Chris Wood
Chief Growth Officer, Ad Hoc, LLC
Chris Wood’s biggest recent achievement is strategically positioning Ad Hoc as the government’s first AI-native delivery partner, moving the focus from generalized technology acquisition to measurable mission-aligned outcomes.
Replacing traditional large teams with smaller, AI-enabled expert teams delivers mission-critical solutions up to four times faster while delivering significant savings for agencies, Wood said.
Also, by integrating compliance and trust through an auditable, AI-verified pipeline from the start, Ad Hoc is helping agencies responsibly adopt cutting-edge technology to improve service reliability for millions of stakeholders.
Ad Hoc’s strategic movement toward Ad Hoc Next also directly translates the administration’s priorities into a scalable, high-speed delivery model. By moving toward smaller, higher-leverage teams and outcome-oriented structures, Ad Hoc drastically reduces long-term costs for agencies, streamlines operations to deliver results in weeks instead of months, and fundamentally improves government efficiency in mission-critical systems.
Current use cases Ad Hoc is working to solve within agencies aim to deliver results faster while eliminating redundant programs, saving taxpayer dollars.
“Chris Wood is the driving force behind Ad Hoc’s strategic expansion and mission impact. His leadership has been instrumental in securing major wins that demonstrate our commitment to delivering excellent digital services for the federal government,” said Greg Gershman, co-founder and CEO of Ad Hoc LLC. “His team’s exceptional performance led to Ad Hoc being named a 2026 Elev8 finalist and ultimately winning the award for the Enterprise Mission Leaders category. Chris embodies the vision, expertise, and relentless focus required to help agencies modernize and scale their most critical digital services.”
Why Watch
Wood and his team are heavily focused on positioning Ad Hoc to guide federal health agencies in safely adopting AI for daily mission work, shifting the conversation from general innovation to AI-enabled, human-governed delivery.
Wood and his team advise clients to apply Ad Hoc’s Activate framework, which uses a “Human Circuit Breaker” to ensure people retain full accountability, while using AI agents to accelerate delivery and ensure continuous Deterministic Compliance from the start. This verified “Glass Box” approach enables Ad Hoc’s partners to smartly apply AI to solve enterprise mission-critical challenges, delivering high-quality, auditable outcomes up to four times faster.
“One of my favorite quotes goes something like: ‘A comfort zone is a great place to be, but nothing ever grows there.’ I am a firm believer in constant learning and challenge my team to always think outside of the box, empowering them to make the decisions they need to in order to accomplish the results we are currently delivering to our federal clients,” Wood said.
Fun fact: While Wood’s professional life is all about working to solve complex agency challenges, he finds balance by escaping into the quiet complexity of nature. Wood is an avid birdwatcher, or more accurately, “a bird listener,” he said, who can identify dozens of species just by their song and calls.
