Jennifer Fong
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Economic and Political Development
Columbia University in the City of New York
Master of Public Administration (dual degree)
International Development
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Meta
Chief of Staff to the Chief Information Security Officer
2022 : 2023
Meta
Chief of Staff to the Head of Customer Experience
- Leading a global team to build Meta's augmented reality programs to engage with top creators and agencies.
- Working alongside XFN partners on GTM strategies for Meta’s AR developer community to create AR
experiences for Facebook, Instagram, Reels, Facebook Portal, and Messenger.
- Scaling Meta Developer Circles by 6x into Meta's largest developer program with over 300k community members across 170+ cities around the globe.
- Launching global initiatives to train thousands of developers to build solutions across Meta's platform tools including React360, Spark AR, HTML5 Games, Facebook Messenger, Open Source and Wit.ai.
- Working with Product and Engineering teams at Facebook to mentor developers in key markets to help with product adoption and product feedback.
https : //developers.facebook.com/developercircles/
https : //facebookdeveloperevents.com/
2018 : 2022
Developer Ecosystem Programs Lead, Reality Labs Partnerships
- Drove beta product integrations, including the launch of Facebook Connectivity's Free Basics, with partners in the Middle East and Africa.
- Designed Facebook Partner Developer Workshops to train leading startups and entrepreneurs to build on Facebook platform products to help build and grow their businesses in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Pakistan and the UAE.
- Advanced Facebook’s developer ecosystem across the region through scaled developer initiatives.
- Launched Facebook's Women of F8 Breakfast bringing together the top 300 women in tech attending F8, Facebook's annual developer conference.
2014 : 2018
Strategic Product Partnerships Manager
- Contracted by BMGF for one year.
- Transformed national goals from the Ministry of Agriculture into project plans focused on conservation agricultural initiatives via mobile phones across Ethiopia’s 64m smallholder farmers.
2013 : 2014
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
International Consultant, Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)
Skills
Africa, Economic Development, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Government, International Development, International Relations, Leadership, Management Consulting, NGOs, Nonprofits, Policy, Policy Analysis, Social Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Strategy, Sustainability
About
Jennifer is the Chief of Staff to Meta's Chief Information Security Officer. She was previously the Developer Ecosystem Programs Lead for Meta's Reality Labs Partnerships, leading a global team to build Meta's augmented reality programs to engage with top creators and agencies. She also led Meta Developer Circles, Meta's largest global developer program with 300K+ community members across 170+ cities. This program aims to empower and create local multipliers by supporting individuals at every stage of the developer journey to build new products using Meta platform tools, advance technical skills, and grow careers. This is achieved through scaled developer initiatives and partnerships to drive technical training, local meetups, global hackathons, and access to Meta's developer networks around the world.
Jennifer was also a Strategic Partner Manager on Facebook's Products Partnerships team. She drove relationships with developers, startups and businesses to build, grow, measure and monetize using Facebook and Messenger platform products, with a regional focus in the Middle East and Africa. Jennifer also proudly served on Facebook’s Women@Facebook committee and helped launch the Women of F8 Breakfast initiative.
Having launched her career as a CPA (Chartered Professional Accountant) in Canada, Jennifer combined her strengths in financial analysis and business acumen with her interest in emerging markets. This brought her on a rewarding journey to work with international organizations in the US, UK, China, India and Ethiopia.
In 2014 Jennifer completed a year long assignment with the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency to support the Ministry of Agriculture's Growth and Transformation Plan 2011-2015. Using strategic planning with multiple stakeholders, design thinking, and technology, Jennifer worked on solutions related to climate and environmental sustainability on a national scale.
She founded Cooking With Mama, a startup which empowers women with work-readiness skills and grants to build their own culinary businesses in London and Berlin.
Jennifer holds a dual MPA in International Development from Columbia University and the London School of Economics.
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