Data Scientist

Tyler Brand is a Data Scientist for a trucking logistics company. He is a PhD Candidate at the University of Utah. His dissertation research is on Logistics AI, Machine Learning, Supply Chain, and Spatial Optimization. In 2025 he attended MIT Summer School - AI in Supply Chain and Logistics Management.

Tyler founded eCOindustrial properties, a real estate private equity company that focuses on the development of industrial real estate throughout the mountain west region. Mr. Brand is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, and executing eCOindustrial’s investment opportunities. In 2022 he sourced a 195,000 sf industrial real estate development in southeast Denver, Colorado. Tyler is a Co-GP owner in that project. (See Investments for more details).

Before entering commercial real estate, Tyler Brand worked at Morgan Stanley and Fifth Third Private Bank. There he provided comprehensive wealth and portfolio management solutions. Mr. Brand was a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) and held FINRA Series 7, 31, 63, & 65 licenses.

Tyler graduated in 2010 from Hillsdale College with a BBA in Finance. There he was a NCAA D-II basketball player and team captain. Obtained a Master's in Real Estate Development from University of Indianapolis in 2020 and completed his graduate thesis on ‘Speculative Industrial Warehouse Development.’ He also wrote a research paper titled ‘The Revolution of the Industrial Warehouse Real Estate Market.’

Interests: Supply Chain, Logistics, Industrial Real Estate, Geography, Computer Science, Aerospace.