Jay is a professional entrepreneur, author, publisher, small business advocate, mentor and marketing idea innovator. His energy for forward thinking and introduction of new ideas is his professional and personal hallmark. Jay’s entrepreneurial spirit thrives in an environment of challenge, opportunity and transformation. In his spare time, he loves travel to the NC mountains, volunteering with community organizations, exploring his Revolutionary War ancestral roots, scale model airplanes, grilling, independent professional wrestling (yes!), and spending time with family and friends.

Jay has 15+ years of self-employment in the creative and marketing agency field. He has unique experiences gained from managing his creative agency in the highly competitive creative and business market of Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to owning his creative and marketing agency, he had a long successful career in radio broadcast sales, marketing and radio station management at top stations in the southeast.

Jay was graduated from Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tennessee, in 1985 with a B.S. in English-Journalism.

Jay and business partner Bill McCown wrote and published “The Success Guide for Your Small Business” in 2005. This 400+ page Guide book includes everything a small business entrepreneur needs to know to start, grow and manage a successful small business. There are 14 other Guide books that are being written specifically for vertical markets like real estate, dentistry, accountants, chiropractors and other specialty fields in need of a business book tailored to their unique small business needs.

Professional & Community Service Experience
Greater Carolinas Red Cross (Charlotte) - Board of Directors, Chair, Marketing & Communications
The Center for Community Transitions (Charlotte) - Board of Directors
Atlanta Red Cross – Marketing & Communications Committee
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce – Internet & Communications Board
Professional Lawn Care Association of America – Advisory Board
Southeast Legal Marketing Association – Marketing Advisory Board
Atlanta Marketing Association – Marketing & Internet Advisory Board
Atlanta Sports Council – Board of Advisers
Law Firm Managing Partner Forums – National Board of Advisers
International Association of Business Communicators - Member

For the past 15 years, Bill has been at the forefront of graphic and Internet design pushing the envelope with his unique brand of creative expression. He is a professional entrepreneur, designer, creative advocate, technology enthusiast, and mentor for many young designers. Bill has a strong passion for blending new, fresh creative approaches with the very latest technology enhancements and tools. He was an early-adopter and advocate for businesses to push into Web 2.0 transitions as early as 2004. In his spare time, Bill enjoys travel, volunteering with regional dog rescue associations, local theater groups, painting and pottery, writing and creating electronic music, entertaining and cooking with family and friends, and spending time with his Chinese Shar-Pei, Khan (named for Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan!)

Bill has been self employed for 17 years, teaming up with business partner Jay Joyce in 1994 to start what would eventually become one of the most successful creative marketing agencies in the southeast. Bill’s entrepreneurial style is open minded, risk taking, fun, expressive, and always customer focused. Competitors and friends in Atlanta called Bill’s style “Donny Deutsch meets Chef Gordon Ramsey!”

Bill’s early professional career was spent at successful Top 40 radio stations across the southeast through the 1980’s and early 1990’s. Bill is well-known in professional radio circles for managing Top 40 powerhouse WANS-FM 107.3 in Greenville, SC. That radio station dominated the airwaves between Atlanta and Charlotte for nearly 10 years under Bill’s leadership and creativity.