Jay Sullivan

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About Jay Sullivan

Jay is a creative entrepreneur. Jay co-founded RedHawk Communications Inc, Compliance Wave LLC and now Engaged Compliance. All are corporate media and online education companies focused on promoting ethical business practices and corporate social responsibility within the world’s corporations. RedHawk was acquired by a division of the Washington Post in 2008 and Compliance Wave was acquired by Steele Compliance Solutions in 2017. Jay led the seller-side deal team in both transactions. At Steele, Jay was Chief Creative Officer for the training products division between 2017 and 2020. In 2021, Steele was acquired by Diligent. Diligent’s acquisition of Steele was executed as part of an industry roll-up that made Diligent the world’s largest GRC company. Jay’s business expertise lies in strategic planning. branding, digital marketing, and media development for worldwide audiences. His companies delivered services on 5 continents and he traveled to over 20 countries creating social responsibility focused video works that featured President Jimmy Carter, Secretary of State Madeline Albright, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the Ye minority in the remote mountains of southern China, Bambara farmers in Mali, and teenagers in the favelas of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Jay is passionate about youth mentoring having coached Little League baseball for over 20 years and supported a group of HIV positive youth (now young adults) for over 20 years.