Jay founded Schuster-Zingheim and Associates, Inc. with Patricia Zingheim in 1985. He advises companies on aligning pay and rewards with business strategy.
Jay joins only 17 prior recipients and Pat in receiving WorldatWork’s 2006 Keystone Award, the Association’s highest honor, for his contributions to the total rewards profession’s body of knowledge
A recognized leader in the move to new pay, he has introduced many groundbreaking pay and reward innovations. His clients include global companies that have successfully aligned rewards with their business.
He is coauthor of Pay People Right! Breakthrough Strategies to Create Great Companies (Jossey-Bass, 2000), The New Pay: Linking Employee and Organizational Performance (Jossey-Bass, 1996), and two other books plus articles in numerous business, professional, and academic journals and magazines.
He speaks frequently at management and leadership seminars and conferences, addressing how companies, people, and rewards interact to add value to a business.
In addition to being frequently quoted in the press, Jay has appeared on CNBC, CNNfn, CBS, and other business talk shows. He was named in The Guru Guide: The Best Ideas of the Top Management Thinkers as a motivation and pay guru.
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and B.B.A. and M.A. from the University of Minnesota.