Terry Jones Biography

Terry Jones is an inventor, keynote speaker, author, and venture capitalist. He was the brainchild behind the creation of several notable websites, including Travelocity.com, Kayak.com, Sabre, Inc.'s CIO, and the current Chairman of Wayblazer, a business focused on innovation and travel. He has a track record of running businesses that have introduced technologies that have altered the tourism sector. Companies who have used Jones' consulting firm, ON, Inc., where he serves as President, have adapted to this quickly changing environment by using the special tools and processes he devised. Jones has experience working with tiny startups and big corporations, giving her listeners practical examples of fostering an innovative culture in an organization. In the 1970s, Jones participated in the formation of one of the most rapidly expanding businesses in the travel industry. Jones oversaw product development, programming, and operations at American Airlines/Sabre, the computer system that later served as the subject of a Harvard case study on automating customer service. This continued throughout the 1980s and 1990s. After that, Jones launched Travelocity.com, growing it from a staff of 10 individuals to a multi-billion dollar public firm. After leaving Travelocity, he was appointed chairman of Kayak.com, a different travel website that, in just three years, expanded to rival Priceline in size. Jones, a Denison University alumnus, started working as a travel agent in 1971. He developed Essential Ideas to assist businesses in shifting to the digital economy, and he currently holds the principal position. He is a director for Rearden Commerce, Smart Destinations, EarthLink, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, and the Boy Scouts of America's Technical Advisory Committee. At General Catalyst Partners, he is also a special venture partner. Jones is the author of the 2012 publication On Innovation, a humorous yet helpful manual for promoting innovation. He uses his experience as the founder and CEO of Travelocity.com and his work with ten other businesses, to explain the future of industry.

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