We are a small, high-tech product firm passionate about using blockchain technology to innovate and solve business problems. We are a bunch of self-starters who thrive in an environment where the path has not yet been paved. We love to innovate and collaborate and are never content until we get it right.
Our patriotism runs deep. About half of our business is in the defense and intelligence sectors of the U.S. Government and many on our team have military or security backgrounds. We want to help organizations achieve their missions to protect and serve the American people.

We don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we are very serious about the work we do. Integrity is very important to us, and we will never abandon a promise or commitment. We want to be the best in the marketplace and are always looking for talented, driven individuals to help us achieve this goal.
Meet The Team
Our management team blends a unique combination of experience in technology, supply chains, mergers and acquisitions, defense and intelligence, marketing and operations. We’ve successfully built companies. And we believe at our core that blockchain is the underlying technology that will propel digital transformations to success. So, we’re building on our track records to deliver an industry-leading blockchain solution that will help organizations meet their business goals in the Web3 world.
Jamie Benoit
CEO
Jamie founded Gray Matters because he wanted to change the way commercial and government organizations conduct business. After serving as an officer in the US Army, Jamie practiced corporate law before becoming the CEO of FedData. At FedData, Jamie took the company from a small start-up and built it into one of the most successful companies supporting intelligence and defense organizations. Jamie brings his deep legal, financial, private equity and mergers and acquisitions experience to Gray Matters and uses it to drive long-term shareholder value.
Anantha Bangalore
CTO/CISO
Anantha is an entrepreneur, CTO/CISO of both product and services companies. He was the co-founder and CTO/CISO of percipient.ai – a Silicon Valley AI company focused on building AI/ML/Computer Vision products for National Security, Co-founder, and principal architect of SCIT Labs, a cyber security product company based on the concept of Moving Target Defense. He was also the CTO of Blackstone Technology Group and Sevatec Inc. – mid-size services companies serving a variety of federal government agencies. He has over 25 years of technical and leadership experience. He has published multiple papers for national and international conferences on Medical informatics, AI/ML, and Cybersecurity.
Randy Boone
Chief Revenue Officer
Randy is passionate about helping customers fix problems and achieve goals. A 16-year veteran in the IT and Cybersecurity space in which he has held various channel, sales, and management roles, with a successful track record of driving growth initiatives and business strategies based on vision. He has had successful stops at both Infoblox and ForeScout in which he helped them grow from smaller startup phases all the way through successful IPO’s. In joining Gray Matters he sees a vision in which to become a disrupting force within the supply chain, operations, and IT fields.
Heather Tortorelli
Chief Growth Officer
Heather is our Chief Growth Officer. She is a data-driven marketing and IT leader who has helped Fortune 500 companies such as Marriott, Disney and British Airways develop, build, and manage marketing programs and digital solutions. Most recently she led Tellenger, Inc. to a successful acquisition by Information Analysis Incorporated. Even early on in her career Heather has been part of firms that were acquired or went public, and she enjoys applying her expertise to grow successful businesses. She has a healthy obsession with making informed marketing decisions through data analytics and customer input.
Interested in joining the Gray Matters team?