ToolWatch
Jay Martin has a diverse work experience spanning several industries and roles. Jay currently serves as a Board Advisor at EarthOptics, a soil data measurement and mapping company. Prior to that, they were the Chief Executive Officer at ToolWatch. Jay also served as a Board Member at Performance Systems Integration and as the Chief Operating Officer at EagleView, a provider of aerial imagery and data analytics solutions. Earlier in their career, Jay Martin held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Aquasana, a water filtration products manufacturer. Jay also worked as the Vice President of SMB Sales at Sungard Availability Services and held various roles at Dell Technologies, including Retail Sales Operations Director and General Manager. Jay Martin began their career as an Account Executive at Proximus, the largest telecommunications company in Belgium.
Jay Martin has a strong education background, having completed their Bachelor of Science degree in French Language and Literature with a Business Certificate at Georgetown University from 1988 to 1992. Jay further pursued their studies and obtained an MBA degree in General Management from Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business between 1996 and 1998.
ToolWatch
In 1991, Don Kafka, an electrical contractor at the time, knew that his tools were slowly disappearing. The idea of spending valuable time searching for them was not appealing, but missing tools also meant he was unnecessarily losing profits. After futile efforts to find an immediate, off-the-shelf solution to this problem, Kafka decided to develophis own system. The first iteration of ToolWatch addressed many of Kafka’s tool-related challenges. However, it wasn’t long before he developed the vision of a total solution for tool, equipment and materials management. Over the next decade, this vision gained rapid acceptance in an industry long plagued by high levels of tool loss, damage and hoarding. Since then, Kafka and the ToolWatch team have implemented thousands of customer-suggested improvements and enhancements, culminating in what is today the world’s leading tool and materials management solution. More than 4,000 organizations in more than 20 countries use ToolWatch to streamline the process of managing tools, equipment, materials and consumable items across their organizations. Easy to use and delivered through the cloud, ToolWatch uses one centralized database to securely store critical information on all warehouse and field operation assets.