Get To Know Your CADENAS PARTsolutions Team: Jay Hopper

Meet Jay Hopper, Our Chief Growth Officer!

Jay is our Chief Growth Officer at CADENAS PARTsolutions, and he’s a familiar face in our office. Formerly our President and COO, he’s returned after a five-year hiatus to focus on marketing and sales initiatives with an emphasis on Strategic Parts Management in the U.S.

Jay has over 20 years of experience in marketing, sales, and growth for various software and media companies. Profile picture of Jay Hopper. Get to Know Your CADENAS PARTsolutions Team: Jay Hopper.

What part of your job are you most looking forward to?

I’m excited to be a part of CADENAS PARTsolutions again. It’s an amazing company with great products and great people, so the opportunity to come back and be a part of that again is what I was most looking forward to. It felt like coming home a little bit.

Career Background

I started my career as a journalist, and I wrote over 1,500 news stories. It was right around the time the internet was up and coming, so I got to help move the newspaper I was working at from print to digital. That’s how I got bit by the technology bug and fell in love with tech. After that, I worked in a variety of tech companies (startups and enterprise software companies).

Hometown

I live in Cincinnati, Ohio, and I’ve spent most of my life here. Before that, I was in central Ohio and Knoxville, Tennessee. We also split time in Michigan now.

What do you do for fun?

I love listening to and playing music. I also like hiking, playing pickleball, and doing digital art and design.

Pets

We have a labradoodle named Penny Lane.

Favorite movie

“Gladiator” and “The Shawshank Redemption”

Favorite TV show

My current favorite show is “The Bear.”

Favorite vacation spot

Pentwater, Michigan

Favorite food

I like a good steak.

Favorite band or singer

I’m a diehard, lifelong U2 fan. I saw them in the Sphere. I also really like Wilco.

Favorite sports teams

The Cincinnati Bengals and Xavier men’s basketball

Favorite color

Black

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Kelly Obbie

Social Media Coordinator at CADENAS PARTsolutions | A 2018 graduate of The Media School at Indiana University, Kelly studied journalism, public relations, English and Spanish and has experience in news writing and editing as well as social media writing and management. She also has professional and personal experience in videography and photography. She currently lives in Ohio but has lived in four states, and in her free time, she enjoys running, hiking, learning languages, and watching Disney movies.