Johannes de Jong

About

Johannes de Jong is Executive Vice President and founder of Elevating Studio vertical transportation consultants. Johannes has had more than 39 years of experience in the elevator industry. His last role was CTO of Major Projects of KONE, one of the largest global elevator companies. Johannes has been involved in the design and execution of many of the highest buildings in the world, and he is considered one of the top experts globally in this field.

In the past, Johannes has worked in several workgroups of the European EN81 code committee. He is also a very active member of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), where he has been a member of the Steering Group from 2001-2007, and since 2008 he has been a member of the Advisory Group of the Council. In addition, Johannes is a member of the Height-committee, which is responsible to establish the official building heights of all tall buildings globally. In 2014, Johannes was nominated a Fellow of the CTBUH, for his work and contributions at the Council, during the last 15 years.

Johannes has also received many awards and mentions for his work in the Elevator Industry. Most recently, in 2013 he picked-up the Innovation Award from the CTBUH, on behalf of KONE Corporation. In the same year, he was also nominated as one of the 25 Engineering News Record’s top newsmakers of the year, by McGraw Hill construction magazine. In 2014 Johannes was the winner of the Prestigious Nova award for Innovation from the Construction Innovation Forum. Johannes is also the proud owner of more than 500 patents in the Elevator and Escalator technology.