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Adrian Straka is an experienced electrical engineer currently working at Meta as of May 2024. Prior to this role, Adrian served as a Senior Electrical Engineer at Rivian from June 2022 to April 2024, and held the position of Director of Hardware and Manufacturing at Myant Inc. from February 2016 to June 2022, where leadership of a multi-disciplinary team resulted in the successful delivery of various consumer and medical products. Additionally, Adrian has a solid background in hardware design from previous positions at GestureLogic Inc., the University of Toronto, RIM, and CBE at UC Berkeley. Adrian holds a Master of Applied Science in Energy Systems from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Physics from The University of British Columbia.
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