Jay Hayes is a President at Neil Capital. He possess expertise in engineering, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, manufacturing, six sigma and 45 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I continue to be grateful for the leadership of Jay Hayes, especially after the changing ownership of Neil Capital, Stone-Wolfe, and POR… Naturally, I had a better line of sight to the impact on the people of POR but I saw the process in other companies. He has faced the loss of Andrew and Brian with character and dedication. After their passings, he made several presentations to all the individual companies of the greater families of companies. And then circled the globe, several times to help manage the transition for employees, partners, and customers. I have seen 40 of them; and they were all personal and heart-moving before transitioning to “We should all understand…” Andrew and/or Brian “…only changed form…” because he has devoted much of their lives to ensuring the companies go on beyond them. In all of that time, POR has not been his only responsibility, but “we would never know it.” And Andrew and Brian are/were/should be proud." and "Jay has been integral to the success of Geras over the last 5 years. He has provided expert level guidance to an almost every department and always in a positive and supportive manner. When prior attempts in system change drove waves of attrition, he actually reduced the attrition rate. With all his contributions, he would constantly say “we are” and quickly give credit to others and take the blame himself. What is even more impressive is his ability to address the dramatic different employee cultures globally. Prior to his involvement, we had spent a million dollars on consultants and even more internally to improve our low returns/EBITDA and Quality Score and all changed very little. Under his guidance, “WE” have reduced our production variations by 90%, expanded our market presence by 450%, and average margin by 150%. All this while adding 2 companies and 3 locations to the Geras Family. "