Mission

We help Energy and Manufacturing sectors operate with confidence by ensuring their operational data is reliable, accessible, and actionable.

A Message From Our Founder

Industrial companies invest heavily in technologies to drive digital transformation, yet many struggle to realize value at scale. The challenge isn't the technology itself. It's the absence of modern governance approaches needed to maintain and sustain these systems over time.

After over a decade working hands-on with PI Systems across oil & gas, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, I witnessed this pattern repeatedly. Teams would deploy powerful technologies, only to watch trust erode, undermining operations, analytics, and AI initiatives. Without proper governance, even the best technologies fail to deliver on their promise.

I founded Tycho Data to change this. Our mission is to empower industrial teams with modern, automated governance that ensures their technology investments deliver sustained value—enabling confident decisions, accelerating digital initiatives, and building trust in the data that powers their operations.

Jie Chou
Founder & CEO

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Osprey?

Osprey is a lightweight application that integrates with OT systems to automate manual tasks tied to maintaining the technologies and accelerating digital transformation initiatives.

Why is data quality not enough?

Data quality is essential, but teams struggle to effectively troubleshoot and resolve issues with the complexity of OT systems. Osprey addresses this by providing automated governance and insights.

How long does it take to get started?

Deployments are lightweight and non-disruptive. Most customers are up and running within a day, with minimal IT involvement.

What kind of support does Tycho Data provide?

Tycho Data and its System Integrator partners work closely with your operations, maintenance, and digital teams, offering deployment support, training, and dedicated success check-ins to ensure you get the full value of Osprey.

Leadership Team

Jie Chou, PhD

Founder & CEO

Formerly at OSIsoft (AVEVA), Jie brings over a decade of leadership across Product, Engineering, and Professional Services. He has partnered directly with Fortune 500 companies to design and deliver mission-critical industrial data solutions that drive operational excellence.

Tony Yu, PhD

R&D

Experienced software engineer with deep expertise in designing and architecting scalable platforms, ensuring Tycho Data's solutions are robust, secure, and built for industrial scale.

Team

John Veldhuis

Strategic Account Manager

Experienced strategic account manager focused on building trusted partnerships with industrial clients and ensuring successful implementation of Tycho Data's solutions.

Staff Software Engineer

Walter is a full-stack engineer driving product development with expertise in building user-centric, scalable industrial software applications.

Dylan Ryan

Software Engineer

Former Avanade consultant with strong expertise in industrial data systems, contributing to Tycho Data's engineering efforts with a focus on reliability and integration.

Osprey Logo Osprey helps teams trust and automate the manual tasks behind their OT data.