Nathan Thompson

Nathan C. Thompson is the CEO of Spectra Logic Corporation, which has its roots in Western Automation, a manufacturer of memory boards, peripheral test equipment, and storage systems that Nathan founded in 1979 and ran while earning his B.S. degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Colorado Boulder.

In 1988, Western Automation acquired the assets of the interface company Spectra Logic and, in 1996, the combined company was renamed Spectra Logic Corporation. Today, Spectra Logic is a leading manufacturer of innovative tape and disk-based data backup and archive solutions, with products installed globally in more than 40 countries.

Active in local business and civic communities, Nathan is a member, since 1984, and former chairman of the Rocky Mountain chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization, as well as a member of the World Presidents’ Organization and the Colorado Thirty Group. Nathan also serves on the University of Colorado’s Electrical Engineering Advisory Board. Ernst & Young and “USA Today” named Nathan “Entrepreneur of the Year,” and in 2003 he was awarded the “Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award” (DEAA) from the University of Colorado. He was inducted into the Boulder County Business Hall of Fame in April 2012.