Gary Henry is the Principal Consultant of G F Henry and Associates, a management consulting firm based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Mr. Henry has more than 30 years of distinguished experience, spanning leadership, strategy, business process, change management, finance, IT, product development, marketing and entrepreneurship. He has been a CEO, CFO and COO. His ability to reconcile strategic and financial goals with process improvement and organizational  change has helped many organizations evolve to the next level.

Prior to founding G F Henry and Associates, Gary was Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Dominion Digital, a business process and technology consulting firm for many leading companies in the mid-Atlantic region. Gary served as CEO from 2001 through 2003 when Dominion Digital was named one of the 50 fastest growing Virginia companies by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

Prior to joining Dominion Digital, Gary was with General Electric for 26 years where he received numerous awards for leadership in business process re-engineering, operations management, business startup, marketing, sales, information systems, e-commerce and product development. At the age of 22, Gary started a new business for General Electric in Europe and over 6 years he opened 6 offices across the continent. As a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Gary is expert in business process improvement, Six Sigma and Lean methods, and change leadership.

Gary was named an Ernst & Young Virginia Entrepreneur of the Year in 2001. He has been a founder or startup principal several times. He is a Past Chairman of the Virginia Piedmont Technology Council (now Charlottesville Business Innovation Council) and Past Chairman of the Technology Roundtable of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, where he is still a Board Director. Mr. Henry is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering.

Community outreach is a core component to Gary’s business approach and his personal life. He was the recipient of the 2007 Community Award at the Virginia Piedmont Technology Council/Charlottesville Venture Group’s Tech Awards. The Community Award is given to the technology-based organization or individual that has demonstrated the greatest commitment to improving the quality of life in Central Virginia through community involvement.

In 2008 Gary was honored as the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year. The award is given to the Chamber representative who demonstrates commitment to, and enthusiasm for, our Chamber’s mission and our Chamber member enterprises; has given energy and time to our Chamber of Commerce and to our Greater Charlottesville communities; and, has provided assistance, expertise, resources or services to our Chamber for the benefit of our Chamber, our member enterprises and our Greater Charlottesville communities. The Chamber called Henry “our area’s most focused advocate for support and nurturing of technology businesses and a regional business and civic environment that welcomes and encourages strategic technology enterprise.”

Gary is the founder and Co-Executive Director of the non-profit Charlottesville Technology Incubator. The incubator, located in downtown Charlottesville, accelerates the successful development of young tech companies through an array of support resources and services offered directly through the incubator or through its network of contacts. It's goal is to graduate companies to become sustainable members of our business community thereby creating jobs and economic vitality for the region.

Gary has also been involved with the Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair for more than 20 years. As a winner of the international science fair competition as a youth, this organization has had a great impact on Gary’s life. Winning the competition for creating a computer (which he still has) , opened up many doors of opportunity such as an invitation by the President of the United States to witness the launch of Apollo 12 and tour of Apollo 13; to attend the National Youth Conference on Atomic Energy; to attend the conference on Nuclear Astrophysics; and even helped him earn his first job with IBM as a teenager. Currently, Gary serves as the Chairman of the Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair’s Board of Directors. In this role, he advises the Board on securing sponsors, judges and awards for the event and helps marshal all of the resources that make the Fair possible for 300 of the region’s students each year.

A resident of Charlottesville, Virginia since 1982, Gary is married and has two sons. He enjoys flying as he has his private pilot’s license. Gary is a volunteer for the EAA, AOPA and Young Eagles. One of Gary’s sons is also a pilot. This passion stems from Gary’s parents…both his father and mother had their pilot licenses.