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CITRIS Distinguished Speaker: Donald Jones from Qualcomm
| Themes | Delivery of Health Care |
|---|---|
| Emphases | Services Science and Technology |
| Campuses | UC Berkeley |
- February 23, 2009: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
- Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley
Donald Jones, Vice-President of Business Development in Health & Life Sciences at Qualcomm, will speak on "Collapsing Time and Space in Health Care."
As always, these talks are free, open to the public and broadcast live on-line at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast the day and time of the event. Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents. Sponsored by Infineon Technologies.
Abstract:
Technology, innovation and services will play a central role in health care in the coming years. Innovations such as advanced video, novel uses of SMS, energy efficient chips and radios, when combined with real needs and services, will drive health innovations. This talk will cover the state of the art from the perspective of Qualcomm and their investments, and it will present challenges and areas for collaboration for academe.
Biography:
Donald Jones serves as vice president of business development for Qualcomm Incorporated. He is responsible for leading Qualcomm’s expansion of wireless technologies into the consumer health, healthcare and medical device markets.
Prior to joining Qualcomm, Jones spent 22 years developing and growing healthcare enterprises. He has served as chief operating officer of MedTrans (now American Medical Response) the world’s largest emergency medical services provider, as founder and chairman of EMME, Mexico’s largest member-based health service; and as senior vice president of marketing and business development for HealthCap, a venture capital backed startup, and at the time, the second largest provider of women’s healthcare in the United States. Jones has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, having been involved in over 130 acquisitions. In 2000, the Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS) named Jones One of the 20 Most Influential People in EMS.
Mr. Jones is on the Boards of the Alliance Healthcare Foundation, the American Telemedicine Association and is the founding board member of the Wireless Life Science Alliance. Jones hold a US patent in the use of cell phones in incentive programs.
Jones holds bachelors’ degrees in biology and bio-engineering from the University of California, San Diego, a Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego, and an MBA from the University of California, Irvine.
