Jay Simons is the president of Atlassian, a collaboration software company that unleashes the potential in every team. Our collaboration software helps teams organize, discuss and complete shared work. Teams at more than 68,000 large and small organizations - including Citigroup, eBay, Coca-Cola, Visa, BMW and NASA -€“ use Atlassian'€™s project tracking, content creation and sharing, real-time communication and service management products to work better together and deliver quality results on time.

Jay joined the company in 2008 as vice president of sales and marketing to lead Atlassian's pioneering efforts to develop a high-velocity, low-touch sales model. He's overseen the company's global expansion, introduction of its Starter License program (a disruptive approach to "freemium" where the company donates all proceeds to a charitable cause), and its growing worldwide customer community and programs.