Neel Mehta
Regina Dugan, formerly advanced technology and products team lead at Google, has joined Facebook to lead the social networking site“™s future advanced products development group, Forbes reported Wednesday.
Miguel Helft writes Dugan oversaw Google“™s projects to develop modular smartphones, three-dimensional mapping devices and smart fabrics since 2012.
She will lead Facebook“™s new team called “Building 8” and report to Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer, according to the report.
“We will focus on ambitious [research and development] as a means to create breakthrough products,“ Dugan told Forbes.
Dugan served as director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency from 2009 to 2012 after she held a program manager role at DARPA between 1996 and 2000.
“I“™m excited to have Regina apply DARPA-style breakthrough development at the intersection of science and products to our mission,“ Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement, according to a Wired report.
