Gray announces creation of Advisory Board
Boulder, CO - Gray Digital, a human-centered digital services company, using design and technology to transform government services, announced today the creation of its Advisory Board.
The Advisory Board is made up of individuals from various leadership backgrounds within government, academia, and the commercial sector. The founding members includes Dr. Joy Bhosai, Joel Nilsen, and Alex Henry. Additional advisory board members will be added in subsequent phases.
"The advisory board's leadership experience will be invaluable in helping Gray navigate complex challenges and delivering products with a purpose," says Gray Digital Co-Founder Randall Weidberg. "We couldn't be more excited by the board's shared commitment to help Gray deliver on its mission of transforming critical government services through human-centered design and technology."
Dr. Joy Bhosai
Dr. Bhosai served as Chief of Digital Health and Strategy at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, the nation's largest academic research organization for clinical trials. She also is the associate director of Innovations in Healthcare, a group founded by McKinsey & Company and the World Economic Forum. Joy holds a medical degree from UCSF, a master's in public health from Yale, is a former Fulbright Scholar (U.S. Department of Education), and Fogarty fellow (National Institute of Health). The U.S. Department of State selected her as a Global Entrepreneur delegate in 2018.
Joel Nilsen
Mr. Nilsen is an interaction designer at Google where he applies user-centered and accessible design principles to emerging cloud technology. Prior to Google, Joel worked as a senior designer with the U.S. Digital Service, guiding the modernization of design and research practices at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Joel has almost 10 years of federal experience, spanning multiple agencies and diverse user segments. During his federal service, he notably designed a daily briefing app, enabling the delivery of digital content to President Obama.
Alex Henry
Mr. Henry is a design manager at Airbnb, an online marketplace for vacation rentals based in San Francisco. Before Airbnb, Alex co-founded an award-winning design firm and two technology startups, one of which graduated from the selective TechStars accelerator program in Denver, Colorado. Previously Alex advised fortune 500 technology companies and served as a design consultant for McKinsey & Company, Tesla, and Silicon Valley Software Group (SVSG), where he specialized in helping companies deliver transformational digital outcomes.
"We are excited to leverage our foundational relationships in academia, government, and the commercial sector, along with our people-first business building experience to help Gray untangle and redesign mission-critical government services," says Dr. Bhosai.
About Gray Digital
Gray is a human-centered digital services company using design and technology to transform government services. Founded by technologists from the White House’s U.S. Digital Service (USDS), Gray provides agile software development, DevOps, and human-centered design to deliver mission-critical products with a purpose. Our highly-efficient, cross-functional teams deploy modern technology best practices to empower government agencies to better serve the American people. Leveraging our unique blend of government, academia, and commercial expertise, we work closely with our partners to solve their most pressing technical challenges.
The Gray team is brought together by a shared commitment and unconventional approach to untangle and redesign mission-critical government services. Whether we're improving access to Veterans' disability benefits or building sensors to save lives in war-torn Syria, we thrive on delivering digital solutions that are purposeful, trustworthy, and meet the needs of millions of people.
At Gray, we’ve established a people-first strategy. That's why our culture encourages self-care, professional development, and nurturing a sense of ownership and responsibility. We believe that a happy team and intentional and mindful growth lead to the best outcomes for our partners and our business.
