Michael Jones, CEO of Userplane and Senior Vice President of AOL, oversees Userplane's business strategy, sales and operations. As a founder of Userplane, and Userplane's CEO, Michael's business leadership brought the business from startup to acquisition by AOL in August of 2006. As a Vice President of AOL, Michael now focuses on the growth of the Userplane / AIM division as well as AOL's strategic positioning as a platform provider to the online community marketplace. Userplane software now reaches over fifty million users in more than fifteen countries. Userplane-installed sites span the full spectrum of web communities - including top tier web properties like myspace.com, date.com, Red Bull, and Honda. Michael founded his first digital production studio during his junior year at the University of Oregon which he successfully sold in 2000 after growing the company to profitability. Michael has since launched numerous business and participates in fund raising, angel investing and as an advisory board member in various online startups. Michael frequently represents AOL and Userplane at conferences and in publications. Jones was the keynote speaker at the 2003 OFFF conference in Barcelona Spain, a featured presenter at Flash Forward 2003, BlogON 2004, iDate Miami 2004, SITRAS 2004, iDate Nice 2004, iDate Miami 2005, iDate Hong Kong 2005, iDate Miami 2005 and Digital Hollywood 2006. Michael has also been published in numerous internet journals including IMediaConnection.com. Michael earned his Bachelor of Arts in International Business and Marketing from the University of Oregon.
