About Us

Aaron is a certified public accountant (CPA) and brings a unique balance of finance and technology to the team. Prior to Autobooks, Aaron was also a cofounder of Billhighway, where he served as Chief Product Officer – together with Steve, lead the organization through several stages of growth, achieving a 30%+ annual growth rate for over 10 years.

Aaron is a seasoned management consultant and industry expert specializing in various financial management suites having implemented numerous sophisticated financial systems and business process reengineering efforts for fortune 500 clients.

Aaron is a double graduate of Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA in finance and information systems.

In his role as CFO/COO, Jeff is to continue to build upon the existing foundation to support Autobooks' tremendous growth. He is a nationally recognized C-level executive with a proven track record of scaling rapidly growing SaaS businesses, leading successful exits, and completing and integrating M&A transactions while driving corporate strategy and delivering financial results. Jeff is also the founder of Detroit’s CFO forum, a leadership council serving to empower CFOs across many industries.

Jeff most recently was the CFO / COO at DaySmart Software, a SaaS-based fintech company that has been on the Inc 5000 list of growth companies for 8 years running. DaySmart provides software and payment solutions to SMBs, offering an integrated means to run their entire front and back office operations.

Prior to DaySmart, Jeff was the CFO / COO of PrizeLogic, a firm that incentivizes consumer engagement across all brand platforms. Jeff was also CFO of ForeSee, a SaaS company, and the leader in multi-channel customer experience. It was while he was at ForeSee that Jeff was the winning recipient of Crain’s 2009 CFO of the Year Award, at which time, he also negotiated a $5 million-dollar tax incentive with the State of Michigan.

Jeff has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting and his MBA in Finance from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at University of Michigan.

Kyle Bazzy is the VP of Enterprise Growth at Autobooks and is leading the strategy to partner with financial institutions nationally to help them become a digital destination for their small business owners.

Prior to Autobooks, Kyle built and led enterprise sales organizations at fintech companies such as Billhighway and Benzinga. Kyle is also the co-founder of a non-profit, Venture Catalysts, whose mission is to build a stronger entrepreneurial ecosystem in Detroit. Kyle has spearheaded some of the largest efforts in Michigan to support entrepreneurs, including Detroit Startup Week (Techstars), Startup Boost, Detroit Founders Dinner and more. Kyle’s enterprise sales experience, networking ability and passion to help small businesses has been integral to his success helping entrepreneurs and organizations experience growth and profitability.

Kyle graduated from Central Michigan University with a B.A. in Law and Economics.

Chris Spiek is the Chief Product Officer at Autobooks and is responsible for designing and executing our strategy for bringing solutions to the market that delight small business owners.

Chris co-founded the Re-Wired Group in 2006 and worked for over a decade to formalize and popularize the Jobs-to-be-Done Framework, one of the most prevalent product development tools in use today. During that time he helped teams at places like Basecamp, Facebook, Intercom, and Dropbox define their product strategy.

Chris has deep technical expertise, having started his career as a software developer. In addition to his work in software, he has worked on and helped launch hundreds of projects in industries including CPG, finance, education, energy, automotive, and health and fitness.

Chris’ work is featured in Clayton Christensen’s latest book: Competing Against Luck.

Before joining Autobooks Chris was Head of Product at Auth0, an Identity and Access Management company and Forbes 2018 Cloud 100 company. Chris holds a B.S. in Management Information Systems from Central Michigan University.

Derik Sutton joined Autobooks in 2018 as VP of Product and Experience, since moving on to now lead the team's marketing efforts.  

He brings more than 19 years of fintech experience. Before joining Autobooks, Derik founded Become Labs, a product and design company focused on helping fintech companies and financial institutions design and build better product experiences.

Prior to Become Labs, Derik worked for fintech companies in a variety of roles including sales, business development, and eventually product. Derik has spent the majority of his time in product focused on digital banking, bringing a variety of new products and services to market.

Derik has a B.A. in Business Management from West Texas A&M.  

Jay is responsible for developing and implementing both near-team and long-term business strategies to ensure the mutual success for both Autobooks and our clients. Jay leverages his skills, knowledge and foresight to accelerate these strategies through internal operations, strategic partnerships and various joint marketing, development and investment initiatives.

Jay has been on the forefront of fintech for over a decade. Prior to joining Autobooks, he founded Buzz Points. There he worked with numerous financial institutions, including Discover Financial Services, to grow Buzz Points into the leader in merchant funded loyalty with financial institution partners in over two dozen states. Jay was also a founder of FundsXpress, one of the first online banking providers. FundsXpress was acquired by First Data. Jay has also held leadership positions at Aliya, a marketplace lending platform deployed into PNC Bank, and at Pluck Corporation which was acquired by Demand Media.

Jay has a B.A. in Physics from The University of California at Berkeley and holds an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin where he focused on Entrepreneurship.