Javier Olivan
Head of Growth, Engagement,and Mobile Adoption, Facebook
Javier Olivan is Head of Growth, Engagement and Mobile Adoption at Facebook. He joined Facebook as Head of International Growth in 2007. In this role, he has been responsible for Facebook's international efforts, setting strategy and driving the growth of Facebook's user base across the globe through product, marketing, and internationalization initiatives. His role has since expanded to also oversee mobile adoption and user engagement worldwide.
Prior to Facebook, he was a Product Manager at Siemens Mobile where he led a cross-functional team charged with the development and market launch of handset devices. Earlier in his career, Olivan worked for NTT in Japan as a research and development engineer and was responsible for developing software that enabled high quality wireless video transmission on to mobile devices.
Olivan holds an MA in business administration from Stanford University and MAs in both electrical and industrial engineering from the University of Navarra, Spain.