Nat Friedman

Nathaniel Dourif Friedman (born August 6, 1977), known as Nat, is a programmer who co-founded Ximian along with Miguel de Icaza in 1999, a company that was later bought by Novell in 2003.
In 1999, he received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
At Novell, Friedman was the Chief Technology and Strategy Officer for Open Source until January 2010.
In May 2011, Friedman became the CEO of Xamarin, a new company co-founded with Miguel de Icaza.
In February 2016, Xamarin announced being acquired by Microsoft