Jay is a veteran entrepreneur, with experience in the hospitality, energy, finance, and technology verticals. As a founding executive of Commonwealth Energy, Jay helped the company go from start-up to almost $500 million in revenues in five years, becoming the largest unregulated supplier of electricity and natural gas in the country when the company went public on the AMEX.
He serves as Executive Director of InSoCal CONNECT, a nonprofit that has structured mentorship and training programs for entrepreneurs, was a Senior Consultant with TriTech SBDC, one of only seven technology designated Small Business Development Centers operating under the SBA, and has served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of California Riverside.
Jay serves on the board of Burble, a company that delivers the power of story through minimally defined immersive environments, and SimplSEQ, a wholly owned subsidiary of Murrieta Genomics. Jay is also on the board of directors for the Murrieta Wildomar Chamber of Commerce as well as InSoCal CONNECT and Reach Out, nonprofits dedicated to improving lives in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. He has also served on the board of directors for Credence Code Technologies, Inc., a company focused on blockchain development and implementation.