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Tyler Wells

Inspirer · DISC type di
co-founder at BrainGrid.ai at BrainGrid AI
📍 Austin, Texas, United States

Tyler Wells is the Co-founder and CTO of BrainGrid, with over 25 years of experience in real-time systems. He previously co-founded Propel Data and was a Senior Director of Engineering at Twilio, where he led SRE, Observability, and Video platform teams. People consider him an outstanding technologist and people manager.

Outside of work, Tyler hosts the "Data Chaos" podcast and is a passionate cook, specializing in artisanal bread, bolognese, and BBQ. He is a husband and father to three children and currently resides near Austin, TX, after spending most of his career in the Bay Area.

Interesting fact: Tyler enjoys the challenge of eating at a fancy restaurant and then attempting to recreate the dish at home.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
co-founder at BrainGrid.ai
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Austin, Texas, United States
Personality Overview

How Tyler shows up

Fast Adopter
Confident & Optimistic
Decisive

They don’t mind taking a stand if they believe in something. They usually prefer to drive the conversation. They respond well to objective pitches but also attach some value to relationships.

Priorities

Topics Tyler cares about

AI Product Development
As Co-founder/CTO of BrainGrid. ai, his focus is on building AI agents and leveraging AI to enhance coding speed and power, a journey that began at his previous company.
Customer-Facing Analytics
Co-founded Propel to create a platform for building customer-facing analytics, a problem he experienced firsthand while building products like Voice Insights at Twilio.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
co-founder at BrainGrid.ai
BrainGrid AI
3-2021 - 2-2025
Co-Founder/CTO
Propel Data Cloud
12-2019 - 3-2021
Senior Director Of Engineering - Reliability and Response (SRE/Observability/Incident Command)
Twilio Inc.
4-2019 - 12-2019
Senior Director Of Engineering - Voice and Video
Twilio Inc.
8-2015 - 4-2019
Director of Engineering - Voice and Video
Twilio Inc.
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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