Best known for founding Travelocity.com and serving as founding Chairman of Kayak.com, Terry Jones has become a powerful voice in the world of entrepreneurship through his numerous speaking engagements and the publication of his book, ON Innovation. His career path has established him as a thought leader on innovation in our increasingly digital world.
A graduate of Denison University in Granville, Ohio, Jones, began his career as a travel agent, spent 24 years at American Airlines in marketing and information technology, capping his career as Chief Information Officer of its SABRE division. While at SABRE he led a team of six working on a project that became Travelocity.com. Jones served as CEO of Travelocity for seven years transforming it to a public company with three billion dollars in travel sales.
He left Travelocity when the company was taken private and became part of the founding team at Kayak.com, a company that yet again revolutionized how travel was purchased. He served as Chairman of the company from its founding until it was sold to Priceline for $1.8 billion dollars in 2013.
Today he is the Chairman of WayBlazer and managing principal of ON Inc, a consultancy he founded to help companies in their transition to the digital economy.
He serves on the boards of Boingo, Smart Destinations and Camping and Education Foundation. He has previously served on the boards of Entrust, Overture, La Quinta Hotels, Luxury Link and EarthLink.
He is a venture capitalist with General Catalyst and Sierra Angels.
Leaders are worried. Businesses are being disrupted at an ever increasing pace and technological advances are converging to create unprecedented dislocation. Identify what these are and how you can turn them to your advantage. Terry reviews the to 10 technical forces of disruption and more importantly shows the new business models that result.
Utilizing technical forces of disruption, Terry shows our current business models that are created from disruption and how startups are shedding old concepts to create simple models that “own the edge”. The Edge – where the customer is – where we HAVE to be.
As Terry says, “My innovation is YOUR disruption. It is only disruption because YOU didn’t do it!” Drawing from his experiences with several start ups and as the founder of Travelocity.com and founding Chairman of Kayak.com, Jones helps audiences turn disruption into innovation.
This fast paced presentation can help you avoid disruption and become the innovator!
Terry can also address the implications of these technologies on the work force and the future of work. Additionally, they can also be combined with his ON Innovation speech and Disruption topic.
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“The event was amazing. Terry was a consummate professional and gave a speech that electrified our crowd. We couldn’t be happier with the outcome. Thank you.”
“He’s a very dynamic and relevant speaker for any industry/business. He brings a very bright perspective on AI and the future of business.”
” Terry Jones has a gift for helping students understand the world they are graduating out into and inspiring them to think about themselves as entrepreneurs in both their personal and professional lives. His talk is entertaining, wise, provocative (in the right kinds of ways) and inspiring. He is a masterful storyteller with decades of experiences creating and innovating. His talk explores why startups fail from the lens of his experiences as an entrepreneur. It is perfect for students who want to be entrepreneurs and/or creative problem solvers or who just want to understand how to build their own lives.”
“Through the lease of technology disruption, Terry exposes business leaders and students to opportunities and challenges that they will immediately encounter upon graduation.”
