Tyler was raised in a small farming community in Central California. After graduating from high school, he went on to receive a degree in Business Administration from Long Beach State University and an MBA from Fresno State.

 

Tyler started his professional career managing commodities contracts for a large dairy feed company. After nearly 4 years in the commodity business, Tyler transitioned to a banking career in the Food and Agribusiness space where he spent 11 years managing various client relationships in the dairy, permanent crops, annual crops, vineyard, winery, and food processing sectors.

 

Tyler founded Big Valley Capital and Big Valley Advisors over 10 years ago to provide advisory services and financial products to agricultural businesses.