Jim Hays

Mr. Hays has served ExoStat as President/CEO since 2012. Prior to his ExoStat involvement, Mr. Hays was active as management, investor, and Board positions in a myriad of private startups and early stage businesses in various industries including natural gas gathering/processing, oil and gas drilling, oil field services, commercial banking, commercial insurance, country club acquisitions/operations, high speed sorting technology, restaurant operations, and other medical ventures. ExoStat is his seventh startup in over 50 years of work.

Mr. Hays was CEO/Chairman of MEGA Natural Gas Co., a company he co-founded when it was sold in 1991. Due to a non-compete provision in the Sale Agreement for MEGA, Mr. Hays deviated from the business world to play professional golf on the U.S. and European PGA Senior Tours until he retired in 1999.

Mr. Hays has written numerous articles centered on entrepreneurship, business morals/ethics, and business preparation. He currently lectures advanced business classes at several selected universities.

Mr. Hays has served multiple charities and church organizations including the International Business Leaders Advisory Council with the mission to add business/management skills to seminaries in training at Santa Croce University, a pontifical university in Rome.

Mr. Hays served six years in the Army National Guard and was a scholarship recipient (Baseball) at Oklahoma State University where he received a BS/BA in Economics and Accounting.