{"id":10834,"date":"2025-12-19T21:14:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/ncpwb-conference\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=10834"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:58:48","slug":"theodore-jones","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/ncpwb-conference\/speaker\/theodore-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Theodore Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ted\u2019s education and background include a BS in Aerospace Technologies from Utah State University &#8211; College of Engineering, and 38 years in semiconductor, biopharmaceutical, medical gas, HVAC, aerospace, and research process systems and fabrication. Ted is a dedicated 28-year owner and founder of Critical Systems, Inc.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Starting his career in Silicon Valley during the 1980\u2019s, this emerging area of technology placed him and other professionals at the epicenter of the personal computer revolution, fostering a meritocratic, high-speed work culture, and\u00a0providing\u00a0foundational networking opportunities during a period of massive industry scaling.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 1998, Mr. Jones made an entrepreneurial leap and\u00a0founded,\u00a0Critical Systems, Inc. CSI has grown and evolved into a product leader in orbital welding services and equipment manufacturing, gas systems and abatement equipment manufacturing for semiconductor applications, and is a leader in contract manufacturing of process systems that require design, build, and control logic.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ted is a husband of 32 years and a proud father of two children. He has a passion for\u00a0development\u00a0of technological advancements and considers himself\u00a0a,\u00a0\u201cwelding nerd,\u201d as he loves products that advance efficiency and make the work people do each day more productive and enjoyable.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10835,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-10834","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/ncpwb-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/10834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/ncpwb-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/ncpwb-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speaker"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/ncpwb-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/ncpwb-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}