his leadership approach. He is very good at forging consensus and making sure that all voices are heard, but he is also quite willing to make the unpopular choice if that it what is required and is best for the organization. Nate and I worked together on a number of highly-politicized and volatile matters, including negotiating a bet-the-company consent decree with the attorneys general of two large states. Nate never lost his cool, and navigated the complex and turbulent waters with aplomb and intelligence. I saw the same level of adroitness when Nate would be in discussions, often very high-stakes ones, with state leaders, explaining our position on a complicated technology challenge; he was always able to make lay people understand the difficult concepts without condescending, and while always keeping the business objective as the primary focus of the discussion. Nate was always very good at the mundane and necessary parts of the CTO job, keeping the servers serving and the products working. But where he really excelled was when it came to presenting and driving a technology vision for the company. Nate was always looking at the company, and its place in the industry and the wider technology and business context, and thinking about how to make sure that we were properly positioned for what was coming next. Being able to do the blocking and tackling, while also drawing up the game-plan for next season's opponent, is what sets Nate apart.
Brad Baumgartner
I had the opportunity to work with Nate at Questar Assessment, Inc and recommend him high as both a person and professional. Nate brings passion, commitment and a sense of pride to every endeavor regardless of how big or small. Working with Nate was a constant lesson in selflessness and dedication to the organization as well as those who worked for him. Nate's ability to architect and design complex technical solutions make him an asset to any organization.
Anton Leof
In my over 25 years in technology, I have worked with a large number of CTOs, and Nate certainly stands out as one of the best. He is highly capable, incredibly curious, very self-aware, and a marvelous colleague. While I have not worked directly for Nate, I know many who have, and they all describe him as a great manager. I have witnessed him as a leader, working with his team and across teams, and have always been impressed with his leadership approach. He is very good at forging consensus and making sure that all voices are heard, but he is also quite willing to make the unpopular choice if that it what is required and is best for the organization. Nate and I worked together on a number of highly-politicized and volatile matters, including negotiating a bet-the-company consent decree with the attorneys general of two large states. Nate never lost his cool, and navigated the complex and turbulent waters with aplomb and intelligence. I saw the same level of adroitness when Nate would be in discussions, often very high-stakes ones, with state leaders, explaining our position on a complicated technology challenge; he was always able to make lay people understand the difficult concepts without condescending, and while always keeping the business objective as the primary focus of the discussion. Nate was always very good at the mundane and necessary parts of the CTO job, keeping the servers serving and the products working. But where he really excelled was when it came to presenting and driving a technology vision for the company. Nate was always looking at the company, and its place in the industry and the wider technology and business context, and thinking about how to make sure that we were properly positioned for what was coming next. Being able to do the blocking and tackling, while also drawing up the game-plan for next season's opponent, is what sets Nate apart.
Brad Baumgartner
I had the opportunity to work with Nate at Questar Assessment, Inc and recommend him high as both a person and professional. Nate brings passion, commitment and a sense of pride to every endeavor regardless of how big or small. Working with Nate was a constant lesson in selflessness and dedication to the organization as well as those who worked for him. Nate's ability to architect and design complex technical solutions make him an asset to any organization.
Anton Leof
In my over 25 years in technology, I have worked with a large number of CTOs, and Nate certainly stands out as one of the best. He is highly capable, incredibly curious, very self-aware, and a marvelous colleague. While I have not worked directly for Nate, I know many who have, and they all describe him as a great manager. I have witnessed him as a leader, working with his team and across teams, and have always been impressed with his leadership approach. He is very good at forging consensus and making sure that all voices are heard, but he is also quite willing to make the unpopular choice if that it what is required and is best for the organization. Nate and I worked together on a number of highly-politicized and volatile matters, including negotiating a bet-the-company consent decree with the attorneys general of two large states. Nate never lost his cool, and navigated the complex and turbulent waters with aplomb and intelligence. I saw the same level of adroitness when Nate would be in discussions, often very high-stakes ones, with state leaders, explaining our position on a complicated technology challenge; he was always able to make lay people understand the difficult concepts without condescending, and while always keeping the business objective as the primary focus of the discussion. Nate was always very good at the mundane and necessary parts of the CTO job, keeping the servers serving and the products working. But where he really excelled was when it came to presenting and driving a technology vision for the company. Nate was always looking at the company, and its place in the industry and the wider technology and business context, and thinking about how to make sure that we were properly positioned for what was coming next. Being able to do the blocking and tackling, while also drawing up the game-plan for next season's opponent, is what sets Nate apart.
