Building a listed tool

Jerry Jao

Chief Executive Officer, Employ, named behind the Lever listing on Anchor Terminal.

Chief Executive Officer, Employ

Jerry Jao is chief executive of Employ, the company behind Lever. He founded and ran Retention Science, a predictive AI marketing software company that Constant Contact bought in 2020, then served at Constant Contact as Senior Vice President and General Manager, leading product strategy, customer experience and acquisitions.

What Jerry builds

Lever D · Recruiting & applicant tracking
Applicant tracking and candidate relationship system from Employ Inc. Its Data API reads and writes opportunities, postings, interviews, feedback and requisitions, and a separate Postings API serves published jobs.
Chief Executive Officer, Employ, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it

Works with

Brian Noguchi Co-founder, Lever
Dara Brenner Chief Product Officer, Employ
Nate Smith Co-founder, Lever
Patrick Jean Chief Technology Officer, Employ
Randal Truong Co-founder, Lever
Sarah Nahm Co-founder, Lever

Backed by

K1 Investment Management

Questions

Who is Jerry Jao?

What does Employ, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Lever from Employ, Inc.. Applicant tracking and candidate relationship system from Employ Inc. Its Data API reads and writes opportunities, postings, interviews, feedback and requisitions, and a separate Postings API serves published jobs.

Who has invested in Employ, Inc.?

The sources our research read name K1 Investment Management.

How are Jerry's tools graded?

Lever is graded D, 53.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

Sources (3)

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