Nathan Thanos graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Certified Education Chief Technology Officers (CeCTO) Program. The CeCTO program is the first education-specific program for CTOs and CIOs in the US, and provides approximately 240 hours of instruction covering topics like enterprise issues, strategic planning, leadership, and security. Thanos was one of 11 people to complete the program this year, adding to the 98 total graduates from the previous four years of the program. The CeCTO program is part of UNC's nationally recognized Certified Government Chief Information Officers series.