A talent partner built for technology execution
Greyline Talent Partners was built around a simple idea: technology initiatives depend on having the right people and leadership in place.
Every technology initiative has a grey area
Companies often know what they need to get done. Finding the people to take it on can be harder, especially when the existing team is already stretched or the work calls for experience they don’t have in-house. Greyline helps companies close that gap with experienced IT professionals and technology leaders. It’s where our name comes from.
We founded Greyline with backgrounds in business and technology transformation, executive search, and recruiting. Between us, we’ve led major programs, helped organizations plan for changes to their teams, and recruited the people to support them. Those experiences shape the questions we ask before a search begins and how we assess the people we recommend.
We want to understand what you’re trying to accomplish and what someone will need to do when they join your team. We take the same care getting to know candidates, including what they do well and the kind of role they’re looking for. That gives us a better basis for making an introduction than a job description and a resume alone.
The people behind Greyline
Josh Gracey is Co-Founder and Partner of Greyline Talent Partners. He brings more than 20 years of experience leading business and technology transformation across consulting and industry, including leadership roles with EY-Parthenon, Accenture, EY, and The Home Depot.
Josh Gracey is Co-Founder and Partner of Greyline Talent Partners. He brings more than 20 years of experience leading business and technology transformation across consulting and industry, including leadership roles with EY-Parthenon, Accenture, EY, and The Home Depot. Throughout his career, he has worked with executive leaders, technology teams, and implementation partners on major transformation programs.
Working across the full lifecycle of major transformation programs has given Josh a practical perspective on technology execution. His background spans strategy and business process design through implementation, organizational change, and operational stabilization. That experience has also shown him where delivery becomes difficult, how priorities can shift once work is underway, and how important the people doing the work are to the outcome.
Josh believes successful technology hiring starts with understanding the work. Whether a client has a well-defined role or is still shaping the need, he looks first at the initiative, the environment around it, and what the person will actually need to accomplish. That perspective helps Greyline evaluate candidates against the work itself rather than relying on a job description or resume match alone.
David Houghton is Co-Founder and Partner of Greyline Talent Partners. He brings more than 25 years of experience across executive search, technical recruitment, HR, and consulting, including leadership roles with international recruiting firms, Accenture, and EY.
David Houghton is Co-Founder and Partner of Greyline Talent Partners. He brings more than 25 years of experience across executive search, in-house and technical recruitment, human resources, and consulting. His career includes leadership roles with international recruiting firms, Accenture, and EY. His recruiting experience has spanned the United Kingdom, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Southeast Asia, South Africa, Canada, and the United States.
David's background extends well beyond recruiting and has given him a practical perspective on what makes hiring successful. During his consulting career, he worked across HR strategy, organizational design, workforce planning, and leadership development, including leading the people component of major business and technology transformations involving SAP, Oracle, Workday, SuccessFactors, and Infor CloudSuite. That experience shaped how he approaches recruiting today. Strong hiring starts with understanding the work and the environment around it, then looking closely at whether a candidate's experience and way of working fit what the organization actually needs.
David is passionate about creating a high-touch candidate experience and believes strong recruiting is built on relationships, trust, and thoughtful assessment. He takes the time to understand the person behind the resume and the kind of environment where they are likely to do their best work. He also believes candidates should be treated with the same care and professionalism Greyline brings to its clients, from the first conversation through the end of the process.
A strong technology plan only goes so far without the people to execute it. Every Greyline engagement starts by understanding the work before the search begins.
