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Dallas, TX, USA

Jay H.

Closes complex enterprise deals others can't—breaking exclusives, building strategic partnerships, and scaling enterprise accounts

With 16+ years of enterprise sales leadership, Jay Horne specializes in complex deals that appear insurmountable. At Uber, he closed $700M annual GMV across several national brands in active DoorDash exclusives through 12+ month multi-stakeholder negotiations. He also renegotiated a top partner over a 10-month period that drove 30% growth to $500M+ annual GMV with significantly improved margins. In a prior role, he grew a Fortune 100 MarTech account from $2M to $12M ARR while expanding margins from 40% to 60%, exceeding revenue and margin targets across all his accounts for 8 consecutive years.

Jay excels at forging C-suite relationships and navigating the procurement, legal, and business unit stakeholders typical of Fortune 500 deals. He develops innovative approaches that reframe partner decisions—turning "optional growth opportunities" into strategic imperatives aligned with client business priorities. He's passionate about mentoring high-performance teams and driving organizational sales impact.

His diverse background—from software developer to director of product management at a telecom provider—combined with his Rice University engineering and philosophy degrees, gives him unique technical credibility in complex enterprise conversations.

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Testimonials

Jay is an excellent client services and sales leader. He was adept in managing client expectations and worked in a highly collaborative manner with external and internal teams. He is constantly pushing leading-edge technology that helps the team deliver value-added solutions for clients... This has helped grow revenue and broaden the portfolio of services across several accounts. He works well with others and is an excellent mentor who has the respect of his team members.
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Sharad SwaminathanSr. Director, Solutions Architecture & Technology, Epsilon
Jay is the best sales leader I've worked with. At Uber Eats, he closed some of our largest and most complex enterprise deals, the kind with long sales cycles requiring strategic vision and operational rigor. Jay has a rare combination: sharp business acumen, genuine relationship-building, and strong internal leadership. He's a creator who turns ambition into solutions and a proactive coach who develops his people. Any company needing a transformational sales leader should work with Jay.
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Phil SantoroDirector, Head of National Enterprise Partnerships, Uber Eats, Uber

Experience

Dec 2024 — Aug 2025
Invisible Technologies

Invisible Technologies

VP of Strategic Accounts

We’ve trained >80% of the world’s top AI models. Now, we’ll make them work for you.

  • Drove pipeline development through POC to deal proposal for $10M+ ARR opportunity with major beverage brand to standardize tens of thousands of restaurant locations using AI-powered brand compliance solution.
  • Advanced $2M ARR land-and-expand enterprise deal from POC to contracting with leading online travel platform to transform hotel property onboarding processes.
  • Nurtured dead-on-arrival account into active contracting as a strategic partner in the AI space.
Sep 2020 — Dec 2024
Uber

Uber

Executive Client Partner

Uber Eats is Uber's on-demand food delivery platform that connects customers with local restaurants and stores for quick, convenient ordering and delivery of meals and groceries.

  • Sold Uber Eats partnerships to several national brands in active strategic exclusivities with DoorDash resulting in $700M annual GMV on Uber Eats. Managed all aspects of sales through contracting and launch over 12+ month complex sales cycles.
  • Renegotiated a top Uber Eats partnership over an intense 10-month period that included the partner's acquisition of another major brand. Delivered innovative deal terms that drove 30% growth to >$500M annual GMV with significantly enhanced margins.
  • Sold alongside a direct report and internal partners first-party delivery to the nation's largest full-service restaurant in spite of their committed opposition to delivery. Process took over 2 years and involved engagement at the CEO level.
  • Created innovative data viz proving DoorDash exclusivity pushed eaters to rivals in Uber Eats search results. Reframed partnerships from optional growth to customer loyalty must-haves. Scaled to dozens of accounts, boosting close rates significantly.
  • Led team to close a 3-year multi-product deal with a strategic national partner combining Uber Eats marketplace access, first-party Direct delivery, and significant demand generation investment.
  • Mentored junior seller who finished year as Uber Stars recipient (top honor among commercial teams)
Mar 2018 — Aug 2020

Horne Advisory

Strategic Advisor

Provided strategic leadership and consulting services to several technology startups

  • Developed an ultra-short pitch for a device security startup to participate in a VC accelerator pitch day contest. Delivered the pitch and won the team their first investment.
  • Managed a tech consulting firm's top strategic account during the development of a large enterprise marketing app. Worked onsite with the client remote from the consulting firm and managed all client-facing dynamics.
  • Enhanced the product vision for an online work management startup leading to a significant expansion of the product's TAM. The new roadmap required very little additional investment.
  • Developed the investor pitch deck for a blockchain startup and all associated details: product value, competitive analysis, go-to-market strategy, investment ask, and more.
Aug 2009 — Feb 2018
Epsilon Technologies

Epsilon Technologies

Senior Director of Client Services

Epsilon is a data-driven marketing company that helps brands deliver personalized consumer experiences across channels by unifying customer data, providing audience insights, and optimizing engagement strategies.

  • Sold expansion marketing technology services to a strategic Fortune 100 account, growing it from $2M to $12M ARR in four years while expanding account margins from 40% to 60%.
  • Sold, contracted, and delivered a three-way capability with a credit card association and a large bank to enable loyalty redemptions via text at the moment of purchase on a credit card. The program led to both redemption and spend lift among users.
  • Ideated, designed, and sold a marketing program fulfillment microsite and the associated back-end process for a bank's acquisition marketing campaign. 30k new clients were acquired directly from a competitor by giving away 1.5B loyalty points.
  • Sold Epsilon's first ever loyalty program integration into a multi-LOB Fortune 100 bank's mobile app and solved seemingly insurmountable delivery challenges while maintaining 70% margin on the work. The end product received industry accolades.
  • Developed and sold a three-way partnership with an agile tech company and a large bank to deliver TaaS (test as a service) for mobile testing the bank's app.
  • Surpassed revenue growth and contribution margin targets for 8 straight years.
Apr 2008 — Aug 2009
Viewzi

Viewzi

Vice President

Viewzi was a 10-person startup that developed a highly visual search engine experience that tailored the way information was presented based upon the nature of the data and the user's intent.

  • Sold and managed a three-way engagement between Viewzi, a global management consulting leader, and a retail powerhouse. Ensured all commercialized terms enabled rapid and full success for Viewzi in the engagement.
  • Sold and managed a three-way engagement between Viewzi, a global management consulting leader, and a retail powerhouse. Ensured all commercialized terms enabled rapid and full success for Viewzi in the engagement.
  • Developed in concert with the CEO and CTO a revised product roadmap to attain market fit and drive a renewed sales strategy.