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Jay Newman

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Interim Director, Strategic Accounts at Quest Software
📍 Austin, Texas, United States

A sales leader with over 20 years of experience, Jay is the Interim Director of Strategic Accounts at Quest Software. He specializes in building high-performing sales teams focused on AI-ready data and security solutions. His background includes CEO roles at Pressable and commercebuild and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Oklahoma.

As co-CEO of commercebuild, he revamped product and marketing strategies, leading to a 300% increase in average new logo annual recurring revenue.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Interim Director, Strategic Accounts
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Austin, Texas, United States
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Trusted AI Data
He actively posts about the necessity of a trusted data platform for AI, believing it's the key to avoiding a "garbage in, garbage out" scenario for businesses.
Building Sales Teams
He was specifically recruited by Quest's CRO to build an entirely new AI enterprise sales and channel team, a core component of his current and past roles.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Interim Director, Strategic Accounts
Quest Software
7-2025
Advisor and Investor
commercebuild
10-2021 - 6-2025
CRO, Channel Chief, and co-CEO
commercebuild
7-2019 - 10-2021
President
commercebuild
1-2018 - 7-2019
CEO
Pressable
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Education
Bachelor of Science
University of Oklahoma
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