Jay T.
Deragon, Managing Partner
Jay is considered one of the premier entrepreneurial thought leaders in the dynamic social networking space and the emerging industry of social networks. His blog - relationship-economy.com serves as a reference point for the emerging industry of social networks. He has had a successful career as a serial entrepreneur--founding, operating, and selling several businesses operating in a wide spectrum of industries.
Mr. Deragon is co-founder of various networks including Link to New York, Link to Wall Street and Wireless Factors, that serves the networking needs of the global Wireless Communications Community.
From 2000 to 2005 Mr. Deragon was Chairman of XSVoice, a mobile application company that provided technology for live and on demand audio broadcast to mobile devices. XSVoice partnered with Sprint/Nextel and provided services to such media companies as NASCAR, Disney, ESPN, and hundreds of internet radio stations. Further, XSVoice provided Homeland Security Alerts, Comedy broadcast, Horoscopes and a host of other premium mobile content. XSVoice was bought by a public firm in January of 2005
From 1992 to 2000 Mr. Deragon was Chairman of a management-consulting firm that performed strategic consulting services for numerous firms in a variety of global industries, including numerous Fortune 500 Companies. He is schooled and certified in most management disciplines, including: Six Sigma, ISO 9000 and 9001, Certified Quality Engineer, Certified Risk Manager, Hoshin Planning and Certified Instructor, Market Research and the Kano Model, SPC and Advanced Statistical Analysis, Group Facilitation, Group Dynamics and Organizational Dynamics
Mr. Deragon has spoken at industry conferences around the world, and personally conducted over 100 international seminars on a variety of management topics. During the dot-com boom, he started several web initiatives and sold them while working with some of the best technology firms in the world.