Current Speakers

As the Head of Store Nº8’s core team, Jaya is shaping the future of commerce by leading the ideation, sourcing, incubation, strategy, and operations of the entire portfolio. For 20+ years, Jaya has focused on building, leading, and commercializing tech ideas into disruptive and profitable businesses within large enterprises and as an active advisor and mentor to startup CEOs. Prior to Store Nº8, she spent over a decade as a founding member of Deloitte’s Venture Accelerator building and leading early-stage product and SaaS businesses in domains spanning healthcare, cybersecurity, digital marketing, hospitality & entertainment. She has a background in Tech Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch and corporate strategy & development at JP Morgan, and has taken numerous tech startups through funding, IPO, and scale. Jaya holds a BA in Economics and Computer Science from Mount Holyoke College, an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University and an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Columbia Business School.