Nate Holiday is a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur and technology executive. He is Co-Founder, President, and CEO of Space and Time, a decentralized data warehouse and Layer-1 blockchain, and serves as Chairman of the Board. Before founding Space and Time, he held senior leadership roles at Teradata, Vista Equity Partners, and Alegeus Technologies, and served as a strategic advisor to Bain & Company and Chainlink Labs. ^[1]

Early Life & Education

Nate Holiday pursued his undergraduate studies at Brigham Young University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. ^[2] While the exact major is debated, Space and Time's blog states the field of study is unavailable, and a related aggregator profile on Crunchbase specifies a major in Linguistics. ^[1]

Career Prior to Space and Time

Before co-founding Space and Time, Holiday held senior leadership roles at several companies. At Teradata Corporation, he was the Senior Vice President of GTM Operations and Growth. In this role, he managed the company's global enterprise growth engine and field operations, overseeing more than $2 billion in annual revenue, a figure primarily attributed to the company’s materials. ^[1] At Vista Equity Partners, Holiday was Senior Vice President, overseeing the Aceso Topco and Alegeus Technologies portfolio companies. ^[1] He also served as Senior Vice President at Alegeus Technologies prior to joining Vista Equity Partners. ^[2] He provided strategic advisory services to Bain & Company and Chainlink Labs. ^[3]

Co-Founding of Space and Time

In 2022, Nate Holiday co-founded Space and Time alongside Scott Dykstra, Jay White, and Craig Holiday. Scott Dykstra served as Chief Technology Officer, Jay White as Head of Research, and Craig Holiday as Chief Financial Officer. ^[1] Space and Time is described as a decentralized data warehouse that uses Layer-1 blockchain technology to provide verifiable data infrastructure.

As CEO and Chairman of the Board, Holiday is based in Los Angeles. ^[2]

Public Commentary & Media Presence

Holiday has appeared in industry media discussing Space and Time's technology and positioning. He was interviewed at SmartCon 2023 (Chainlink's annual conference) on Nasdaq TradeTalks. ^[3]

He also publicly commented on Space and Time's Series A funding in industry coverage. ^[3]