Technology Leadership

Gabriel
Krieshok

Organizations don't fail at AI because of bad models.
They fail because of organizational plumbing — the gap between the CIO who governs and the CTO who builds. I've spent my career closing that gap.

Currently Senior Director, Public Sector Technology
at RTI International — Washington, DC
90+
Countries led across
$1B+
Public sector portfolio advised
20+
Years public sector tech
3
Tech labs founded
Enterprise AI Governance & Strategy
Digital Transformation Leadership
Public Sector & Nonprofit Research Tech
Global Distributed Team Leadership
Point of View

"The organizations that will win with AI aren't the ones with the best models — they're the ones that fix their organizational plumbing first. Governance, infrastructure, and innovation aren't competing priorities. They're the same work."

Featured Work

Flagship Projects
Flagship

Everyday Concepts

An ongoing effort to unpack and explore useful concepts, ideas, and mental models that crop up — or ought to — in how organizations think about technology, strategy, and change. Built for leaders who want to think more clearly.

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Writing

Selected Essays & Articles
LinkedIn

Your Organization Doesn't Have an AI Problem. It Has a Plumbing Problem.

Why the CIO/CTO divide is the real obstacle to AI adoption — and what leaders can do to close it before the gap becomes permanent.

2026
Everyday Concepts

Mental Models for Technology Leaders

An ongoing collection of frameworks for thinking about organizational change, digital transformation, and the people problems that look like technology problems.

2024
Substack

Good Tinker

Design, technology, data, and social impact — for people building things that matter.

2024

Experiments & Tinkering

Side Projects
ProprThings
3D printing design studio — solving everyday life, one layer at a time.
The Silent Podcast
10 minutes of intentional stillness via your podcast feed.
New Tab Random Quote
Chrome extension — a small thing that makes a new tab worth opening.
Meetings or Bednets
Vue.js calculator visualizing what your meeting time is really worth.