Nathan uses his technical background as an aerospace engineer to help clients obtain patent protection and provide guidance to clients on their IP portfolio strategy. He drafts patents, non-infringement options, and freedom to operate and competitive landscape analyses for new products.

His experience includes airplane design, orbital mechanics, object tracking, unmanned autonomous systems, remote sensing, dynamic modeling using Advanced Aircraft Analysis software, flight simulation in MATLAB/Simulink, and pre-flight test planning and post-test data analysis.

Before joining Erise, Nathan worked as an unmanned aerial systems Flight Test Engineer for the University of Kansas Flight Test Team, where he handled quality analysis for all unmanned aircraft, and led the flight testing operations and vehicle and machine maintenance in the Garrison Flight Research Center, fulfilled testing requirements under NSF and NASA grants, and performed pre-flight test planning with pilots for unmanned aircraft with final authority on more than 50 unmanned flights.