Jay Fulcher

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About Jay Fulcher

Jay Fulcher is an accomplished tech leader and company builder with decades of experience as a 3x public and private tech company CEO, executive, board member, investor, advisor, and author. Jay is highly regarded for having delivered exceptional returns to stakeholders while building and scaling transformational companies (six exits). He is Managing Partner at Cheyenne Ventures (cheyennevc.com), a venture capital firm he launched with Greg Eaton that invests in high growth, expansion stage companies. Jay is also founder of Fulcher Ranch LLC and 1st & 10 Ventures LLC. Jay is the co-author of the WSJ and 5x best-selling book "People Operations: Automate HR, Design A Great Employee Experience, and Unleash Your Workforce", a practical guide to the future of work for small and medium-sized businesses—the backbone of the US economy. He is a member of the Forbes Business Council, an advisory board member at San Jose State University's Lucas College and Graduate School of Business, a board member at Signos, and an advisor to many tech companies and business leaders. Previously, Jay was Chairman and CEO of Agile Software (acquired by Oracle), Ooyala (acquired by Telstra) and Zenefits (acquired by TriNet), leading each of these game-changing companies to successful exits and delivering disruptive innovation serving hundreds of thousands of customers around the world—and as a result profoundly changing each industry. Earlier in his career, Jay was President & EVP at PeopleSoft (following the acquisition of his company Red Pepper Software), and VP at SAP. Jay's mission is to leverage his global operating experience, leadership skills, and investment instincts to help entrepreneurs and organizations achieve their full potential.