Greg Jones

Greg was the founder and CEO of WorldRes, one of the leading online hotel reservation companies. He grew the company network to approximately 35,000 hotels with over 2,000 web distribution partners. Despite the "dot com" collapse, he led the company to profitability in 2001 with $240 million of gross hotel bookings, placing Worldres as the number three player in online hotel reservations. Prior to WorldRes, Greg was Director of the Advanced Technology Group at Synopsys, the leader in electronic design automation software. Before assuming this role, he held senior management positions in Systems Marketing, including Vice President of Marketing. Early in his career, he spent a number of years in management consulting with McKinsey & Company and Edgar, Dunn & Company. Greg holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a Bachelor of Arts in Policy Studies and Economics from Dartmouth College.