Jay has over 12 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. After beginning his career as a field engineer for the Triple Five Group of companies, he has served as reservoir engineer for acquisitions and divestures, field development and corporate reserves. He has performed evaluations for over $5 billion of oil and gas projects in multiple basins all over the world.

Jay holds a B.Sc. in Engineering from the University of Kansas with a minor in Project Management, and he serves on the board of the Houston chapter of the Society of Petroleum Evaluations Engineers.