June 8, 2022 09:52 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/8/23160405/meta-head-engineering-david-mortenson-replacement-santosh-janardhan
Meta names new head of engineering as current leader steps aside
Another executive change is hitting Meta after the recently announced departures of COO Sheryl Sandberg and head of AI Jerome Pesenti.
David Mortenson, the company’s top engineering leader responsible for its data centers and core infrastructure, is stepping down from his role, according to an internal memo obtained by The Verge. Santosh Janardhan, one of his direct reports and a current VP of engineering, will assume the role later this month. A spokesperson for Meta, Jon Carvill, confirmed the change.
“I’m incredibly proud of everything we’ve achieved over the past two years I’ve been supporting Infra,” says Mortenson in the memo, adding that the company “survived the biggest capacity crunch in the company’s history (at least in the...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/8/23160405/meta-head-engineering-david-mortenson-replacement-santosh-janardhan
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