About GrayBeard
When the seat is mine, the accountability is too.
Christopher Gerhardt joins as a fractional or interim member of the e-team — and integrates people, process, and technology until the organization matches the work. He does not arrive alone. Agents own the work in their lane; Christopher remains fully accountable for all of it.
Christopher Gerhardt
Founder, GrayBeard LLC · Fractional / interim CIO · CTO · COO
Hired to add capacity on architecture, AI adoption, operating model, and security — as a peer to a sitting leader, or as a fully accountable member of the e-team when the work requires it. Founded GrayBeard in 2015. Co-Founder and CEO of Voyage Technologies. Prior CIO seats at Epic Games and FiscalNote. Through GrayBeard he takes fractional and interim seats — with GrayBeard-era work including IMB Technology Solutions and Hinckley Yachts. Dozens of fractional engagements — real outcomes, not decks.
Boards and CEOs bring him in when last decade’s architecture, a thin security program, a stalled AI program, or a pre-IPO technology organization is blocking growth — and the sitting team wants a peer who has already run the play.
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Epic Games
CIO seat
Fortnite / Unreal Engine online launch era; recommended retiring the dedicated seat and backfilled.
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IMB Technology Solutions
Cloud · ERP · velocity
Millions reduction in cost structure — cloud transformation, ERP deployment, and massive acceleration of solution delivery velocity.
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Hinckley Yachts
Fractional CTO
Digital-transformation case that secured private-equity commitment to modernize operations.
One offer: GrayBeard plus roster
Not a pile of chatbots. Named directors with clear ownership; playbook teams when the engineering play requires them. Full accountability stays with Christopher for every deliverable.
Start with a conversation
The shape of the work comes from the gap, not a catalog.