The Mechanic

Jay has 12 years of technology-related expertise and is a proven serial entrepreneur. He most recently served as the co-founder and chief architect at IP3 Networks, a Sequoia Capital-backed visitor-based networking company. At IP3, Jay built the entire VBN router and technology and filed several patents. Prior to IP3, he served as chief network architect for iWay Broadband, an in-building broadband deployment internet service provider based in San Diego.

Before iWay, Jay worked with Alex, Phil and Lior as a key member of the HostPro technology team, where he was the network architect for HostPro Los Angeles. HostPro provided a variety of hosting services including backup and recovery, system monitoring and reporting as well as applications hosting and e-commerce solutions. Jay was instrumental in creating and managing these technologies and the supporting network infrastructure as well as the design of a 20,000 square foot data center and 24x7 network operations center. Jay resides in Los Angeles.