Terry Jones
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 books, ON Innovation and Disruption OFF. His career path has established him as a thought leader on innovation in our post covid and 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 managing principal of ON Inc. a consultancy he founded to help companies in their transition to the digital economy. He has served on over 17 boards and currently serves on the boards of Boingo, Sonicwall, Kenzie Academy, Crytica and Camping and Education Foundation.
Terry is the author of the best selling books, ON Innovation and Disruption OFF, and is the holder of several patents.
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Testimonials
“He was great…I have perhaps the world’s toughest crowd, and he won them over.”
“Terry Jones gave an excellent virtual keynote address to our fastest-growing companies in South Florida which made a tremendous impact and received great feedback from attendees. It was highlight for our virtual awards program and working with him was a pleasure. He went above and beyond to ensure a successful event for all.”
“Terry, your presentation is the reason virtual meetings DO work! It was very fresh not only in the way it was presented but the content as well. ~ Thank you.”
“In a short period, you have done well to understand the intricacies of delivering your message through Zoom. Your use of both digital animation and mass media made the presentation flow easy to understand yet very powerful.”
“Our partners have new energy and focus on innovation for our firm and our industry after listening to Terry. Terry Jones is a master innovator, and knows how to translate his experiences disrupting business models into practical advice for business people across industries.
Specialist Topics
Innovation
How to build a culture of innovation
How to create an innovation team
How to generate new innovative ideas
How to select the best ideas
Disruption Off
How new business models are created from disruption
How startups are shedding old concepts to create simple models
How to “own the edge”
Building Digital Relationships
While face-to-face contact isn’t going away, companies that lack an effective online relationship
strategy are setting themselves up for failure.
From search to social, mobile to big data, local to logistics, Terry will cover what you need to know now
to keep 21st century customers satisfied.