Tyler Wiest
Head Of Engineering at Aloft
Greater Philadelphia United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTyler Wiest is a self-taught technology executive with 12 years of experience building full‑stack products from 0→1 and steering teams through three successful exits. As Founder of Ontray and later CTO/VP roles at Zuul, Kitchen United, and Aloft, he has repeatedly turned early platforms into enterprise-grade systems and led integrations that enabled acquisitions. He specializes in bridging business strategy and engineering execution—architecting platforms, establishing engineering orgs, and shipping real‑time, high‑throughput systems such as AirMesh for drone traffic and fleet management. Tyler combines hands‑on modern stack experience (Next.js, Laravel, PostgreSQL, AWS) with a current focus on AI‑augmented development workflows and LLM tooling. Based in Greater Philadelphia, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with operational rigor, having led cross‑functional teams through national scale and industry‑leading market share in UTM services. Unexpectedly, his background includes building a multi–seven‑figure “Shopify for restaurants” and running real estate and outdoor leadership ventures, reflecting a versatile founder mindset.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BSBA, Business Administration; Entrepreneurship, BSBA, Business Administration; Entrepreneurship at Questrom School of Business, Boston UniversityLeadership Training, Leadership Training at Month in Wyoming - National Outdoor Leadership SchoolShaker Heights High SchoolLeadership Training, Leadership Training at Semester in Australia - National Outdoor Leadership School
Github Skills (63)
sencha9
gmail9
mbtiles8
api8
gmail-api8
integrate8
extjs8
leaflet8
mapbox-gl-js7
mapbox-vector-tile7
mapbox-gl7
foundation7
nodejs7
storage7
vector-tiles7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
JarvusInnovations/jarvus-ext-timezonefield
Feb 2018 - Nov 2019
Sencha ExtJS compatible timezone picker
Contributions:13 commits, 2 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 year 8 months
sencha-extjssenchajavascripttimezone-pickerextjs
wpbackoffice/woocommerce-incremental-product-quantities
Feb 2014 - Nov 2017
Contributions:72 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
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