Jason is a general partner and co-founded Southern Capitol Ventures after spending two years at Red Hat, the world's premier open source and Linux provider. There, he directed the company's global budgeting process, provided financial analysis for the successful IPO in August 1999 and performed due diligence on many of the company's acquisitions. Prior to Red Hat, Jason was a partner at Harrison Hurley and Company, an investment banking and business-consulting firm headquartered in Providence, RI.

Jason was on the board of directors of Synthematix which was acquired by Symyx Technologies (NASDAQ:SMMX) and a board observer for Batanga which merged with Planeta Networks. He is currently on the board of eMinor, a board observer for both eTix and DoublePositive and serves on the Executive Committee of the board of directors of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development which is the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation. While at Southern Capitol Ventures, he has had several interim roles with portfolio companies including CFO and Director of Business Development.

Jason writes a monthly column for TechJournal South, has a blog SoutheastVC and he has received the Triangle Business Journal's "40 under 40" leadership award. He is also an affiliate faculty member as part of the Engineering Entrepreneurs Program at NC State University. Jason received his BS in Finance from Bentley College.