About Jay

Jay Lumbert is a well-known visionary. He founded one of the nation’s first fee-based financial planning companies. He created the first nationwide dating service to utilize extensive personality testing and computer matching. He started two investment advisory and broker-dealer organizations, and helped build the world’s first open-architecture 401(k) plan.

Jay’s companies have employed hundreds, and served over a thousand corporate and individual clients — with more than $1 billion under management and administration.

Jay is the author of four top-selling mystery thrillers: The Alchemist Conspiracy, The Varicose Vigilantes, The Presidential Pretender & The Varicose Vigilantes II – Hedge Money. He is a graduate of Williams College and Wesleyan University. He lives in the Boston area with his wife and children.

As a private business owner, Jay has experienced many of the unique challenges of today’s HR professional. Finding no easy-to-follow guide, he decided to write one. With his clear and succinct writing style, Jay simplifies complicated issues and delivers advice that can make any HR manager more productive.