Jay Buck

After graduation from Frostburg State University Jay pursued Sales Management Marketing and added Corporate Training to his resume with Fortune 500 companies; Carnation/Nestle and EJ Gallo Winery.

In 1997, Jay joined Weddingpages Magazine as a Sales Director overseeing seven regional publications around the United States. He was promoted to Senior Sales Director prior to the company being purchased by The Knot. In 1998 Jay became the National Sales Director for The Knot overseeing the sales staff in 42 cities.

In June 2001 Jay and his wife Karen purchased 6 Franchises for Perfect Wedding Guide: Baltimore, Central Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, South Jersey, Delaware and Richmond. In 2002 the Franchisor asked Jay to become his Vice President of Sales & Marketing which Jay did until 2004.

In 2004 Jay and Karen started Modern Babies Children Magazine and in January 2006 were approved by the Federal Government to start Franchising. Franchises were sold in 8 cities. December 2012 they sold the entire franchise system to their Nashville Franchisee.

In April 2010 Jay started Wedding411 On Demand as a Comcast TV segment followed by Wedding411ondemand.com. In June 2011 Karen joined him and started Wedding411 The Magazine, Wedding411 The Newsletter for engaged couples, Blog & Podcasts, Networking Events and Social Media; all in an effort to bring the latest trends, tips and information to Maryland’s savvy engaged couples.

Cool things to know about Jay…

• Jay loves to host parties. He is the one that shops for the groceries, cooks the meal, and of course drinks wine while doing so! Among his favorite guests? His FOUR lovely daughters, Stephanie, Allison, Lindsay and Jessie and his son-in-laws.
• Jay has a green thumb and enjoys gardening and spending as much time as possible in the great outdoors.
• Jay was a three-sport athlete in high school, playing on the football, basketball and baseball teams, and a two-sport athlete in college, playing football and lacrosse.
• What motivates Jay? He knows it’s important to make his work FUN, and feels blessed and thankful that he has had the opportunity to build a career that makes him wake up and smile each day.

Karen Buck

Karen ice skated competitively as a young girl. In 1988 she was on the committee that brought the National Figure Skating Championships to Baltimore. Her volunteer position was to produce the souvenir program. She interviewed more than 200 skaters, wrote their bios, sold advertising and helped get printing bids. Karen was hooked, not to mention that her skating background was about to pay off!

Starting at age 12 she helped on weekends and holidays in her mother’s local florist business working her way up to Bridal Consultant and Advertising & Marketing Director. She placed an ad in WeddingPages Magazine to promote the wedding aspect of the florist business. Learning the magazine was for sale she borrowed $20,000 to purchase the Maryland and Pennsylvania franchises. Six months later, with no option to fail, the loan was repaid in full. Several years later she sold the franchises and became a Regional Sales Director for The Knot, which had purchased the publication.

2001 Karen and her husband Jay, purchased franchises for Perfect Wedding Guide in 6 cities; Baltimore, Central Pennsylvania, Delaware, Richmond, Philadelphia and South Jersey. Within 2 years she was awarded Franchise Of The Year from among franchises in 42 cities nationwide.

2004 Karen and her husband started Modern Babies & Children Magazine and in January 2006 was approved by the Federal Government to start Franchising. Franchises were sold in 8 cities. December 2012 they sold the entire franchise system to their Nashville Franchisee.

In June 2011, Karen decided not to renew her option with Perfect Wedding Guide, joining her husband in creating their own Wedding Magazine & Marketing System. 2010 Karen’s husband Jay launched Wedding411 On Demand as a Comcast TV segment. In June 2011 Karen joined him and started Wedding411 The Magazine, Wedding411ondemand.com, Wedding411 Newsletter for engaged couples, Blogs & Podcasts; all in an effort to bring the latest trends, tips and information to Maryland’s savvy engaged couples.

With her plate full, building the Wedding411 brand, she makes time to ride her horse - Lake, play the piano, read and garden.

She is a graduate of Villa Julie College (Stevenson University)

Jason Cavey

As one of the web designers at Wedding 411 On Demand, Jason is responsible for the building and constant care of the website portal. He works together with Joe to update and create new content and exciting new features. Jason brings extensive programing skill as well as expert problem solving skills.

Jason, Co-Owner of Doogle Design, together with Joe Schatz has over a decade of combined experience in the web design field. Jason started playing with web design and learning web techniques as a teenager during an after-school program offered by his middle school. Since then he has had interest in web technology and web design and has created a number of small and medium-sized websites for friends and family. Jason not only brings expert programming skills and knowledge of best practices for site design and site implementation to Wedding 411 On Demand, but a desire to learn and push his abilities to the edge.

Jason graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 2006 with a B.S in Computer Science. Jason was president of his fraternity and held numerous leadership positions within the fraternity. He is married and has a beautiful 4 year old daughter and 2 year old son.

Cool things to know about Jason…

• Jason coachs Varsity Badminton at Loch Raven High School
• Jason can recite the entire greek alphabet in under five seconds.
• Jason traveled 10,500 miles in 21 days on a cross country road trip through 26 states and from the Atlantic  to Pacific Oceans.

Jason strives to learn as much as possible and always takes life as it comes.

Joe Schatz

Schatz has been in the web design and development industry since 2006. Schatz has been actively designing many varieties of websites. From the large, multi-featured community based websites, to personal blogs, to websites with static content Schatz has done it all.

Through experience, Schatz has intimate knowledge of both the design and technical aspects behind creating easy to navigate, beautiful functioning websites. With the addition of SEO and social media know how, Schatz can not only create websites but find the best ways to bring them to the public. Finally, with an English Writing Degree from Towson University, Schatz brings the ability to assist with Press Release Campaigns and content creation.

Some interesting Joe Schatz trivia:

• Joe has written a book and a screenplay
• Joe has a decent cross-over and a great three point shot
• He has three daughters--all of whom play scholastic chess
• He was married at the tender age of 21 and has sixteen years of marriage under his belt

Joe believes in karma and he enjoys performing random acts of kindness.