David Jay
Executive Director, Founder at GreenStand
Earth, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Jay is a mission-driven founder and executive with nine years leading GreenStand to scale a tech-enabled, pay-to-grow reforestation model that addresses climate change and extreme poverty across 86 countries. With a 15-year background in public health and rural development across the Global South, he combines operational rigor—having managed multi-million-dollar payrolls and hundreds of millions in assets—with grassroots impact work like biofuel networks and vocational education. An eternal optimist and hands-on leader, he blends aviation and aeronautical proficiency with community forestry expertise to design auditable environmental-impact systems, earning recognition as one of "America's Greatest Disruptors." Known for strengths in learning, activation, and individualized leadership, he excels at translating complex humanitarian needs into scalable, tech-driven solutions.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Management, Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Management at Granite State CollegeAssociates of Applied Science, Aviation, Associates of Applied Science, Aviation at Leigh Carbon Community College
English, Swahili, maa, Italian
Github Skills (45)
kotlin10
android-open-source10
verify10
climate-change10
refer10
android-app10
android10
leaflet9
api9
leafletjs9
admin8
gis7
microservices6
documentation6
philosophy6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Davidezrajay/greenstand-documentation
May 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 68 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 8 months
Davidezrajay/explore
Apr 2018 - May 2023
Contributions:2 pushes in 5 years 1 month
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