Prior to X-COR, Jayon co-founded LifeShel, inventing medical device injectors and creating IoT-based safety devices. He served as a mechanical engineer and later on as CEO for 2 years. He began his career working at large corporations, such as ExxonMobil and Danaher.

Jayon has an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Harvard University Blavatnik Fellow, and a BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.