Matthew Childress

Matthew Childress serves as Chief Growth & Operations Officer at Gray Reed, where he is responsible for driving strategic growth initiatives, operational excellence and infrastructure development across the firm's practice areas and client service delivery.

Bringing nearly three decades of executive leadership experience in business development, strategic planning and organizational management, Matthew's extensive background includes senior executive roles in strategy and client expansion, where he has successfully managed multi-billion dollar revenue portfolios and led comprehensive organizational enhancement initiatives. He has demonstrated expertise in scaling professional services organizations, cultivating strategic partnerships and implementing integrated marketing and business development strategies across diverse industry sectors including energy, technology and professional services.

With a global perspective on client relations and organizational effectiveness, he has worked across four continents to re-engineer services organizations, consistently fostering revenue-focused cultures and accelerated growth in professional services environments.