Summary
Jason Mcconnell is an independent product development consultant with 10+ years of experience translating platform and web standards into customer-facing products, now based in Seattle. His background spans long tenures at Microsoft—shaping web apps, PWAs, Chromium integration, developer marketing, and even vision-enabled Surface experiences—and recent CTO work delivering cloud enablement for the hospitality sector. He blends product management, developer relations, and technical leadership to move ideas from standards and partnerships into production-ready platforms. Known for marrying open web standards with native capabilities, he focuses on pragmatic solutions that help businesses succeed with the platforms he builds. Jason’s career shows a pattern of shifting from deep developer advocacy to product and executive roles, giving him a rare perspective across engineering, marketing, and partner ecosystems.
10 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Systems, Bachelor's degree, Information Systems at Monash University
English