Nate Fick | |
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1st Ambassador-at-Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy | |
Assumed office September 21, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Position established |
Personal details | |
Born | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | June 23, 1977
Education | Dartmouth College (BA) Harvard University (MPA, MBA) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Marine Corps |
Years of service | 1999–2003 |
Rank | Captain |
Commands | Weapons Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion |
Battles/wars | |
Nathaniel C. Fick (born June 23, 1977) is an American diplomat, technology executive, author, and former United States Marine Corps officer. He was the CEO of cybersecurity software company Endgame, Inc., then worked for Elastic NV after it acquired Endgame. He was an Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. In 2022, he was selected to lead the U.S. State Department's Bureau for Cyberspace and Digital Policy.
Fick is the author of One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer, a memoir of his military experience published in 2005 that was a New York Times bestseller, one of The Washington Post's "Best Books of the Year", and one of the Military Times' "Best Military Books of the Decade". Fick was portrayed by actor Stark Sands in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill.