PRESS RELEASE

ATLANTA – (May 7, 2024) – Pond, a leading architecture, engineering, planning, and construction management firm, has hired Shanon Jones as Business Development Director for the firm’s growing Life Sciences & Industrial group. In his role, Jones will continue to expand Pond’s national and global market share in biocontainment and other laboratory environments – critical research institutions that demand high-level expertise and are important factors in protecting human life, animal life, and environmental health.

Jones joins Pond with more than 20 years of biocontainment and high containment experience, extensively in BSL2, BSL3, BSL3-Ag, ABSL3, and BSL4 facilities around the world. With experience on over 70 international projects and more than 20 within North America, Shanon brings a thorough understanding of the nature of designing safe laboratories and critical path technologies for safe research on dangerous pathogens within containment institutions.

“As Director of Business Development for our Life Sciences & Industrial group, Shanon will be an important asset in expanding Pond’s footprint and capabilities,” said Pond Executive Vice President Alex Holbrook. “In addition to his unique qualifications in containment, his business development approach maintains the same high standard of client relationships that Pond proudly pursues at every opportunity with both new and existing clients.”

“In addition to his unique qualifications in containment, his business development approach maintains the same high standard of client relationships that Pond proudly pursues at every opportunity with both new and existing clients.”

Jones is a member of ABSA (American Biological Safety Association), EBSA (European Biosafety Association), ABSANZ (Australian Biosafety Association New Zealand), and IFBA (International Federation of Biosafety Association). He is also a former working group member of IFBA.

About Pond
Pond is a full-service consulting firm providing integrated architecture, engineering, planning, and construction management solutions to public and private clients since 1965. Our staff, located throughout the U.S. and globally, is committed to delivering tailored solutions. Recognizing that clients benefit the most when multi-disciplined expertise is leveraged, Pond builds teams based on client and project requirements, regardless of location, reinforcing our “One Pond” culture.