Nathan Spear holding the Olympic torch during the Salt Lake City Olympic Torch Relay
Olympic Torchbearer, Salt Lake City Olympic Torch Relay

Athletics, Leadership & Service

Evidence of sustained performance, discipline, and service outside work. The same traits I bring to customers and teams.

About Me

I live in the Pacific Northwest with my wife and school aged son. Outside of work, I'm most at home outdoors, cycling, hiking, camping, and exploring the mountains and coastlines of the region.

Athletics has shaped much of who I am. Years of competitive endurance sport instilled discipline, preparation, and comfort performing under pressure. Those traits now show up in how I approach customer relationships, cloud strategy, and complex cross-functional initiatives.

I'm equally energized by building systems that work and investing in people. Whether coaching youth sports, volunteering with FIRST Robotics and Scouting America, or helping organizations modernize cloud and FinOps practices, I care deeply about long-term growth and measurable outcomes.

Achievements

Elite & National-Level

Olympic TorchbearerSelected for Live High, Train Low altitude camp (US Olympic Committee)Men's Team Time Trial national championship team (cycling)NCAA Track & Field National Championships (5000m)NCAA Cross-Country National ChampionshipsMultiple US National Cross-Country Championships participant2x champion, Nike Team Swoosh Mixed Open, Hood to Coast Relay

Collegiate & Early Career

Four-year varsity collegiate athlete (indoor track, outdoor track, cross-country)Top 10 all time PSU 5000m list

Endurance & Outdoors

Summit Mount Rainier

Leadership through Coaching

  • Coached youth sports including volleyball and basketball
  • Mentored youth development through team leadership and repetition

Leadership built through teaching, clarity, and consistency.

Service and Community

  • Volunteered with Scouting America (Boy Scouts of America)
  • Volunteered with FIRST Robotics
  • Volunteered with Free Geek

Hands-on service, follow-through, and community contribution.

Video answers (coming soon)

Short video answers to common interview questions.

About You

  • Tell me about yourself.
  • Why Customer Success? What drew you to this role?

Challenges & Results

  • Tell me about your biggest professional challenge and how you overcame it.
  • Describe a time when something didn't go as planned. What did you learn?

FinOps & Cloud Economics

  • How do you explain FinOps to a non-technical executive?
  • Walk me through how you've delivered 20–43% cloud cost reductions.

Customer Success

  • Tell me about a time you saved an at-risk renewal.
  • How did you achieve 151% Net Revenue Retention?

Leadership & Collaboration

  • How do you lead without authority across Product, Engineering, and Sales?
  • How do you align with C-level and VP stakeholders on customer strategy?

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