President, JALA International, Inc. (USA)
Jack Nilles is known internationally as "the father of telecommuting/teleworking". He joined the terms in 1973 and, since then, has designed, developed and/or evaluated teleworking projects for a variety of fortune 100 companies and government agencies in the U.S., Europe, and South America. He is past president of the Telecommuting Advisory Council and is the U.S. Co-ordinator for the European Community Telework/Telematics Forum. He is the author of four books, including The Telecommunications-Transportation Trade-off, the Original Book on Telecommuting, as well as dozens of chapters of books, professional papers and articles. His newest book, Making Telecommuting Happen, is a complete how-to-do-it manual for telework management. In 1993, he received the Environmental Pride Award for his contributions towards improving the air quality of Los Angeles, and in 1994 he received a national award for environmental sustainability from RENEW AMERICA.