# Jerry Jao

> Jerry Jao is chief Executive Officer at Employ. Lever on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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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](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lever.md), graded D, 53.7/100, in 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 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Brian Noguchi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brian-noguchi/), Co-founder, Lever
- [Dara Brenner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dara-brenner/), Chief Product Officer, Employ
- [Nate Smith](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nate-smith/), Co-founder, Lever
- [Patrick Jean](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/patrick-jean/), Chief Technology Officer, Employ
- [Randal Truong](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/randal-truong/), Co-founder, Lever
- [Sarah Nahm](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sarah-nahm/), Co-founder, Lever

## Backed by

- [K1 Investment Management](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/k1-investment-management/)

## Questions

### Who is Jerry Jao?

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 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

- https://www.lever.co/
- https://www.lever.co/contact
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lever_(company)

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