Jay B. Myers is the Founder/CEO of Interactive Solutions, Inc. (ISI), a Memphis based firm that specializes in videoconferencing, distance learning, telemedicine and audio-visual sales and support.  His first book, Keep Swinging- An Entrepreneur’s Story of Overcoming Adversity and Achieving Small Business Success,will be published in October 2007, and is available through Morgan James Publishing of New York (www.morganjamespublishing.com).

Myers started ISI in 1996 and in the past 11 years has built it into a $14 million company with 40 employees and offices in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Birmingham, Ala. and Jackson, Miss.

Named to Inc. magazine’s “INC 500” list in 2001 and 2003 as one of fastest growing private companies in the United States, ISI has received numerous corporate awards and recognition in the past several years.  Most recently, ISI earned placement on Business Tennessee’s Fast 50 lists of the state’s fastest growing private companies in both 2005 and 2006, as well as the GBS Eagles (Emory University) list of the fastest growing private firms in the Southeast United States.

ISI was also named the 2004 Oak Ridge National Labs Small Business of the Year, and was the recipient of the 2003 Kemmons Wilson (founder
of Holiday Inn) Emerging Business Award.  ISI was also awarded the Memphis Business Journal Small Business of the Year in 2001, and was a finalist
in 2000.

Prior to starting ISI, Myers earned numerous sales awards while with international corporations Eastman Kodak and Hewlett Packard.