Mr. Jones has been with Parkland since 2003 and provides the strategic vision, leadership of the Parkland Hospitals Facilities Division. He oversees the operation and management of over 600 employees in the division made up of the departments of engineering, planning, design and construction, clinical engineering, environmental services, linen services, hospital police, public safety, real estate, and facilities capital contract administration. He has been specifically responsible for the management oversight of the development, planning, programming, and design of Parklands estimated $1.3 billion new 862 bed hospital and medical campus project.
He is a frequent speaker about the New Parkland project, and healthcare design subjects of evidence-based design, project management, sustainability, and technology for philanthropic, civic and professional audiences. He has received numerous awards for planning, design and development including as the 2012 Presenter of the Year from the Dallas Society of Marketing Professional Services, and as a 2012 Minority Business Leader from the Dallas Business Journal.
Prior to joining Parkland, Mr. Jones was an associate with Howell, Rusk, Dodson Architects in Atlanta, Georgia where he oversaw master planning, programming, design, renovation, and construction projects for several hospitals in Alabama and Georgia. Significant projects included the major renovation and expansion of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, and the Northside Hospital Womens Center in Atlanta which delivers 18,000 births annually. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his Masters Degree in Architecture from Clemson University. He is a registered architect, has been practicing architecture since 1979, and has been a healthcare architect since 1990.
He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the Texas Society of Architects, the International Facility Management Association, and is LEED certified in sustainability design by the US Green Building Council, and EDAC certified by the Center for Health Design in the principles of evidence-based design.
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