Gordian CEO and Leadership

James (Jay) Mackerer serves Gordian as Chief Financial Officer. He leads the finance team with strategic vision and advises on long-term business and financial planning. Jay joined Gordian after serving as Senior Director at Fluke Corporation, where he led the Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis team, the Fluke Industrial and Fluke Reliability business unit finance teams, as well as served as Fluke’s Interim Chief Financial Officer in 2020. Jay’s considerable experience also includes nine years with Danaher Corporation on the corporate development team executing mergers and acquisitions before project managing the spin-off of Fortive in 2016. Jay earned his bachelor’s in science from Cornell University and his MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

Chris Gaudreau serves as the Vice President of Data Development for Gordian. In this role, he leads the development of Gordian’s core data and analytics assets that support our solutions in the planning, estimating and procurement of construction and provide fair and equitable costs for customers. Chris has nearly two decades of construction information industry experience, including leading world-class data organizations, Benefitfocus and Dodge Data & Analytics. He has a true passion for data and how data is leveraged to solve customer problems, improve their workflows and extend value. Chris is a graduate of Clark University.