Brad Baumgartner
I had the opportunity to work with Nate at Questar Assessment, Inc and recommend him high as both a person and professional. Nate brings passion, commitment and a sense of pride to every endeavor regardless of how big or small. Working with Nate was a constant lesson in selflessness and dedication to the organization as well as those who worked for him. Nate's ability to architect and design complex technical solutions make him an asset to any organization.
Anton Leof
In my over 25 years in technology, I have worked with a large number of CTOs, and Nate certainly stands out as one of the best. He is highly capable, incredibly curious, very self-aware, and a marvelous colleague. While I have not worked directly for Nate, I know many who have, and they all describe him as a great manager. I have witnessed him as a leader, working with his team and across teams, and have always been impressed with his leadership approach. He is very good at forging consensus and making sure that all voices are heard, but he is also quite willing to make the unpopular choice if that it what is required and is best for the organization. Nate and I worked together on a number of highly-politicized and volatile matters, including negotiating a bet-the-company consent decree with the attorneys general of two large states. Nate never lost his cool, and navigated the complex and turbulent waters with aplomb and intelligence. I saw the same level of adroitness when Nate would be in discussions, often very high-stakes ones, with state leaders, explaining our position on a complicated technology challenge; he was always able to make lay people understand the difficult concepts without condescending, and while always keeping the business objective as the primary focus of the discussion. Nate was always very good at the mundane and necessary parts of the CTO job, keeping the servers serving and the products working. But where he really excelled was when it came to presenting and driving a technology vision for the company. Nate was always looking at the company, and its place in the industry and the wider technology and business context, and thinking about how to make sure that we were properly positioned for what was coming next. Being able to do the blocking and tackling, while also drawing up the game-plan for next season's opponent, is what sets Nate apart.
Brad Baumgartner
I had the opportunity to work with Nate at Questar Assessment, Inc and recommend him high as both a person and professional. Nate brings passion, commitment and a sense of pride to every endeavor regardless of how big or small. Working with Nate was a constant lesson in selflessness and dedication to the organization as well as those who worked for him. Nate's ability to architect and design complex technical solutions make him an asset to any organization.
Experience
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APDS
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTPO
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Oct 2022 - Present
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Read Naturally, Inc.
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Member Of The Board Of Advisors
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Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
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StraighterLine
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO / Head of Product
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Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
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Shurpa Health
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United States
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board Member, Fractional CTO
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Sep 2019 - Mar 2022
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TempWorks Software, Inc
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United States
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Staffing and Recruiting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Chief Technology Officer
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Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
TempWorks Software® delivers innovative and cutting-edge staffing software solutions to hundreds of temporary staffing agencies of all sizes across the nation. From online application portals to mobile front office and onboarding tools, an employee engagement mobile app, invoicing and flexible reporting, TempWorks Software has supported client growth for more than 20 years with exemplary client service and an experienced team. Tech Stack: React, React Native, .NET Core, Redis, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure, AWS, GCP Show less
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Questar Assessment Inc.
