Jay Nath
Jay Nath is the Co-CEO of Authorium an enterprise software company. Authorium is on a mission to redefine how agencies manage complex document-centric workflows by pioneering a unified platform that integrates key administrative functions, from Budgeting to Procurement to Contracting. Born from the need to streamline complex government operations, Authorium's platform consolidates disparate data locked in documents, email, and spreadsheets into a unified data layer that drives insights and visibility. Authorium believes in the power of collaboration and data to transform how government operates.
In his previous role, Nath was the first Chief Innovation Officer for the Mayor of San Francisco and Obama White House Champion of Change, where he served for more than a decade. Under his leadership, he established the Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation where his belief in cross-sector collaboration created the pioneering Civic Bridge program which brings pro bono talent from Google, McKinsey, Harvard Business School and many other organizations to solve critical challenges over four months. Nath created STIR and STIR Labs, federally funded programs connecting entrepreneurs and researchers and governments to create new commercial products and advance research. In collaboration with the Presidential Innovation Fellows, Nath created the Mayor’s Executive Fellowship program where 10 cross-sector leaders spend one year in government working on high impact projects. He also established open data legislation that requires city departments to make all non-confidential datasets available to the public and created the chief data officer position for the city.
Prior to public service, Nath was VP of Product at SquareTrade, where he led the strategy for their flagship product leading to their acquisition for $1.4B and was a senior consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers implementing health care software for enterprise customers.He graduated with a science degree from Cornell Univerity. He is passionate about chess (ranked 8th nationally in his younger days), biking, and techology.
