{"id":10919,"date":"2024-03-21T15:01:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T19:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=10919"},"modified":"2024-03-24T13:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T17:37:24","slug":"terrell-jones","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/profile\/terrell-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrell Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">Terrell (\u201cTerry\u201d) Jones is <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">a technology pioneer who has played a pivotal role in creating the trillion-dollar e-commerce travel industry. He is the a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">uthor of <\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">Disruption: Off<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"> and <\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">Innovation: On<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"> While only .01% of businesses reach t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">he<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"> elusive billion-dollar \u201cunicorn\u201d status, Terry buil<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">t <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRestV2 CommentHighlightRest SCXW234241563 BCX0\">s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW234241563 BCX0\">c<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW234241563 BCX0\">aled<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRestV2 SCXW234241563 BCX0\"> not one but two unicorn businesses \u2013 as the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"> founder of Travelocity and founding <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">Chairman<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"> of Kayak.com. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">He\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"> been in the travel industry for 40+ years <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">(<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">so far<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">) and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"> is a proclaimed serial entrepreneur and investor. Through his work with dozens of startups and serving on <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">20<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"> boards of directors, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">his IPOs and exits total over <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW234241563 BCX0\">$10 billion<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">He\u2019<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\"> gained a unique perspective on innovation that he shares in his books and keynotes. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234241563 BCX0\">Terry is a highly sought-after international speaker and a globally recognized authority in the \u201cFuture of Business,\u201d \u201cDisruptive Leadership,\u201d and \u201cDigital Transformation.\u201d<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW234241563 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In November 2023, Terry was a keynote speaker at the Hospitality Sales &amp; Marketing Association&#8217;s Curate workshop which focused on Artificial Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Connect on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/terrellbjones\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22921,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22921"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10996,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10919\/revisions\/10996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}