Increasing Access to Technology Talent with Tyler Dunbar and Central Standard Talent

Summary

On this episode of The Bentonville Beacon, host James Bell is joined by Tyler Dunbar, President of Central Standard Talent, a technical talent and recruiting agency that specializes in helping US businesses assemble and retain high-performing software development teams. Although Central Standard Talent is based in the epicenter of the Mexican Silicon Valley, it has recently announced the opening of its US headquarters in Bentonville. Throughout the episode, James and Tyler discuss Central Standard Talent’s mission and its assimilation into the Northwest Arkansas ecosystem, why it’s beneficial for companies to have a presence in Bentonville and how lessons learned during Tyler’s time in US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal are helping him now as a business professional.

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Show Notes

(0:52) Introduction to Tyler

(2:41) About Central Standard

(4:43) Current Workforce Issues

(8:16) Central Standard’s Partner Company, Metova

(10:41) Future Evolution of Central Standard

(12:33) Advantages of Having a Presence in Bentonville

(17:56) Transitioning to Bentonville

(21:22) #BecauseBentonville Story

(26:36) Using Skills from the Navy in Business

(31:47) Closing Question

‍Links

James Bell

Bentonville Economic Development 

Tyler Dunbar

Central Standard Talent

Quotes

“We’re really excited to be in Bentonville and the Ledger specifically, it’s a really cool space and  a great creative environment…Bentonville is an amazing place.” - Tyler Dunbar, (2:45)

“People are nice, and economically speaking, it’s very business friendly. You have organizations that are focused on making Bentonville and NWA as a whole a great place to land from a professional standpoint.” - Tyler Dunbar, (12:34)

“More priorities should be placed on moving and figuring it out as you go because everyone is going to make mistakes. Some weeks are great and some weeks are terrible, but the reality is if you keep going you’re going to win. It might not be in the timeline you wanted, it might not look like you thought it was going to look, but you’ll win. And that’s the goal.” - Tyler Dunbar, (16:03)

“What we should be doing is spending time with those people and helping them and teaming up and partnering and collaborating with them. And success is going to happen off of those relationships because relationships are still the most valuable thing in this economy.” - Tyler Dunbar, (28:53)