I'm an irrationally curious lifelong learner who is never satisfied with how we do it today. I’m always looking for new ways to use technology to improve operations, and innovate through automation.
Walker
Mattox
As Founder and CEO of Gray Solutions, Walker Mattox’s path to leadership was deliberately anything but traditional. Armed with a high school diploma, relentless curiosity, and a drive to tear the paper ceiling, Walker trusted his entrepreneurial instincts over a conventional educational path, pursuing opportunities that led him from political campaigns to startups.
Walker’s purpose has always been making the world better for people: creating real change through significant political and issue-based campaigns, leading complex digital healthcare projects for the government, and improving both the quality of life and quality of product for some of the world’s most recognizable consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies.
This outcome-focused experience was the catalyst for founding Gray Solutions in 2018 as a system integrator with an unconventional approach—a theme throughout Walker’s life. The company has experienced momentous growth because we thrive in the undefined, focusing not on what can’t be done, but rather what can.
Walker leads our team of more than 275+ Solutioneers by the motto that leadership is not a skill that anyone is “good” at, nor is it a destination; it’s a continuous journey. It’s not about being the smartest person in the room, but rather surrounding yourself with talented, unconventional thinkers who want to challenge expectations. That’s how you drive change.
That innovative mindset has propelled Gray Solutions to success, earning recognition by Control Engineering as one of the top System Integrator Giants and being named the 2023 Rockwell Automation System Integrator of the Year, among other notable accolades.
Outside of work, perhaps unsurprisingly, Walker’s interests are far-reaching. A self-proclaimed nerd and Trekkie (don’t debate him on the best captain; you will lose), he loves hitting the ski slopes, boating, or simply spending time with his dogs, Nemi and Zeus.
