Summary
Andreas Rolen is a product-minded technology leader with 11 years of experience building growth-focused consumer and ad products, currently shaping Instagram's friending and creator discovery experiences at Meta. He previously led the Mobile Ad Experiences team powering one third of Meta's revenue through the Meta Ads Manager app, combining data-led decision making with strong UX and engineering collaboration. At Forza Football he blended data science, growth and product ownership to boost onboarding, retention and acquisition while also managing a small data team and rebuilding data pipelines. A founder at heart, Andreas co-founded hardware+software analytics startup Vnu and helped kick-start Gothenburg’s tech scene through #gbgtechWeek and startup events. He pairs a hands-on engineering background (BSc in Software Engineering) with an M.Sc. in Entrepreneurship and Reforge growth training, enabling him to translate complex technical tradeoffs into business impact. Colleagues know him for rallying cross-functional teams toward long-term craft and measurable outcomes, and for bringing practical data science into product roadmaps.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Growth Series, Growth Series at Reforge
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Entrepreneurship and Business Design, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Entrepreneurship and Business Design at Chalmers University of Technology
Lerums Gymnasium
Swedish, English, Spanish