Summary
Paul Tela is a software leader and entrepreneur with 12 years of experience helping small businesses and startups gain a competitive edge through pragmatic, high-quality engineering. As President of Tela Systems and a Systems Engineer at 1870 Ventures, he blends hands-on development with strategic leadership to deliver efficient web and mobile solutions. He previously scaled engineering teams at Buckeye Innovation, rising from lead engineer to VP of Engineering while tackling complex business problems with lean, open source-driven stacks. An early internship at Facebook’s Scuba team honed his ability to optimize distributed systems and interactive data tooling. Based in Powell, Ohio, he favors practical engineering practices that maximize impact and is continually learning new technologies to keep small teams nimble. Notably, he pairs product-focused thinking with a maker’s attention to efficient implementation, making him effective at turning constrained resources into reliable software.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma with Honors, Diploma with Honors at Dublin Scioto High School
BS CSE, Computer Science and Engineering, BS CSE, Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University
English