Brandon Williams is a highly experienced technology professional currently serving as a Tech Lead Manager and Senior Staff Software Engineer at Mysten Labs since April 2022. Brandon previously held the position of Staff Software Engineer at Facebook from September 2018 to April 2022, where leadership was demonstrated in the Diem Blockchain Project, particularly in designing networking protocols and testing frameworks. Prior to that, Brandon contributed to Git's scalability at Google and held various engineering and research roles at NVIDIA, focusing on CPU simulation, ASIC design, and power characterization. Brandon's academic background includes a Master of Science in Computer Science from UC San Diego and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University.