Wesley Faulkner is a first-generation American. He is a founding member of the government transparency group Open Austin and ran for Austin City Council in 2016. His professional experience also includes work as a social media and community manager for the software company Atlassian, and various roles for the computer processor company AMD and Dell. Wesley Faulkner serves as a board member for South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) and works as Developer Advocate for MongoDB.