Mason Jones
Startup tech exec, musician, writer, artist
I've worked at startups around San Francisco for over 20 years, building products and leading engineering teams. Currently I'm Chief Architect at RPX Corporation, developing tools to analyze the intellectual property landscape.
I'm also a musician, primarily a guitarist. I started the band SubArachnoid Space, with whom I released over a half-dozen albums; my current bands are Numinous Eye and Tone Volt. I've also released many solo/collaborative albums over the years. I founded the Charnel Music label in the early 90s and put out nearly three dozen records by bands like Crash Worship, Pain Teens, Gravitar, Fushitsusha, and Mainliner. I travel to Japan frequently, have written extensively about Japan's independent music scene, and published the magazine Ongaku Otaku.
In my nonexistent spare time I also write fiction, paint, and do graphic design for album covers and books.