William Jones is a Research Associate Professor in the Information School at the University of Washington where he manages the Keeping Found Things Found project. Dr. Jones wrote the book "Keeping Found Things Found: The Study and Practice of Personal Information Management" (2007) and has also edited the book "Personal Information Management" (with co-editor Jaime Teevan). He holds 5 patents relating to search and PIM based upon his work for six years as a program manager at Microsoft (in Office and then in MSN Search). Dr. Jones received his doctorate from Carnegie-Mellon University for research into how human memory works.