About

Li Zhou is an accomplished Engineering Director at Facebook with over 17 years of relevant experience. He is a 0 to 1 specialist who has built multiple large 0 to 1 products and managed corresponding engineering teams from the ground up. Currently, Li is managing a small team of all-star senior engineers on large scale horizontal problems at Facebook. Li's current role as Director of Software Engineering at Facebook's Ads department involves creating 0 to 1 big ideas and driving them to products and new teams/organizations with multi-billion in revenue. He has led a large group of engineering cross-organizations to build Aggregated Events Measurement from the ground up to address iOS ATT, which is foundational for Facebook's ads revenue. Li has also built Facebook's Identity Graph and Identity Platform from the ground up and grew it to industry No. 1. Additionally, he built Facebook's In-App Browser, one of the world's top browsers by traffic, and grew the team from the ground up. Li also led Partner Category from ground up and grew it to a multi-billion per year product in just three years. Prior to his current role, Li served as a Principal Software Engineer at Facebook's Ads department and Uber TL for signal loss. He has also worked as a Software Engineer at VMware, where he contributed substantially to ESX's OS kernel code. Li holds a Ph.D. degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a B.S. degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His technical skills include software engineering, iOS, and senior software engineering. Overall, Li Zhou is an exceptional Engineering Director with a proven track record of building successful products and leading high-performing engineering teams. He is a visionary leader who thrives in fast-paced environments and has a passion for creating innovative solutions that drive revenue growth.