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10 Meta procurement leaders
These ten current and former Meta procurement leaders have held director and head roles in procurement and strategic sourcing, with teams covering areas such as indirect spend, marketing sourcing and hardware components. A reader can learn how procurement leaders build and run their teams at Meta.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andrew Bassford
LinkedInExperience: Director, Sourcing · Meta
Director, Sourcing at Meta since March 2022, a role the profile lists at the Director level in San Francisco. Former Director, Supply Chain Management (2018–2022), Senior Manager, Supply Chain (2016–2018) and Subcontract Program Manager (2014–2016) at Lockheed Martin.
Ann Libbey
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Sourcing and Procurement · Meta
Former Director, Global Sourcing and Procurement at Meta (2019–2024) and former Sr. Manager, Strategic Sourcing Operations at Meta (2017–2019). The profile says Ann Libbey transformed Meta's Sourcing and Procurement function from start-up stage to a 250+ person global organization managing $40B in indirect spend. Former Director, Procurement at Apple (2014–2017).
Eric Liu
LinkedInExperience: Director, Electrical & Electromechanical Strategic Sourcing · Meta
Director, Electrical & Electromechanical Strategic Sourcing at Meta since May 2023, based in Seattle per the profile, and former Director, Custom Mechanicals Strategic Sourcing at Meta (2021–2023). Former Vice President of Sales (2020–2021) and Sr. Director, Sales and Business Development (2019–2020) at Goertek Electronics.
Gokul Ramamani
LinkedInExperience: Director of Procurement · Meta
Director of Procurement at Meta since January 2025, a role the profile lists at the Director level in the Operations department. Former Head of Procurement - CPU, GPU, Silicon at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2021–2025), former Sr. Director, Strategic Sourcing at Juul Labs (2019–2020) and former Director, Procurement at WD (2018–2019).
Lucas Chioro
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Strategic Sourcing · Meta
Director, Global Strategic Sourcing at Meta since January 2024, a role the profile lists at the Director level. Former Meta roles include Director, Source to Pay - Latin America (2022–2023), Head of Source to Pay - Latin America (2020–2022) and Head of Strategic Sourcing - Latin America (2018–2019). Former Procurement Group Manager at Nestlé (2017–2018).
Mihir Contractor
LinkedInExperience: Director Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Development Engineering Batteries · Meta
Director Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Development Engineering Batteries at Meta since May 2026. The profile says the role leads a global team of Strategic Sourcing Managers and Supplier Development Engineers to develop, scale and ship batteries for AI-enabled wearable, augmented reality and virtual reality devices. Former Director Strategic Sourcing & Business Operations (2024–2026) and Director, Strategic Sourcing, VR Optics (2021–2023) at Meta.
Shirley Nguyen
LinkedInExperience: Head of Creative & Communications, Global Sourcing · Meta
Head of Creative & Communications, Global Sourcing at Meta since January 2022, a role the profile lists at the Director level in San Francisco. Former Charles Schwab roles include Managing Director, Marketing, Events & Travel Vendor and Sourcing Management (2021–2022) and Senior Team Manager, Marketing, Professional Services & HR Sourcing & Vendor Management (2020–2021).
Steve Kim
LinkedInExperience: Director, Strategic Sourcing (Strategy & Operations Core Technologies) · Meta
Director, Strategic Sourcing (Strategy & Operations Core Technologies) at Meta since December 2016. The profile says the role led strategy and operations across platform-level core technologies, including silicon, IPs, optics, imaging, audio, advanced sensors and health, within Meta Reality Labs. Former Director, Engineering Strategy & Operations at Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company) (2014–2016).
Tony Braga
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global Supplier Management, Strategic Sourcing - Meta Reality Labs · Meta
Head of Global Supplier Management, Strategic Sourcing - Meta Reality Labs at Meta since October 2021. Former Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer, Strategic Sourcing, Contract Manufacturing at NetApp (2017–2021) and former Vice President - Global Procurement, Strategic Sourcing and Value Engineering at Juniper Networks (2015–2017).
Tracy Avelar
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Marketing Sourcing · Meta
Global Head of Marketing Sourcing at Meta since September 2021, and Head of Creative and Production, Global Sourcing at Meta since 2020, both listed as current. Former Managing Director, Vendor and Sourcing Management at Charles Schwab (2015–2020) and former Director - Global Marketing Sourcing at Visa (2013–2015).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's category to your question, since indirect and marketing sourcing leaders work with very different suppliers than hardware component and device sourcing leaders. Check whether the relevant Meta role is current or past before asking about today's practices.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you build a sourcing and procurement function from start-up stage into a global organization?
- 02What does it take to qualify and scale new component suppliers for consumer hardware on tight launch timelines?
- 03How should sourcing teams split ownership with engineering and finance when negotiating large multi-year supplier agreements?
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