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About Mike Vernal
- Mike Vernal (born September 7, 1980) is a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital in Silicon Valley.
- Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, he was Vice President of Search, Local, and Developer products at Facebook.Vernal joined Facebook in 2008 and was the co-creator of Facebook Login, Open Graph, and Facebook’s Mobile App Install Ads product.
- From 2009 to 2013, Vernal managed the Facebook Platform team and is credited with managing the Facebook Platform transition from desktop to mobile.
- After transitioning to his role as a Vice President at Facebook, Vernal told Fast Company magazine: "We’re focused on making Facebook a place you go to answer questions, to make better decisions, and to get a better understanding of the real world around you.
- That’s really the five-year vision.”During his time at Facebook, he was considered among the “top executives” who ran the company.Prior to Facebook, Vernal joined Microsoft in 2002, working as a product manager lead on the networking and Web services aspects of the .NET framework.
- He also served as a development lead on an early version of Windows Live Mesh.
- Vernal has been issued 26 U.S.
- patents, with 4 patent applications pending.In 2016 after eight years at Facebook Vernal announced his plans to leave Facebook.
- In May 2016 he joined Sequoia Capital, a venture-capital specializing in technology startups.
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