A product and people leader in Snoqualmie, Washington.

I started at Microsoft in 2006 as a test engineer on MSN and moved into product management through MSN, Advertising, Windows and Windows Phone, Azure IoT and Microsoft Search. In late 2022 I became the first PM on the initiative that became Microsoft 365 Copilot. Today I'm a Principal PM Manager leading Copilot's Shell & Input experiences.

I'm a named inventor on U.S. Patent 10,466,974 for independent expression animations.

On evenings and weekends I'm co-founder of Volition Brewing Co. in North Bend, a four-time Best of 425 winner (2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026). I'm also commissioner of its pinball league and serve on the Sno Valley Chamber of Commerce board.

Get in touch

I'm glad to talk about AI products, agentic experiences and product leadership. Emailhello@lucasrhaines.com or find me on LinkedIn.