Gareth Jones

Gareth Jones is a seasoned software development leader and keynote speaker with a strong architectural bias, known for his expertise in APIs, Microsoft Graph, OneNote, T4 code generation, software tool architecture, domain-specific languages, and abstraction. He is passionate about the developer experience and has a background in building and driving coherent API surfaces across Microsoft's productivity assets. Gareth has held several technical leadership roles at Microsoft, including API Architect for Microsoft Education and OneNote, working on ALM tools, leading the Visual Studio ecosystem dev team, co-creating DSL Tools for modeling in Visual Studio, and developing APIs for UML designers. He has experience building large-scale bespoke enterprise applications, running an ISV consulting business, and serving as the dev lead for Microsoft's small business portal.

Gareth Jones studied B.Sc. (Hons) at the University Of Birmingham. He currently serves as one of two API Architects for Microsoft Graph, where he focuses on building and driving a coherent API surface across Microsoft's productivity assets. In his previous roles at Microsoft, Gareth held positions such as Principal Program Manager, Principal Architect, and Software Consultant. He also worked as a Consultant at Data Sciences (UK) Ltd and a Software Consultant at i2 Ltd.