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Jay DeCoons

Principal

Jay is a Principal in Highland’s Menlo Park office, focusing on investments in healthcare technology and healthcare services.

Background
Prior to joining Highland, Jay worked at National Mentor, a home and community-based provider of behavioral health services, where he assisted senior management on the financing and implementation of a series of acquisitions to greatly expand the company’s revenue and geographic footprint. He began his career at Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm investing in growth stage companies, where he concentrated his investment activity within the healthcare services, business services and technology industries. Jay has also worked in the corporate strategy group at Medtronic, a world leader in medical technology, where he focused on wireless communication technologies for remote patient monitoring.

Education
University of Notre Dame, BBA, Finance

Harvard Business School, M.B.A.

Interests
Jay enjoys road cycling, snowboarding, college sports and recently competed in the Ironman Switzerland Triathlon.