Brian Thompson is an experienced engineering leader with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, which was completed in 2010. They held the position of Director of Engineering at Element from 2018 to 2021 and have since worked as an Engineering Manager at Retool starting in 2025, following a stint as a Staff Software Engineer at Sybill in 2025 and as an Engineering Manager at CloudTrucks from 2022 to 2025. Their earlier career includes roles as a Software Engineer at Element Analytics and Blend Labs, as well as a Senior Software Engineer at Quantcast and a Technology Associate at Rosetta.