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Vena Jia Li is an accomplished engineering manager currently at Meta, where Vena has been since May 2022. Prior to this role, Vena held various leadership positions at Salesforce from January 2018 to May 2022, including Director of Applied Research and Senior Manager of Research Engineering, focusing on recommendation systems, NLP, and AutoML. Vena's experience spans multiple internships at prominent companies such as Pinterest, Google, and LinkedIn, working on projects involving personalized recommendations and enhancing user experiences through advanced machine learning techniques. Vena holds a PhD in Machine Learning from the University of Illinois Chicago and a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering from Dalian University of Technology.
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Meta’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Formerly known as Facebook, Meta is now the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and Reality Labs. Billions of users around the world use Meta apps and products to connect with others, find communities, and grow businesses. Facebook was founded in 2004, initially as a community for colleges and universities. It has since grown into a global platform with features including the News Feed, Stories, Groups, Watch, Marketplace, Reels, Dating, all aimed at helping people share life's moments and discuss what's happening, nurture and build relationships, discover and connect to interests, and create economic opportunity. Instagram was acquired by Facebook in 2012. Instagram Feed, Stories, Reels, Video, Live, Shops, and messaging are places where people and creators can express themselves and push culture forward through photos, video, and private messaging, and connect with and shop from their favorite businesses. Meta has two messaging apps: Messenger and WhatApp. Messenger allows chat, audio and video calls, and Rooms, while WhatsApp is best known as a secure messaging application facilitating private communication. More recently, Meta has moved into the augmented virtual reality space with Reality Labs. Meta Quest lets people defydistance with cutting-edge VR hardware, software, and content. Facebook Portal video calling devices help friends and families stay connected andshare the moments that matter in meaningful ways.