
After helping build switches, programmable networks and a real-time map of the data center, the engineer behind Tetration is betting that security must now follow the data itself.

After two decades of making packets behave, the MaiaEdge co-founder is tackling telecom's awkward handoff: the place where automation ends, spreadsheets begin, and every network insists on being an island.

Nathan Patrick is the Chief Executive Officer of Sonic, a California-based fiber internet provider that has been challenging the telecom duopoly since 1994. A career network engineer turned executive, Patrick rose through the ranks to CTO before taking the helm as CEO in 2024. He won the 2016 FTTXcellence Award for his technical leadership and has spearheaded Sonic's aggressive expansion beyond its Bay Area roots into Oakland, Los Angeles, and Dallas - backed by the belief that fast, honest internet shouldn't be a luxury.