Jay Southworth, Co-Founder, is a native Austinite who had his first job in the title industry when he was 19 years old at Austin Title, which was a local independent company at that time. Jay was a natural leader, and over the next 18 years he served as Assistant VP/Plant Manager, Executive VP/General Manager, and was named President of Austin Title in 1999. He stayed at that post until partnering with Brian Pitman to form Independence Title in 2005. Jay is a good listener, has a genius for numbers, and nominates Brian whenever public speaking is required. Jay and his wife Nancy have three children, and have been actively involved in various community activities in Westlake for the past 25 years