Jason Barnwell is Assistant General Counsel-Legal Business, Operations, and Strategy at Microsoft Corporation. Based in Redmond, WA, he leads Microsoft’s Legal Business, Operations, and Strategy team. His work is focused on delivering operational excellence and insights to Legal Affairs that help Microsoft’s legal professionals offer counsel with exceptional business impact. His team partners with internal and external partners to provide Legal Affairs with strategic planning, law firm engagement, financial management, vendor management, analytics, technology support, alternative legal services, and innovation consulting services.

Jason’s previous roles at Microsoft include leading the Open Source Software practice group and counseling the Cloud and AI Platform Business. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was an associate in the Emerging Companies practice group at Cooley LLP. Before entering law school, he worked as a software engineer developing enterprise software. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and his J.D. from the University of Southern California School of Law. He is passionate about technology and still codes when his work permits it.