Nate is responsible for all customer-facing and partner functions, and drives the go-to-market strategy for Planet’s data and analytics. With 20 years experience in the enterprise software industry, Nate brings the strategic thinking, customer engagement experience, and operational focus to help drive Planet’s business objectives, particularly in new verticals like forestry and land use, maritime, and energy. Prior to Planet, he was the VP of Worldwide Sales & Operations at AppDirect. He spent the previous five years at Autodesk where he helped build and scale the company’s global SaaS product lifecycle management software business to hundreds of new customers. Before that, Nate was Sector VP of Sales at PTC. He began his sales career at IBM, and holds an MBA in marketing management and BS in economics from Santa Clara University.