About

Usha R. is a highly experienced Technical Program Manager with a passion for infrastructure engineering. Currently working at Facebook, the world's largest social network, Usha is responsible for managing cross-functional site infrastructure projects in a matrix organization covering a range of areas, including data center, network, hardware systems, software engineering, production engineering, site reliability operations, and capacity engineering. With over 25 years of relevant experience, Usha has a deep understanding of the need to deliver production systems at scale and full speed. Usha's expertise in web and enterprise infrastructure makes her a valuable asset to Facebook's Infrastructure Engineering team. She has a thorough understanding of Facebook's software and hardware web architecture, systems, and production operations at scale. Usha develops and manages end-to-end program lifecycles, ensuring on-time delivery of programs. She interfaces with cross-functional teams to ensure scope, schedule, and resources are aligned across teams. Usha is also responsible for providing hands-on program management, gaining partnership with teams during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post-implementation phases. Before joining Facebook, Usha worked as a Talent Acquisition specialist at Facebook and a Recruiting Partner at Google Ventures. Her experience in talent acquisition and recruiting gives her a unique perspective on the importance of hiring the right people for the job. Usha's technical expertise includes infra, web, SRE, and test. She is a results-driven professional who is always looking for ways to improve internal processes and remove gaps across multiple teams and functions. Usha is passionate about driving internal process improvements and ensuring teams are working on programs moving toward higher-level company mission and goals. In summary, Usha R. is a rockstar Technical Program Manager with a wealth of experience in infrastructure engineering. Her expertise in web and enterprise infrastructure, coupled with her ability to manage cross-functional teams and deliver production systems at scale, makes her a valuable asset to any organization.