Terry Jones founded Travelocity.com. He led the company as President and Chief Executive Officer from it’s founding until May 2002. Previously, Jones served as Chief Information Officer at Sabre Inc. In his 24 years at Sabre, Jones held various executive positions including President of Decision Technologies, Vice President of Applications Development and Vice President of Product Development.
 
Prior to Sabre, Jones joined American Airlines in 1978 as Director of Product Development when American Airlines acquired Agency Data Systems, a Florida-based mini-computer accounting systems company. He became president of the division when it moved to Dallas/Fort Worth.
 
A graduate of Denison University in Granville, Ohio, Jones entered the travel industry in 1971 as a travel agent with Vega Travel in Chicago. He later served five years as a vice president of Travel Advisors, a company specializing in business travel to Eastern Europe and the USSR, with offices in Chicago and Moscow.
 
Jones serves on the Board of Directors of Entrust Technologies and the Hart Ecenter@SMU. He is currently a principle of Essential Ideas, a consultancy he co-founded to help companies in their transition to the digital economy.
 
Terry is now devoting much of his time to speaking and sharing his unique insights on the future of business through the new consulting firm – Essential Ideas. CNN recently called Terry Jones - “a major web pioneer, who six years ago founded a dot-com that would revolutionize how you bought airline tickets and vacations”
 
Jones, who took an idea and created a business with 33 million members and one of the first profitable dot-coms can bring your audience first hand knowledge of creating a national brand, thriving in rapidly changing markets and using technology for competitive advantage.
 
His programs are both informative and mind expanding. He challenges audiences to think outside the box and envision the future.

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