# Tyler Musa

GTM at Cognition  
Cognition  
Austin, Texas, United States

## At Cognition

- Role: Strategic Account Director (Sales/GTM)
- Joined: Sep 2024
- How they joined: With Windsurf (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf)
- Before Windsurf: Sr. Enterprise Account Executive , Grafana Labs
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Codeium (Windsurf); Grafana Labs (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a
- Domain: cognition.ai

## Notes
- Became a Cognition employee via the acquisition: his LinkedIn Windsurf role (Sep 2024 - Sep 2025) carries the description 'Windsurf acquired by Cognition.', and he moved into a Cognition account director role in Sep 2025. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- Current Cognition titles on LinkedIn are 'Majors Account Director' and 'Strategic Account Director' (both from Sep 2025), with the headline 'GTM at Cognition'. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- Joined Codeium (later Windsurf) as Strategic Account Executive in Sep 2024 out of Austin, and was named by Codeium GTM leader Graham Moreno among the new talent added in Q3 2024, the quarter Codeium announced its $150M Series C. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_another-quarter-wrapped-in-q3-at-codeium-activity-7260305545587298306-3wZw)
- Current role is Strategic Account Director at Cognition. (https://linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- Cognition signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf (Windsurf's IP, product, trademark and brand, and team) in July 2025, after Google hired Windsurf's CEO and some R&D staff; Musa was part of the Windsurf GO-TO-market team that came over. (https://cognition.com/blog/windsurf)
- At Grafana Labs (Nov 2021 - Aug 2024) he rose from Enterprise Account Executive to Sr. Enterprise Account Executive in the US Central region, which Moreno said posted its 'largest quarter ever' in Q1 2023. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_absurdly-proud-of-what-we-accomplished-at-activity-7058859778411806720-z_R1?trk=public_profile_like_view)
- Grafana Labs solutions engineer Robert Vandervoort called Alex Maske and Tyler Musa 'two of the most conscientious sales reps in my career' in a March 2023 post on servant leadership in observability sales; Maske later also joined Cognition, so the pairing continued across companies. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rvandervoort_servantleaders-observability-sales-activity-7043605829270323200-F2rg)
- Public headline says "GTM at Cognition". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- Public headline says "GTM at Cognition". (https://linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- At Rapid7 he was an Account Executive (2019-2020) and then Team Lead, Central Sales (2020-2021), his first leadership role, in security software. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- Was on the radar of Grafana Labs Central sales leader Isaac Kim, whose 'Los Vaqueros' team (US Central/TOLA and LatAm) ranked #1 of 18 globally in new revenue in Q3 2022; Kim's post tagged Musa in the congratulations thread. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/isaackwkim_grafana-activity-6993263733959532545-1w5e)
- Spent 2017-2019 at Vrbo as Global Partnership Strategist then Sr. Global Partnership Strategist, a partner-facing role outside software sales before moving to Rapid7. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- Started his career at Bazaarvoice in Austin (2016-2017), progressing from Commercial SDR to Sr. Enterprise SDR to Jr. Enterprise Account Executive, Curations, within about a year. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- Holds a B.S. in International Business with a Spanish minor from Grove City College (2011-2016); activities included Pan Sophic Fraternity, American Marketing Association, Relay for Life and the Investment Society. Lists English and Spanish as languages. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- Previous roles include Strategic Account Executive at Windsurf; Sr. Enterprise Account Executive  at Grafana Labs; Enterprise Account Executive at Grafana Labs; Team Lead, Central Sales at Rapid7; Account Executive at Rapid7; Sr. Global Partnership Strategist at Vrbo; Global Partnership Strategist at Vrbo; Jr. Enterprise Account Executive, Curations at Bazaarvoice. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- Education history includes Bachelor of Science (B.S.), International Business. Minor: Spanish., Grove City College; International Business, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- Previous roles include Strategic Account Director at Cognition; Strategic Account Executive at Windsurf; Sr. Enterprise Account Executive at Grafana Labs; Enterprise Account Executive at Grafana Labs; Team Lead, Central Sales at Rapid7; Account Executive at Rapid7; Sr. Global Partnership Strategist at Vrbo; Global Partnership Strategist at Vrbo. (https://linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- Education history includes Bachelor of Science (B.S.), International Business. Minor: Spanish., Grove City College; International Business, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. (https://linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- Marketing intern at Entrenar.me in Valencia, Spain (Jun-Jul 2015), during a 2015 international business term at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- Attended a Grafana Labs-presented live meetup in April 2022 with Grafana colleagues Michael De Simone and Reid Allison. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/madesimone_had-the-opportunity-to-present-at-a-live-activity-6923285808745504768-qNlp)
- Location is Austin, Texas, United States. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)
- Location is Austin, Texas, United States. (https://linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a)

## Experience
- Majors Account Director at Cognition - Austin, Texas, United States (Sep 2025 - Present)
- Strategic Account Executive at Windsurf - Austin, Texas, United States (Sep 2024 - Sep 2025): Windsurf acquired by Cognition.
- Sr. Enterprise Account Executive at Grafana Labs - Austin, Texas, United States (Nov 2023 - Aug 2024)
- Enterprise Account Executive at Grafana Labs - Austin, Texas, United States (Nov 2021 - Nov 2023)
- Team Lead, Central Sales at Rapid7 - Austin, Texas, United States (Nov 2020 - Nov 2021)
- Account Executive at Rapid7 - Austin, Texas Area (Jan 2019 - Nov 2020)
- Sr. Global Partnership Strategist at Vrbo - Austin, Texas Area (Jun 2018 - Jan 2019)
- Global Partnership Strategist at Vrbo - Austin, Texas Area (Sep 2017 - Jun 2018)
- Jr. Enterprise Account Executive, Curations at Bazaarvoice - Austin, Texas Area (Jun 2017 - Sep 2017)
- Sr. Enterprise Sales Development Representative at Bazaarvoice - Austin, Texas (Feb 2017 - Sep 2017)
- Commercial Sales Development Representative at Bazaarvoice - Austin, Texas (Jun 2016 - Jan 2017)
- Marketing Intern at Entrenar.me - Valencia, Spain (Jun 2015 - Jul 2015)
- Strategic Account Director at Cognition (Sep 2025 - Present)

## Education
- Grove City College - Bachelor of Science (B.S.), International Business. Minor: Spanish. - (Jan 2011 - Jan 2016)
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - International Business - (Jan 2015 - Jan 2015)
- Grove City College - Bachelor of Science (B.S.), International Business. Minor: Spanish. - (Jan 2011 - Dec 2016): Activities and Societies: Pan Sophic Fraternity, American Marketing Association, Relay for Life, Investment Society
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - International Business - (Jan 2015 - Dec 2015)

## Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_another-quarter-wrapped-in-q3-at-codeium-activity-7260305545587298306-3wZw
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alex-maske-663310a3_been-a-while-since-ive-posted-on-linkedin-activity-7463618593331679232-5u3Q
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/isaackwkim_grafana-activity-6993263733959532545-1w5e
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_absurdly-proud-of-what-we-accomplished-at-activity-7058859778411806720-z_R1?trk=public_profile_like_view
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rvandervoort_servantleaders-observability-sales-activity-7043605829270323200-F2rg
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/madesimone_had-the-opportunity-to-present-at-a-live-activity-6923285808745504768-qNlp
- https://cognition.com/blog/windsurf
- https://x.com/MarquissMan?lang=ar
- https://linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a


Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/tyler-musa · Everyone at Cognition: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people