Don Jones (also known as Donald Jones) is Vice President of Global Strategy and Market Development at Qualcomm Life, and is considered a pioneer in the Wireless Health field. Jones also serves on the boards of the

American Telemedicine Association The American Telemedicine Association (ATA), established in 1993, is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote access to medical care for consumers and health professionals via telecommunications technology (alternatively referred to a ...

, th
Alliance Healthcare Foundation
and th
Wireless Life Sciences Alliance
which Jones also co-founded. In 2010, Jones was named t
Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals’
Consumer Products Innovations Board.

Education

Jones received his bachelor's degree in Biology and Bio-Engineering from the

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Insti ...

, before going on to earn a Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego and a

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

(MBA) from the

University of California at Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and pr ...

Career

Before joining Qualcomm to head up its Wireless Health initiative, Jones developed and grew various healthcare enterprises for 22 years. He was Chief Operating Officer of MedTrans for 8 years, and grew the company from $4.5 million to $1.2 billion, which then became

American Medical Response American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR) is a medical transportation company in the United States that provides and manages community-based medical transportation services, including emergency (911), non-emergency and managed transportation, rotary ...

(AMR), the world's largest emergency medical services provider. While at MedTrans, he founde
EMME
in 1993. EMME is a leader in pre-hospital medical care and is the largest subscription based health service in Mexico. A
HealthCap
a venture capital backed startup that quickly became “the second largest provider of women’s healthcare in the United States,” he was Senior Vice President of Marketing. In the early 1980s, Jones developed the $3 billion critical care transportation sector. In 1996, Jones led AMR into emergency physician practice management. His strategy involved the acquisition of

EMCARE EmCare Holdings Inc., or EmCare, was an American provider of physician practice management services for emergency departments, inpatient physician services or hospitals, acute care surgery, trauma and general surgery, women's and children's service ...

, the largest US emergency medicine practice. He also developed the launch of the American Medical Pathways for AMR, which won a $600 million healthcare call center contract. Jones also founde
Golden Hour Data Systems
an aeromedical IT supplier. Jones has been involved in more than 130 acquisitions, including the Medtrans and EMCARE rollups. In 2005, Jones founded th
Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance
(WLSA), the world's first institute focused on accelerating the convergence of the wireless and health care industries. In this role, he started the annual Wireless Health conferences in 2010. Jones was also named one of th
Top Disruptive Forces
in Health IT b
Fierce Health IT
in 2010. At Qualcomm Life, Jones once led the development of wireless technologies and platforms in the health, fitness and life sciences markets.

Honors

*1998: Director of the National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) asks Jones to write the EMS Implementation Guide for the Future *2000: Jones becomes the Journal of Emergency Medical Services’ (JEMS) One of the 20 Most Influential People in EMS *2010: Jones is named a Finalist in the “Biotech, Tech and Defense” division of San Diego's Top Influentials by the San Diego Source *2010: Jones receives the title of a “Disruptive Force in Health IT” from Fierce Health IT for his innovative outlook on the future of healthcare. Fierce Health It quotes Jones as saying, “50 percent of primary care does not have to be delivered face-to-face. Why leave your home? Why leave your desk when you don’t have to?”

References

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Education

Career

Honors

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