JDS Insights delivers fractional CEO/CFO leadership, AI-driven transformation, and deep real estate operational and financial expertise to family offices, real estate portfolios, and growth-stage MedTech companies.
Schedule a Consultation Explore ExpertiseMost advisors bring a framework. We bring three decades of P&L ownership — and the modern toolkit to match.
Hands-on adoption of AI across finance and operations — not slideware. We design, build, and run agentic workflows that compound daily.
Deep operational and financial leadership across family-owned real estate portfolios and property businesses.
Fractional C-suite leadership for medical device and health-tech companies — from seed stage through exit.
Flexible engagement models: fractional executive seats, project-based transformation sprints, and ongoing advisory retainers.
Experienced executive leadership without the full-time hire — with real accountability for outcomes.
Assess, prioritize, and implement AI across your operation — measured in hours saved and errors eliminated.
Modernize property accounting, treasury, AP workflows, and reporting for portfolios of any size.
Robust models supporting funding rounds, acquisitions, and long-term capital planning.
Pitch materials, investor outreach, and deal support from seed rounds to growth capital.
Target identification, negotiation, diligence, and post-close integration — buy-side and sell-side.
Practical runway extension and working-capital discipline while pursuing growth.
Clear KPI reporting and strategic narratives that build transparency and buy-in.
JD-informed negotiation of licenses, supply agreements, and commercial contracts.
Jay Schainholz is a senior executive and advisor with more than three decades of hands-on leadership across manufacturing, medical technology, real estate, and family-office operations. He holds a JD from Columbia Law School and an MBA — a combination that lets him move fluidly between deal terms, financial strategy, and operational execution.
As President of a precision medical device manufacturer for 30 years, Jay built the company through four strategic acquisitions, two ERP transformations, complex licensing and supply agreements, and a successful transition to new ownership. He has since served as CEO of a surgical technology company, fractional CFO and co-founder of an AI-enabled IoT/SaaS venture, M&A and capital-sourcing director for mid-market MedTech transactions, and fractional CEO for a diversified family office with significant real estate holdings.
Today, JDS Insights brings that operator's perspective to a new frontier: helping family offices, real estate organizations, and growth companies harness AI to transform how their finance and operations teams actually work — pragmatically, securely, and with measurable results.
Whether you're modernizing a real estate portfolio's operations, bringing AI into your finance function, or preparing a company for its next stage of growth — the first conversation is free.
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