Summary
Corey Roy is a seasoned localization program manager and globalization strategist with 15+ years guiding internationalization, localization, and translation for global software platforms. Currently at Meta as Localization Program Manager, Reality Labs, he steers multilingual delivery for products used by over a billion people, across 60 locales, coordinating RTL and LTR localization across WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. He leads cross-functional collaboration among product managers, engineers, artists, and localization teams, and pioneered a cultural-review program to ensure culturally resonant and policy-compliant experiences in international markets. His background in Ruby on Rails and JavaScript complements his technical leadership, enabling him to manage both the process and the code-level localizability concerns. Previously at Salesforce, he redesigned onboarding and training for a 15,000-strong org, standardized globalization practices, and built a Globalization Maturity Model; at Zendesk he implemented RTL support and improved the translations API. Based in the Greater Bend Area, Australia, he blends global program management with hands-on development and a passion for scalable, user-centric localization.
10 years of coding experience