Brandon Byars
Sr Director Of Engineering at Grainger
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolBrandon Byars is a seasoned engineering leader with 17 years of experience building and modernizing large-scale platforms, now serving as Sr Director of Engineering at Grainger after a long tenure at ThoughtWorks leading enterprise modernization and platform efforts. He blends hands-on technical judgment with a people-first mindset—preferring to "build cathedrals" by empowering teams rather than merely producing interchangeable outputs. His background spans product-critical systems, XP practices, and cloud modernization, with early roots in systems and toolsmithing at Trane and a CS degree from the University of Texas at Tyler. Based in Dallas, he pairs strategic vision with practical delivery, often leaning into mentoring and organizational craft to turn complex modernization initiatives into sustainable outcomes. An offbeat sense of curiosity (self-described as a "really hoopy frood") signals a leader who values culture and creativity alongside engineering rigor.
17 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Texas at Tyler
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Github Skills (27)
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Github contributions (5)
bbyars/validations
Apr 2009 - Apr 2010
Contributions:8 commits in 1 year
bbyars/the-elements-of-computing-systems
Feb 2012 - Feb 2012
Contributions:21 commits in 7 days
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