Facebook's director of platform partnerships announces he's leaving the company

Facebook Director of Platform Partnerships Ethan Beard announced today that he is leaving the company after more than four years.

Beard publicly announced his departure with a Facebook post seen below. He did not reveal his next plans. Beard joined the Facebook team as director of business development in April 2008. Since January 2009 he has led worldwide developer relations and marketing for the platform, which has expanded significantly with the rise of social marketing and advertising platforms, as well as web and mobile integrations with Open Graph.

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