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Education Administration Programs
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100 - 200 Employee
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Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
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Mar 2016 - Sep 2019
Questar Assessment is a K-12 assessment provider that is single-mindedly focused on providing a bridge between accountability and learning. We research, design and manage innovative assessment programs for state and local education agencies; develop technologies to make assessments more efficient and effective; and pride ourselves on providing a high-touch experience to gain and keep the utmost level of trust.Tech Stack: Angular, Polymer, Node.JS, RabbitMQ, Redis, .NET Core, Elastic Search, Microsoft SQL Server, AWS Show less
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Chief Architect, Director of Product Development
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Jun 2015 - Mar 2016
Tech Stack: JavaScript, JQuery, Angular, Polymer, Node.JS, RabbitMQ, Redis, .NET Core, Elastic Search, SQL Server• Introduced scrum agile to development teams• Migrated the organization from a fragmented and customized platform focus to a SAS product focus allowing for scalability of development support and reduction of support costs • Responsibility for all new product development in the organization• Lead development team in rebuild of test delivery platform• Successfully hire, mentor, train, retain and promote across disciplines including business analysts, scrum masters, developers and architects• Directed implementation of industry best practices for assessment item development, assignment, delivery and scoring • Promoted cross-organization initiatives in quality and process improvement while fostering cooperation and partnership for success Show less
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American Institutes for Research
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United States
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Research
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Technical Project Manager
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Jul 2013 - Jun 2015
Tech Stack: JavaScript, JQuery, C#, SQL Server American Institutes for Research provides high-stakes summative assessments online for states across the country. During peak usage, the products I managed experienced online user concurrency of greater than 50K users. - Served as product manager, product owner, development lead for three products - Learning Point Navigator / Sage Formative - SBAC Teacher Hand Scoring System - QTI Content Editing System Tech Stack: JavaScript, JQuery, C#, SQL Server American Institutes for Research provides high-stakes summative assessments online for states across the country. During peak usage, the products I managed experienced online user concurrency of greater than 50K users. - Served as product manager, product owner, development lead for three products - Learning Point Navigator / Sage Formative - SBAC Teacher Hand Scoring System - QTI Content Editing System
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State of Utah
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United States
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Development Manager (DTS)
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Apr 2013 - Jul 2013
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Software Development Manager (Education Specialist)
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Apr 2007 - Apr 2013
Tech Stack: Node.JS, NGINX, PostgreSQL, C# .NET, SQL Server- Responsible for Statewide Formative Assessment Products- Oversaw all product management and software development for two generations of formative tools- Responsible for online reporting of statewide testing results- Migrated to cloud based hosting (AWS and Google)- Led teams of developers and help-desk personnel- Developed open-source and proprietary software systems using node.js, perl, C#, python, and various javascript libraries- Designed implemented and managed system infrastructure, including firewalls, VPN, switches, load balancers, and servers Show less
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Senior Software Developer (IT Analyst II)
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Jul 2005 - Apr 2007
• Data-Steward and Reports Analyst – Lead developer for the UPASS Accountability report, a flash based reporting web site – Helped to establish better intra-agency communication through the development of several users groups, including the Data- Steward group, the warehouse users technical group – Implemented new reporting standards and procedures and team-based programming procedures that have greatly optimized the report creation process of the Assessment Section.
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Web Developer
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Apr 2005 - Jul 2005
• Lead Web Developer for Assessment Section. • Provided technical support including, troubleshooting network and client computer malfunction.• Assessing technology needs and making requisitions based on those needs.
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Developer and Founder
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May 1997 - Apr 2007
Tech Stack: php, perl, mysql, javascript - Owner/Operator - Responsible for marketing, sales, and software development strategies - Architected, designed and built n-tier web applications - Managed customer relationships - Managed subcontractors - Developed open-source and proprietary software systems using php, perl, html, and various javascript libraries • Specialized in creating online shopping carts, customized user experience and SEO Tech Stack: php, perl, mysql, javascript - Owner/Operator - Responsible for marketing, sales, and software development strategies - Architected, designed and built n-tier web applications - Managed customer relationships - Managed subcontractors - Developed open-source and proprietary software systems using php, perl, html, and various javascript libraries • Specialized in creating online shopping carts, customized user experience and SEO
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Education
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University of St. Thomas
Master of Business Administration - MBA -
University of Utah
B.A.
