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Mr. Jay P. Summerall President & Founder |
Jay Summerall has been a friend of higher education and a driving force in the campus card market for more than a decade. As Chief Operating Officer of Student Advantage, Inc. for nearly 3 years, he directed the development and growth of SA Cash - a solution set for campus card programs - and managed the company's other major businesses. SA Cash grew to 25 major campuses and became an industry standard in 2 years prior to its acquisition by a third party in 2003.
At AT&T Corp., Mr. Summerall orchestrated a significant
corporate initiative that integrated calling card functionality and AT&T
branding into campus cards at more than 50 major institutions from 1997-1999.
He was General Manager of AT&T's College and University Solutions unit
in 1998-1999, overseeing the company's core consumer communications and card
services for students and institutions. Mr. Summerall began his 8 year AT&T
career with AT&T Universal Card Services, a credit and calling card issuing
subsidiary that won the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award in its third
full-year of operations. He oversaw the launch of the Universal Card to the
college market in 1995.