Built by someone who’s been on the other side of the ticket.
Jones Mays started in Houston classrooms, built a district technology department from nothing in rural Mississippi, and founded Mays Consulting Group in 2010 to give more districts that kind of support.
The team brings more than 40 years of combined EdTech experience, and we believe a school’s technology deserves a full-time owner, not a side duty for whoever knows computers.
How we got here
Three decades in school technology, from wiring classrooms to running a department.
Helped schedule Houston ISD’s first NetDay events, when volunteers wired schools for the internet, and built the district’s first school-based website.
Named Houston ISD Teacher of the Year.
Built the technology department at Holly Springs School District in Mississippi. The nine-person team had zero turnover in seven years.
Cisco Systems “EdTech Leader on the Move,” a national award.
Mississippi State Technology Educator of the Year.
City of Holly Springs Change Maker Award.
Founded Mays Consulting Group in Houston.
Leading MCG while completing a Ph.D. in Educational Technology Leadership at Pepperdine University. MCG’s EdTech integration approach was invited for presentation at the National CAPE Conference in Washington, D.C.
What stays the same on every engagement
Documentation
Systems are written down before, during, and after we touch them. Nothing lives only in one person’s head.
Named contacts
You always know who is responsible, and you have their number.
Plain language
Technical work explained so superintendents and board members can act on it.
Compliance from the start
FERPA and CIPA shape the build from day one, so there’s no cleanup before an audit.
A reporting schedule
Updates arrive on a set schedule, not only when something breaks.
The long haul
We stay through the next budget cycle, not just the rollout.
Training the next generation of school IT
Developing people has been part of the work since Holly Springs. Today MCG runs a paid internship with Texas Southern University’s computer science department.
Interns work alongside our team in real districts, on real tickets, and leave with the kind of experience most graduates don’t get until their second job.
Want to know if we’re a fit?
A 20-minute call. No sales pitch, just a straight read on where your district stands.