Ivory Taylor

Producer and Director

Dr. Ivory Taylor is an accomplished Senior Executive with more than 14 years of success in the healthcare industry. Leveraging extensive experience with crisis management, Dr. Taylor is a valuable asset for companies seeking guidance on training employees, moving product, and bringing a product to the marketplace. His broad areas of expertise include strategic development, marketing, and succession planning.

Throughout his executive career, Dr. Taylor has held leadership positions as Chairman/CEO of Taylor Brown LLC; Technical Preparation Coordinator for Northwest Community College; Director of Job Training and Development for State Technical Institute, and First Sergeant for the University of Mississippi ROTC Program. He worked for fourteen years as a Corporation CEO, setting strategic direction, vision strategy, modeling, and setting the culture, values, and behavior. Dr. Taylor has been a successful and highly respected educator/administrator at the University, Community College, and Industries workforce development. Dr. Taylor has been the recipient of numerous Awards and Honors, including one of the “Top Men of Excellence: by the Tri-State Defender newspaper, Memphis; 2010 “Company of the Year” by the Black Business Association, and the 2010 “Rising Star Company of the Year by the State of Tennessee. He served 20 years of active duty in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of First Sergeant (E-8) of combat soldiers.

Dr. Taylor holds Doctor of Education in Leadership, from Arkansas State University; a Certificate of Advanced Study (Project Zero) from Harvard University; a Master of Student Personnel and a Master in Higher Education from, both from the University of Mississippi, and a Bachelor of Science in Training Development from the University of Louisville. Dr. Taylor holds Professional Memberships with Mid-South Minority Business Continuum (MMBC) and Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA); Black Business Association (BBA); TN Office of Diversity Business Enterprise; Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA); American Educational Research Association (AERA); Association of Clinical Research Professional (ACRP); American Pharmacists Association (APA);Southaven Mississippi Leadership Institute, and Halliburton M. B. Church (Jail/Corrections Ministry). In addition, he is the author of Build A Better You; Level of Existence; Reaching Your Maximum Potential, and Building a Community Church.

Eddie Jones

Producer and Director

Attended Shelby State Community College and Austin Peay State University (1988), Professional Musician playing Bass Guitar, Keyboards and Drums (1984 to 1994). Marketing & Promotion Director (2003-2006) Created a Mentorship program for young males (1994 –2006), (Program Director) Produced several Public Access programs such as Video Waves, City Beats, Quiet Storm, and Jamm City (1988 to 2004), In September of 2010 formed a Online television station called “ Urban TV1- a platform for independent producers to showcase there talents. In October of 2012, Changed the name to MUTV1 and became the first African American Network to broadcast from Point to Point to Comcast in Memphis with broadcasting on Comcast Channel 31. Producer of several daily and weekly shows such as Black Thought, Dialogue with Deidre, Black Mental Health Matters, The Spirit in Me, Talk Live Sports, Health Living, and What Makes You Beautiful. In June of 2013, MUTV1 changed to multicast and started broadcasting on a variety of platforms such as: Ustream, Livestream, Facebook, Justin.tv. M1TV Network can be viewed on Smartphones, iPhones, Tablets, Computers and SmartTv.