Our team & story
In memory of Jack Alder — builder, rancher, grandfather.

Built on a grandfather's legacy.
Built for yours.

Byrdseye began with Jack Alder — a man who built something real — and a family left without a single place to see it all clearly. We built what we needed and couldn't find.

The origin

A builder's estate deserves more than a filing cabinet.

"My grandfather, Jack Alder, built something real. When he passed, the assets transferred — but my mother had nowhere to see all of it at once. No single view. No clarity. Just accounts, documents, and institutions that didn't speak to each other."

Jack Alder spent his life's work building Alder Construction Company. He built Alder from nothing to a name-brand family-owned general contracting and real estate development company — assembling a meaningful estate through decades of disciplined work and a builder's belief that what you create should outlast you.

When Jack passed, the transfer went smoothly. But what followed was something most families don't talk about: the quiet complexity of actually managing an estate. His daughter — Tyler's mother — found herself navigating a fragmented patchwork of accounts, documents, and institutions. Each one siloed. None of them connected. No single place to get a clear view of what she had, what it was worth, or what to do next.

Tyler spent six years in fintech at Brex, Vicunous, and Rillet — and launched Conrad Partners, a family investment vehicle, giving him direct experience as both a builder and a principal managing real assets. Working directly for a billionaire family in San Diego, he observed how institutional-grade family offices organize and preserve generational wealth.

The insight was clear: the tools that make this manageable exist — but only if you hire a wealth manager who takes a large fee or can afford a family office. There was nothing built for the modern-day, self-directing millionaire.

The team

Who's building it.

A small team with deep conviction and firsthand experience in the problem we're solving.

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Selden Mathews

Head of Product

Selden leads product strategy and execution at Byrdseye, translating complex estate management workflows into intuitive, user-first experiences. His focus is ensuring the platform serves real people making real decisions about their financial lives.

Product strategy UX Fintech

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Advisors & investors

Guided by people who've built, invested, and advised.

Our advisors aren't wallpaper — they're active participants who understand the problem from the inside.

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Sue Alder

Advisor & Investor

With 35 years as a stockbroker followed by a second act as a commercial real estate investor and philanthropist, Sue brings exactly the profile Byrdseye is built for. She has lived the complexity of managing multi-asset estates firsthand and brings deep financial credibility to Byrdseye. Sue presently sits on the Endowment Board for the Children's Center and formerly on the Alumni Board for the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. Sue isn't just an advisor — she is user zero and the genesis for the Byrdseye platform.

35 yrs finance Commercial RE U of U Finance Board Investor
Sylvia Hampel, Advisor and Investor

Sylvia Hampel

Advisor & Investor

Sylvia built, scaled, and sold Clearview Cleaning Service — at its peak, one of the largest women-owned businesses in Idaho with over 500 employees. She is also the founder of Toucan Development LLC, with a real estate portfolio spanning commercial and residential properties across four states. A serial entrepreneur who has started, built, and exited multiple ventures, Sylvia represents the core of who Byrdseye serves: self-made, multi-asset, and ready for clarity.

Entrepreneur CCS founder Toucan Development Real estate

Why Byrdseye

"What billionaires have always had — a single, clear view of everything they own — shouldn't require a family office to access."

Byrdseye is the estate operating system for the modern-day millionaire. One platform. Total clarity. Legacy managed simply.

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