Nate Graham has been working to make his dream of KDE software powering every device on planet Earth a reality since 2017, following his departure from a 7-year stint at Apple Inc.
From 2018 through 2020, Nate championed KDE’s Usability & Productivity initiative.
From 2022 through 2025, Nate served on the board of directors of KDE e.V., the non-profit organization backing KDE.
Since 2025, Nate has been the CEO of Techpaladin Software, a KDE-focused software development company, where he helps direct work on many of KDE’s software products for a variety of customers — including Valve Inc. and KDE e.V. itself!
In his spare time, Nate blogs about newsworthy topics through KDE over at blogs.kde.org, triages KDE bug reports, and helps build the KDE Linux operating system.
Nate lives in New Mexico with his wife, two children, two dogs, and seven chickens.
Weird facts about Nate!
- Nate can whistle incredibly loudly
- Nate has built a hurdy-gurdy
- Nate’s favorite tabletop games are Star Wars: Armada and Illuminati
- Nate once operated a 3D printing company
- Nate lived in a small African village for a period of time as a child
- Nate is so bad at gardening that he has managed to kill cacti. But he keeps trying!
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