Jay Valanju

Jay is responsible for developing and implementing both near-team and long-term business strategies to ensure the mutual success for both Autobooks and their clients. Jay leverages his skills, knowledge and foresight to accelerate these strategies through internal operations, strategic partnerships and various joint marketing, development and investment initiatives.

Jay has been on the forefront of fintech for over a decade. Prior to joining Autobooks, he founded Buzz Points. There he worked with numerous financial institutions, including Discover Financial Services, to grow Buzz Points into the leader in merchant-funded loyalty with financial institution partners in over two dozen states. Jay was also a founder of FundsXpress, one of the first online banking providers. FundsXpress was acquired by First Data. Jay has also held leadership positions at Aliya, a marketplace lending platform deployed into PNC Bank, and at Pluck Corporation which was acquired by Demand Media.

Jay has a B.A. in Physics from The University of California at Berkeley and holds an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin where he focused on Entrepreneurship.