Press Release: Doing one thing and doing it well

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (February 22, 2010) –– In one of the worst economies of the past half-century a Jacksonville business owner went against all his entrepreneurial instincts that helped him build a multi-faceted, multi-million dollar company and got back to his roots. After 16 years of seeing unprecedented growth in both revenue and market share, DiscoverTec founder & CEO Donny Lamey sold off all his primary service departments except the ones that got him where he is today.

Over 16 years ago, Lamey, a Mississippi native, founded DiscoverTec as an information technology company shortly after graduating with a BS in Management Information Systems from the University of West Florida. Early on he saw the huge, unlimited potential of information technology and the world wide web and built DiscoverTec into a multi-million dollar company throughout the 2000’s. At its peak, DiscoverTec had over 80 employees, 2 offices and over 6 primary service departments including web design, home automation, security systems, virtual offices and inside wiring.


Fast forward to 2007, Lamey was faced with an economy that was showing signs of serious decline and many business owners around the country saw a potentially devastating situation on the horizon. However, Lamey saw opportunity and made the decision to focus in on what drew him into starting DiscoverTec over a decade earlier, cutting-edge technology services like custom website development and IT solutions.

“As we grew I started to see a split between the construction world of home automation and the hospitality world of virtual offices and then there was the technical world of web development, I couldn’t focus in what I really wanted my company to be,” Lamey said in a recent interview. According to www.DiscoverTec.com, the company’s Vision Statement is “To be the Southeast leader in Technology Services”. To that end, Lamey has sold off every division of his company with the exception of the two divisions that are technology-based.

Today, DiscoverTec is a Microsoft Gold Partner offering web design & development, internet marketing and IT solutions. Lamey said that while his company is about a third the size it used to be in years past, he still realized steady growth in 2009 when most of his competitor’s struggled just to stay in business. “We actually grew our team and by streamlining our product and service offerings it allowed me to get more involved with our customers and I was able to be more hands-on with the day-to-day operations,” said Lamey.

Staying busy has never been a problem for Lamey, who was named one of the Top 40 under 40 “Up and Comers” and is honored to be President Elect of The Southpoint Rotary Club and serve on the board for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. On February 27, 2010, The Southpoint Rotary Club is presenting Biker Blast III, an event Lamey founded in 2008 that sees its primary proceeds go to the Wolfson Children’s Hospital.

“Being active in the community is how I built this company and it was difficult to stay active as we grew. Now I have more time to dedicate to that and giving back has always been very important to me,” stated Lamey.

For Lamey, going back to his roots helped his company take a huge step forward.