Nathaniel Fick
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Ambassador-at-Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy | |
Assumed office September 21, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Position established |
Personal details | |
Born | 1st Battalion, 1st Marines 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion | June 23, 1977
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Nathaniel C. Fick (born June 23, 1977) is an American diplomat, technology executive, author, and former
Fick is the author of
Early life and education
Fick was born in
Career
In 1998, after his junior year at Dartmouth, Fick attended the
Fick was trained as an
Fick left the U.S. Marine Corps as a captain in December 2003,
Fick became the chief operating officer (COO) at the Center for a New American Security in 2008 and later was appointed CEO in June 2009.[10]
He was elected to Dartmouth College's board of trustees in April 2012 and served for eight years.[11]
Fick served as the CEO of cybersecurity software company Endgame from 2012 through its acquisition by search company Elastic in 2019, when he became Elastic's general manager of information security.[12] He was recognized in 2018 by Fast Company magazine as one of the "Most Creative People in Business."[13]
He testified before the United States Senate on Iraq[14] and spoke at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver on August 28, 2008, the night Barack Obama accepted the presidential nomination.[citation needed]
He has served on the Military & Veterans Advisory Council at JPMorgan Chase & Co.[15]
Ambassador at-large
On June 3, 2022, Fick was nominated as the
On February 4, 2023, Fick announced that his personal Twitter account had been hacked. He called the incident one of the "perils of the job". It was unclear who hacked the account or if any unauthorized tweets were being sent from the account.[19]
Personal life
He resides in Maine with his wife, Margaret Angell, and two daughters.[11]
In popular culture
Fick and his platoon were the subjects of a series of articles in
See also
References
- ^ "Standing down". Baltimore Sun. 2005-11-08. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ^ "About the Author". Oettinger & Associates. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
- ^ a b A 'Reluctant Warrior' in Iraq U.S. News & World Report via Internet Archive. Published January 1, 2006. Archived October 6, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ^ "Untitled Document". o-a-inc.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Nathaniel Fick". Abebooks. Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
- ^ Cave, Damien (2005-11-20). "Few and Proud". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
- ^ Simpson, Mark (2006-03-26). "One Bullet Away: the making of a Marine officer by Nathaniel Fick". The Independent. Archived from the original on December 6, 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
- ^ Brown, Jeffrey (2005-11-11). "Nathaniel Fick: "One Bullet Away"". PBS. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
- ^ "Tawani Foundation - Colby Award". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
- ^ "Nathaniel C. Fick". Center for a New American Security. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
- ^ a b "Nathaniel C. Fick '99". 10 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Former Marine, cyber exec Nate Fick selected as State's inaugural cyber ambassador". CyberScoop. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ "Meet Nate Fick, one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People 2018". Fast Company.
- ^ "Nate Fick at DPC Hearing in Chicago". YouTube. October 12, 2006. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
- ^ "JPMorgan Chase Appoints Jill Biden to Military and Veterans Affairs External Advisory Council". www.jpmorganchase.com. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ "President Biden Announces Key Nominees". The White House. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "PN2223 - Nomination of Nathaniel Fick for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Nathaniel C. Fick". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ Lyngaas, Sean (2023-02-05). "America's top cyber diplomat says his Twitter account was hacked". CNN. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ "Stark Sands: Lt. Nathaniel Fick". imdb.