Tyson Mcdowell

Chief Executive Officer

2023 - Current

Walkabout was founded to build community and a deliver a strong sense of home for urban residents by digitally engaging the real-life community that surrounds each member. Comprised of an "everything and everyone hyper-local to you" app and a loyalty points program that incentivizes the local community to engage with each-other, participating in Walkabout gets residents plugged into their neighborhood and enjoying a more fulfilling and sustainable lifestyle right now, no matter what their status or resource level. We work tirelessly to ensure living life feels good, despite the challenges that surround us all.

TEDx Speaker

2018

I feel incredible urgency to bring forward a concept that needs to see the light of day: that all the bad things about technology we talk about have a common underlying cause, and we can fix it, starting now. This talk shares my "why" for what is my life's work since exiting my first startup in 2016.

Managing Partner

2017

Greatscale Ventures launches early stage tech companies from pre-founding to initial revenue. We focus on business and product models that are driven to success thanks to their authenticity in generating sustainable value for all stakeholders involved, and invest in founders with strong access to market and a keen sense of product/market fit. The portfolio includes companies focused on Fitness and Nutrition, Professional Development, Population Health Management, to name a few. The businesses leverage Greatscale for early stage investment and to augment experience in entrepreneurship and technology. We bring deep partnership in the form of capital, strategy, executive support, product management and technology architecture to reduce time and equity spent on proving each company's uniquely viable business model. Greatscale Ventures is a continuation of the Lead Wingman Venture Studio started in 2017.

Board Member

2016

I absolutely love aviation, entrepreneurship and education, and this platform brings them all together for me. I'm excited to help bring the inspiration of aviation pioneers to the STEM movement in education, as well as expose more entrepreneurs to the skill that has served me so well in business... flying.

Member

2014

Chief Technology Officer

2018 - 2025

Fulcrum is the technology enabling the Fortune 1000 to design, manage, and execute work that’s compatible with the On-Demand workforce of the future - a workforce that Fulcrum launches at scale for its clients as the aggregator and integrator of more than 15 million freelancers from the world’s top talent clouds. Fulcrum is a portfolio company of Greatscale Ventures of which Tyson is Managing Partner.

Chief Technology Officer

2019 - 2022

PlusMusic soundtracks the digital world by automatically reformatting music to serve as responsive soundtracks for video games and other digital experiences. The magical experience of the perfect soundtrack custom to each user experience creates all new financial opportunity for creators and musicians alike. PlusMusic is a portfolio company of Greatscale Ventures.

President

2012 - 2016

Benchmark and Avadyne Merged. True healthcare revenue cycle Technology-Enabled Services combining Avadyne's world class customer service for patients with Benchmark's cutting-edge revenue cycle technology for Workflow, Reports, and AI.

EIR and Board Member

2012 - 2016

Assist entrepreneurs in the Springboard program and participate in Board meetings. Evangelize the organization for fund raising, member acquisition, and provide input on strategy.

Mentor (Educator)

2010 - 2016

A program for Entrepreneurs where they enter the program with an idea and emerge with a formed company, scrubbed, vetted, and polished with the help of many Mentors like myself.