Summary
Brian Jackett is a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft with two decades in IT and over a decade focused on product leadership for Microsoft 365, Copilot, and Microsoft Graph. He currently leads File Upload & ContextIQ for Copilot, coordinating engineering, research, and design to ground AI responses on files and integrate the latest model capabilities. Brian previously led M365 Copilot developer adoption and ran the Graph TAP, blending customer-facing incubation with partner enablement. His background as a senior field engineer and consultant gives him a rare mix of deep technical troubleshooting, developer tooling experience, and partner-centric product strategy. A lifelong tinkerer inspired by curiosity, he’s active in community building—organizing Stir Trek, presenting at conferences, blogging, and producing short-form tech videos. Based in Powell, Ohio, he pairs pragmatic product delivery with a knack for translating research advances into real-world developer and enterprise scenarios.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at University of Dayton