Nathan Whittacre

Nathan Whittacre has always been passionate about technology and entrepreneurship. Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1988. He spent his early years reading about software programming and experimenting with BASIC programming on his home Atari computer. He founded his first business at age 11 when he started and ran a candy store for two years from his home. He was an early pioneer in telecommunications, running a bulletin board system (BBS) for several years until he was introduced to the Internet. While in high school, he worked several technology jobs building computers, helping maintain his school’s computer network, and providing technical support at an Internet Service Provider. Nathan founded Stimulus Technologies in 1995 with his brother and father with a goal to provide advanced technology solutions for his clients. His passion for innovation, analyzing hard issues, creating solutions, and fixing problems has created a portfolio with a wide variety of Information Technology skills. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Computer Science from University of Nevada Las Vegas. As a lifetime student, he enjoys reading a diversity of books on entrepreneurship, company culture, psychology, religion, technology, and science fiction. When Nathan is not building his company and helping his clients, he enjoys spending time with his five children, camping, running marathons, racing in triathlons, volunteering at church and scouting, and flying his airplane.