CTO Bret Taylor Leaving Facebook
Facebook Chief Technology Officer Bret Taylor announced that he will leave the social network later this summer to start a company with Kevin Gibbs, founder and tech lead of the Google App Engine and creator of Google Suggest.
Facebook Chief Technology Officer Bret Taylor announced that he will leave the social network later this summer to start a company with Kevin Gibbs, founder and tech lead of the Google App Engine and creator of Google Suggest.
Taylor joined Facebook in 2009 as director of platform products, and he was promoted to CTO in June 2010.
AllThingsD reported that Mike Vernal will now oversee the Facebook platform, while Cory Ondreijka will head up mobile. They have been with the social network since 2008 and 2010, respectively.
Taylor said in a post on his Facebook page:
I wanted to let you all know that I’ll be leaving Facebook later this summer.
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