Nada O'Brien is an engineering manager in the AR/VR group at Facebook. She manages a team of engineers working on design, fabrication, testing, and integration of display components and systems that are used in Facebook’s AR, VR, and Portal family of products. Nada has been with Facebook for 3.5 years. Prior to that, she was with Viavi Solutions (previously known as JDSU and before that was known as Optical Coating Lab., Inc) for 23 years. where she held positions in research, product development and product management, for optical coating products in a variety of industries (instrumentation, telecommunication, projection display, and defense). Nada holds a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Trine University. Nada is an inventor on 23 patents. On weekends, Nada spends time with family and enjoys the Pacific Northwest of the US where she rows and kayaks all year round.

Ali Yousaf joined Facebook in September 2017 to support recruiting for the Oculus Research (now Facebook Reality Labs) team in Redmond, WA. In this role, Ali was primarily responsible for hiring Research Scientists and Engineers who specialized in the hardware space. In his current role at Facebook, Ali manages a team of recruiters who support recruiting for the Display, Optics, Camera and Sensors teams across Facebook’s AR/VR organization. Before joining Facebook, Ali spent a little over four years at Microsoft. While there, he held roles focused on recruiting for various engineering teams and worked as a data analyst. In his personal time, Ali enjoys spending time with his wife, reading, playing basketball and putting himself through the agony of supporting all the Philadelphia sports teams!