Jay is one of the founding partners of Kickdrum with decades of experience in enterprise software. At Kickdrum, Jay has designed solutions and led development teams building on-premise and cloud solutions across many industry verticals.

Prior to founding Kickdrum, Jay spent over a decade leading teams at Trilogy and Versata, including a heavy focus on the Automotive vertical, working with Ford, Chrysler, Toyota and others on a combination of digital retail and data intelligence and analytics projects. Jay has been awarded four US patents from his efforts at Trilogy and Versata.

Jay has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a Certificate in Markets & Management Studies from Duke University.