Nathaniel Barnes

Portfolio Chief Technology Officer

Focus

Nathaniel partners with founders and product & engineering leaders across Hg’s software portfolio to help teams ship faster, safer and more simply. He focuses on pragmatic AI adoption, platform and cloud modernisation, developer productivity, high quality software, and secure-by-default practices. He’s hands-on with portfolio teams to turn good engineering habits into repeatable business outcomes.

Experience

Before Hg, Nathaniel most recently served as a Technology Operating Advisor at Thoma Bravo. Previously he was Chief Technology Officer at MeridianLink, after earlier engineering leadership roles at Global Payments and ACTIVE Network. He began his career as a software engineer in the U.S. Air Force, working in the Air Force Intelligence community.

Opportunities for the future

“If you want better software outcomes, design for the line developer: make the right thing to do the easy thing to do and the feedback loop instantaneous.”