Summary
Yi Huang is a senior engineering leader who directs Meta’s global efforts in Ads Measurement, Signals, and Privacy, overseeing teams that generate the signals behind personalized advertising and measure its effectiveness. With a Ph.D. in Computer Science and over a decade of experience driving ads product strategy, privacy infrastructure, and data platforms, he has led initiatives that materially impact revenue and user privacy at scale. Previously he served as Director of Engineering across ads products, privacy, and identity, and earlier built foundational systems as a researcher and inventor at Oracle and AT&T. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he also advises and invests in early-stage AI, privacy, and crypto startups through Fellows Fund, blending product judgment with technical depth. An underappreciated thread through his career is a consistent focus on turning advanced research and patents into production systems that scale across billions of users.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
M.S Computer Science and Engineering, M.S Computer Science and Engineering at Jilin University
Ph.D Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University
English