CEO, GrayMatter

Paul Galeski

Co-founder & Chief Growth Officer

James Gillespie

GrayMatter co-founder and Chief Growth Officer Jim Gillespie has been leading industrial digital transformations for more than 30 years.

Jim focuses on curating technology and guiding the digital process, enabling assets and people to become smarter and more visible. GrayMatter co-innovates with companies in manufacturing, water/wastewater, power and oil and gas markets to deliver custom fit operational technology programs and solutions ranging from process control, MES, predictive analytics and other trends.

Jim is on the board of the Carnegie Science Center and the Pittsburgh Technology Council. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University (Engineering) and Duquesne University (MBA).

Chief Marketing Officer

Kerry McQuone

A graduate of the University of Virginia, Kerry is an experienced leader who translates communication and marketing goals into strategies that define company vision.

Formerly an executive at Cox Media Group, she is an experienced storyteller and brand champion.

Chief Operating Officer

Deston Day

Deston leads GrayMatter’s services team. He has over 20 years of experience in the automation and engineering industry and most recently led teams at Contech Control Services and Emerson Automation. He has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Chief Revenue Officer

Alan Hinchman

With more than 20 years of experience managing the technology and automation deployments in water and wastewater plants across North America, Alan is the Chief Innovation Officer for GrayMatter.

He most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer of The Water Initiative, a team of global business executives and renowned scientists who develop water systems to fit local conditions.

Prior to The Water Initiative, Alan was the Global Market Director for water and waste water industries at GE Digital. In this role, he led a team responsible for the strategic marketing of GE Digital’s water and waste water offerings.

In addition, he has considerable experience with energy, oil and gas and commercial buildings offerings.

Chief People Officer

Kim Kerley

Chief Digital & Technology Officer

Andi Azzolina

Chief Financial Officer

Jim Terrell

Jim is an accomplished financial executive and leader that brings to GrayMatter significant experience in a wide breadth of industries (technology, professional services, manufacturing, financial services, and education), geographies (New York, London, Hong Kong and Pittsburgh), and companies (KPMG, GE Capital, ICG, Alcoa, and EDMC).

Jim earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting degree from the University of Notre Dame, is a CPA and member of the American Institute and New York State Societies of Certified Public Accountants.

Co-founder & VP, Advanced Industrial Analytics

Carson Drake

Carson Drake is the Vice President of Digital Transformation for GrayMatter.

A seasoned MES and Manufacturing Intelligence expert, Carson Drake has been combining automation best practices with emerging technology to solve complex business problems for over 25 years.

After graduating with honors from Fairmont State University in West Virginia, Carson quickly gained valuable plant-floor knowledge in the manufacturing marketplace; working at Modicon with motion, PLC and HMI technology across the United States in assembly plants, packaging plants and in a variety of industries.

Carson is tasked with handling our key manufacturing accounts directly as well as directing our overall manufacturing team.

VP, Sales & Commercial Operations

John Gehan

John leads our internal business development, sales and customer service teams. His teams prides themselves on customer relationships and quick, knowledgeable assistance to customers and outside sales resources.

John is a very process oriented, efficient leader with experience creating and improving process at all levels of the business.