Trevor O. Jones
Chairman, CEO, and Founder
BIOMEC Inc.
1771 East 30th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44114, USA
Phone: 216.357.3310
Fax: 216.357.3318
Email : tojones@elecsonmed.com
Trevor O. Jones is Chairman and CEO of ElectroSonics Medical Inc., a biomedical device company, which he co-founded in 2007. From 1998 to 2007 Mr. Jones was Chairman and Founder of BIOMEC Inc.,an entrepreneurial company founded in 1998 engaged in the development and commercialization of biomedical engineered devices and systems. In 2007 BIOMEC was acquired by Greatbatch Inc. (NYSE – GBT)
From 1991 to 1998 Mr. Jones served on the Board of Directors of Echlin, Inc. in a number of capacities including Chairman, Vice Chairman, CEO and Chairman of its European Advisory Committee. Echlin’s annual sales exceeded $3 billion.
Mr. Jones was elected to the Board of Libbey-Owens-Ford Co. in 1986 and elected Chairman in 1987. He assumed the additional positions of President and CEO in May 1993. He retired from LOF in 1994 but remained a member of the Board including Chairman of their Salary and Bonus Committee until 1997. LOF’s annual sales exceeded $1 billion.
From 1978 to 1987, Mr. Jones was an officer of TRW, Inc. He joined TRW in 1978 as Vice President, Engineering, Automotive Worldwide Sector and in 1979 he formed TRW’s Transportation Electronics Group and was appointed its Group Vice President and General Manager. His responsibilities included activities in the United States, Europe and Japan. In 1985, his responsibilities were further expanded to include Sales, Marketing, Strategic Planning, and Business Development activities for the entire Automotive Sector with annual sales exceeding $3 billion.
From 1959 to 1978, Mr. Jones was with General Motors in a number of executive positions. His last position there was Director of General Motors Proving Grounds, a post to which he was appointed in 1974.
From 1959 to 1970, Mr. Jones was involved in GM’s aerospace activities at the Delco Electronics Division. During this period, he directed many major programs, including the B-52 bombing navigational system production program, advanced military avionic systems, and the Apollo lunar and command module computers. In 1969, he was selected by GM to direct the application of aerospace technology to the automobile.
He became the Director, Automotive Electronic Control Systems, a newly organized group at General Motors Technical Center in 1970 and was appointed Director, Advanced Project Engineering in 1972. In this capacity, he directed many major vehicle, engine and component development programs.
In 1982 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and was cited for “leadership in the application of electronics to the automobile”. In 2001 he was named one of the original group of Lifetime Associates of the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2008 he became a member of NAE’s Einstein Society. He has been a member of a number of NRC study committees, including “Safety Research for a Changing Highway Environment,” “Engineering as an International Enterprise” and “Competitiveness of the US Automotive Industry.” In 1993, Mr. Jones chaired the National Academy of Engineering Committee on the Effects of Products Liability Law on Innovation.
From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Jones chaired the NRC’s Committee for the Partnership for a New Generation Vehicle (PNGV), which is often referred to as the “80 mile per gallon super car”. Currently Mr. Jones serves on the NRC Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Advisory Committee and chairs the NRC Fuel economy of Light Duty Vehicles Committee.
He is a Fellow of the British Institute of Electrical Engineers and received its Hooper Memorial Prize in1950. He is a Life Fellow of the American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, has been cited for “leadership in the application of the electronics to the automobile” and was the recipient of its Third Millenium Medal.
He is also a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers and received SAE’s Arch T. Colwell Award in 1974 and in 1975, Vincent
Bendix Automotive Electronics Engineering Award in 1976, Buckendale Lecturer Award in 1986, and Edward N. Cole Automotive Engineering Award 1988
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce (FRSA), an Honorary Fellow, British Institute of Mechanical Engineers, a Fellow of the Engineering Society of Detroit and a Life Member of the Cleveland Engineering Society.
Mr. Jones was named the 2004 Northeast Ohio Entrepreneur of the Year for Innovation by Ernst and Young.
He received the U.S. Department of Transportation of Safety Award for Engineering Excellence in 1978, and in 1991, he received the “H.H. Bliss Award” from The Center for Study of Responsive Law; both awards recognized his pioneering contributions to automotive inflatable occupant restraint systems development.
Mr. Jones was appointed to the National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisory Council by the Secretary of Transportation John Volpe in 1971, and was appointed vice chairman of the council in 1972. In 1975, President Ford appointed him to a three-year term on the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee. In 1976, he was appointed the first non-governmental chairman of the committee.
In 1995, Mr. Jones was appointed to the Secretary of Defense’s Defense Science Board’s Committee for “Technology Investments for the 21st Century Military Superiority” and in 1996, to the Task Force on International Arms Development Cooperation.
Mr. Jones is Chairman Emeritus of the Convergence Education Foundation which he co-founded in 1982. This foundation provides funds to high schools for the purpose of encouraging student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. (STEM)
Ohio’s Governor Taft appointed Mr. Jones a trustee of Cleveland State University (CSU) in February 2001 and he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees in July 2002. He served in that position until June 2006 at which time he was appointed a public trustee of CSU.
He is a member of the Development Committee of the Cleveland Clinic’s Heart Center.
Mr. Jones continues to be active in fuel cell developments and is a member of UTC’s Fuel Cell Technology Advisory Committee and is Chairman Emeritus of the Ohio Fuel Cell Coalition, which was formed in 2004 to foster the development of a fuel cell industry in Ohio.
In 2005 Mr. Jones chaired the NAE Regional meeting in Cleveland on “A 21st Century View of Energy”. The meeting attracted an attendance of over 1300 and another 1000 on its webcast.
Mr. Jones has been awarded 16 patents, has lectured and authored numerous papers on automotive electronics, occupant safety, fuel cells, international human resource management and entrepreneurship.
In 2006 Cleveland State University awarded Mr. Jones an honorary Doctor of Science degree and cited him for outstanding developments in fuel cell and biomedical device technologies.
In 2008 Mr. Jones received the Ellis Island Gold Medal of Honor.
In 2002 Mr. Jones was elected a trustee of the Cleveland Orchestra and serves on its Finance Committee. Mr. Jones is Life Member of the National Welsh American Foundation.
A native of Maidstone, England, Mr. Jones completed his formal engineering education in electrical engineering at Aston Technical College in 1952 and in mechanical engineering in Liverpool Technical College in 1957, prior to moving to the United States in 1958. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Wisconsin and a Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom.
He and his wife, Jennie, reside in Bratenahl, Ohio and Naples, Florida.