Summary
Nathanael Burt is a founder and freelance software and product consultant with 12 years of experience building full-stack systems, IoT platforms, and hardware-integrated products across agriculture, translation, healthcare, music, and workforce software. He combines hands-on development (Ruby on Rails, React, GraphQL, Python, Node.js) with product leadership and operational process design to launch farms, automate seed-to-harvest equipment, and standardize multi-site deployments. At Square Roots he led cross-functional teams, implemented engineering career frameworks, and built tracking and SOP systems that improved reliability and emissions data collection. His background in translation technologies and permaculture design gives him a rare blend of language-first product thinking and sustainable systems expertise. Based in Sebastopol, CA, he now runs Cactus Cove consultancy to help organizations simplify operations and bring sustainable-tech products to market.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Distinction in Romance Languages: French & Spanish, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Distinction in Romance Languages: French & Spanish at Colorado College
Permaculture Design Certificate, Permaculture Design Certificate at Oregon State University
Galvanize Inc
The Taft School
French, Spanish