Summary
Greg Manyak is a seasoned technical program and product leader with eight years of experience bringing constrained hardware-software platforms—especially VR/MR headsets, controllers, and IoT devices—from prototype to mass production. At Meta he has driven OS and firmware bring-up for Quest generations, led the upgrade of Quest 1 from AOSP 7 to 10, and shipped self-tracked Quest Pro controllers, balancing low-level BSP/firmware work with cross-functional coordination across silicon vendors and contract manufacturers. Previously at Microsoft he led ARM64 desktop enablement and x86 emulation performance, Azure IoT embedded SDK strategy, and power-optimization efforts for Connected Standby, showing a consistent focus on pragmatic system-level tradeoffs. He combines hands-on technical fluency (Linux, embedded firmware, BSPs, RTOS) with skilled people leadership and a reputation for quickly learning new domains. Outside headline projects he also designed a custom Linux platform for CubeSats, reflecting a taste for constrained, mission-critical systems. Based in the Bay Area, he prioritizes empowering teams to ship reliable, production-grade device platforms while advancing their careers.
7 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo