Jay is a seasoned entrepreneur with particular experience in early-stage company-building — taking an idea “from Zero to One.” His strength is in identifying and developing talent, and genuinely finds meaning in lifting others up to their highest potential.

He has served as an executive/director for various companies, ranging from early start-ups to publicly-owned companies.

As a firm believer in intimate mentorship, Jay pays extra attention to mentoring young Asian American men in effectively balancing their two (or more) identities and confidently establishing themselves in their lives.

Jay has extensive experience in working with neurodivergent learners, ranging from ADHD poster children and twice-exceptional overachievers to non-verbal autistic power thinkers and introverted geniuses.

Most recently he served as Managing Consultant for Golden Pennant, an educational consultancy group that specializes in providing wraparound support for neurodivergent learners.

Jay is currently on a collaborative task force with the University of Washington’s School of Social Work and the JED Foundation in promoting mental health and preventing suicide.

In 2016, Jay hypothesized that the South Korean public would particularly enjoy American football (NFL) if and only if someone were to ‘teach’ them about it in their own language, in a way that they could understand.

During the next 4 years, Jay wrote blogs, hosted radio shows and award-winning podcasts, co-authored a best-selling book, and became the first NFL color commentator in the history of the nation.

Through this project Jay gained invaluable understanding of how various online media contents influence societies and how information is responsibly delivered by media channels to the mass public.

In 2009, Jay voluntarily enlisted himself in the Republic of Korea Army and served his motherland as a Field Artillery Computation Specialist.

During that time, he also created and managed a reintegration program for officers and soldiers to prepare for and earn language-based certificates. For this effort, Jay was awarded a Commander-in-Chief Commendation and was granted permanent dual citizenship upon honorary discharge.