Alvin Bowles, Vice President of Business Engineering and Partner Solutions manages Facebook’s strategic business partners that leverage our technology platform and tools to maximize success metrics across Facebook’s family of apps (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger). As a part of the Facebook Global Leadership team, he is responsible for the worldwide network of global partners and developers leveraging scalable solutions for advertisers. Prior to this role he ran Facebook’s Advertising Technology team where he was responsible for the worldwide network of quality inventory from global publishers and developers. Based in New York, he reports to the Chief Revenue Officer and manages half of the revenue generated for Facebook Inc annually while delivering strategic value for Facebook’s core consumer products.

Before joining Facebook, Alvin held numerous positions in media, including leadership roles at Grab Media/Rhythm One, Viacom, AOL, and Time Warner. He earned his MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business and he received his undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.