Brian Jones

Brian Jones leads the engineering, applied science, and product teams responsible for Excel. He's focused on making Excel the place where people and AI work together, both bringing Copilot into core Excel experiences and embedding Excel's capabilities into the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. Brian has spent more than 25 years at Microsoft, leading teams across Microsoft 365, including core apps like Word, Excel, Access, Forms, and SharePoint, and at every level of the platform, from end-user features and developer extensibility to IT management, partner tools and programs, and purchase experiences for business decision makers. He helped lead the development and standardization of Open XML and the evolution of Excel's web, collaboration, and cross-platform experiences. He also built the team behind Office's web-based add-in platform, founded the Office Forms team, and formed a dedicated effort to grow the small and medium-sized business segment.