Charlie Gray has held some remarkable titles for some of the most well known tech companies. He’s been doused with great success. However, what you don’t see, by just looking at his LinkedIn or resume, are all the stops and starts. Charlie has many tales of being hired to grow a company only to turn around and shrink it, often forced to RIF himself.
In this episode, Charlie shares vulnerably about those stops and starts, including the story of his own company that was revered in the tech space, only to have to shut it down. It’s a story of immense pride, gratitude, and heartbreak.
ABOUT CHARLIE GRAY
Charlie Gray has led the people operations of technology, media and healthcare companies for over 25 years. He was instrumental in managing the growth of the Google advertising sales team and helped to develop the company’s People Operations framework.
After providing HR and operations leadership at other start-ups, including RecycleBank and Patch, he founded and led Gray Scalable, NYC’s market-leading consultancy for growing tech start-ups, providing embedded recruiting (RPO), executive search, interim HR and compensation consulting to 200+ early- to-mid-stage companies. Although he closed Gray Scalable in 2023, he continues to provide fractional and advisory consulting services to several clients.
He holds two degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo, in Music Performance and English Literature, and enjoys skiing and tennis, good food, good company, music and travel.
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