Jay Fulcher

Jay is founding Partner at Cheyenne Ventures. Previously, Jay was a 3X CEO in both public and private tech companies. Jay is the former Chairman & CEO at Zenefits, a leading cloud HCM & Benefits platform focused on providing comprehensive HR, Performance, Benefits, Payroll, Time and Compliance solutions for SMB and mid-market companies. Zenefits has thousands of customers across the US and leverages an impressive list of marketplace partners including Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, Slack, Uber, Asana plus dozens of others. Zenefits was acquired by TriNet in 2022. Jay's other CEO experience included Ooyala (leading video platform company acquired by Telstra in 2015) and Agile Software. After its IPO in 1999, Agile was acquired by Oracle in 2007. Before his years as a CEO, Jay served in senior executive roles at PeopleSoft, Red Pepper and SAP. Jay is an advisor to and investor in a broad portfolio of tech companies focused on media, sports, enterprise, education, retail, and healthcare. Over the last 20+ years Jay has served as a director at more than a dozen public and private companies. Jay is currently an advisor to several companies, and is a member of the Global Leadership Council for San Jose State University's Lucas Graduate School and College of Business.