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Brian Jones posts
CVP, Excel Product Group
Brian leads the engineering, applied science, and product management teams responsible for Excel’s strategy and development. His current priorities include integrating artificial intelligence into Excel through Copilot and expanding Microsoft Copilot’s capabilities for finance professionals.
During more than two decades at Microsoft, Jones has held leadership roles across Word, Office and SharePoint Platform, Access, Forms, Excel, and Microsoft 365 for small and medium-sized businesses. He played a lead role in the development and standardization of Open XML, the file format underlying modern Office documents, formed the team that developed Office’s web-based add-in platform, and founded the Office Forms team. He has also led efforts to advance Excel’s web, collaboration, and cross-platform experiences, as well as Microsoft’s productivity offerings for small and medium-sized businesses
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