# Nate Stewart

> Nate Stewart is the CEO of Materialize, the streaming operational data warehouse based in New York. He took the role in April 2024 after seven years leading product at Cockroach Labs (CockroachDB), where he also sat on the board. He is a Michigan CS undergrad, an MIT Sloan MBA, and a former lead backend engineer at Bloomberg who won the MIT $100K entrepreneurship competition on his way out of business school.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Materialize
- **Organizations:** Materialize, Cockroach Labs, Percolate, Microsoft, Bloomberg L.P.
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS (Honors) in Computer Science, University of Michigan, MBA, entrepreneurship and innovation, MIT Sloan School of Management
- **Known for:** Winner, MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, First non-founder, non-investor to join the Cockroach Labs board of directors, Led Cockroach Labs product organization from pre-revenue through category-defining scale

## Career timeline

- **pre-2014** — Lead backend engineer at Bloomberg L.P.
- **pre-2014** — Cloud + Enterprise product manager at Microsoft
- **2014-2017** — Director of Product Management at Percolate (later acquired by Seismic)
- **2017** — Joined Cockroach Labs at pre-revenue stage as Head of Product
- **2020** — Named to Cockroach Labs board of directors, its first non-founder/non-investor board seat
- **2023** — Joined Materialize's board as an independent director
- **2024-04** — Named CEO of Materialize; former CEO Arjun Narayan moved to VP of Engineering

## Achievements

- Winner, MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
- First non-founder, non-investor to join the Cockroach Labs board of directors
- Led Cockroach Labs product organization from pre-revenue through category-defining scale
- Named CEO of Materialize in April 2024

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — Named CEO of Materialize.
- **2025-06** — Discussed how Materialize 25.2 addresses data-intensive applications and AI agents.
- **2025-08** — Highlighted Materialize as infrastructure for AI agents in a public post.

## Links

- Website: https://materialize.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natepstewart/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Nate_Stewart

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Last updated: 2026-07-09