MM

Michel Meyer

Product - AI @ Meta

San Francisco, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $20,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $20,000.00

Skills

Launches
Early Stage Companies
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Data Analysis
Presentation Skills
Management Consulting
Requirements Gathering
Analytical Skills
Team Leadership
Product Creation
Business Management
Product Development
IPO
Entrepreneur
Start-ups
Global Strategy
Product Strategy
Fundraising
Mobile Applications
Tablets

Education

  • Master of Engineering - MEng

    ENSEEIHT

    (1992 - 1995)

  • Math Sup/Spé

    Lycée Kléber - Strasbourg

    (1990 - 1992)

Work Experience

2020

  • Senior Product Manager

    2024

    Within Meta FAIR - Fundamental AI Research - I focus on new architectures.

  • Group Product Manager

    2023 - 2024

    Led a product team that build foundations for Messaging, AI Conversations Storage, and Push Notifications Infra for all Meta apps (Messenger, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Quest ...).

  • Director, Technical Program Manager

    2020 - 2023

    Lead for Messaging Platform powering the Meta Family of Apps billions of daily users (Facebook App, Messenger, Instagram, ...) and across FRL devices (Oculus, Portal, Ray-ban Stories, ...). Led Northstar definition with multiple teams across Meta, including vision, goals, metrics, roadmap. Strong focus on understanding partner pain point, improving Developer Experience, PRE and Integration Readiness.

  • Investor and Advisor

    2014

    Portfolio Companies: Aircall, Algolia, Mindee, DataChat, Alchemy Nano, Plato, Wizbii, CoachGuitar, SalesMachine.

2019 - 2020

  • Director, Product Management, Strategic Integrations

    2020 - 2020

  • Director, Product Management, AI + Messaging

    2019 - 2020

Presence AI

2015 - 2019

  • Chief Executive Officer & Cofounder

    2015 - 2019

    Acquired by Groupon - Presence AI enables businesses messaging and voice-enabled devices like Alexa. 80% of the messages are handled automatically by our solution generating additional revenues and saving time for businesses. Selected for Amazon Alexa Accelerator Powered by Techstars in the 2018 batch.

2014 - 2016

  • Venture Partner

    2014 - 2016

    Invest in high potential startups having activities on the West Coast.

2012 - 2013

  • Chief Mobile Officer - Product Management

    2012 - 2013

    Professional Social Network with 55 million members around the world. Launched mobile and tablet apps in France, Russia, MENA and China. After 8 months of fast growth, I took global management of the company: Product, IT, Marketing, Sales. Re-organized teams to improve product offering, brand exposure and sales results.

2011 - 2012

  • Senior Vice President Product Management

    2011 - 2012

    Managed multiple product and engineering teams based in Atlanta, New York, London, Paris, Pragues. Worked extensively on product integration and culture.

Kewego

2003 - 2011

  • Chief Executive Officer & Cofounder

    2003 - 2011

    The leading Online Video Platform in Europe. Acquired by NASDAQ listed Kit Digital which then became Piksel group.

Sport4Fun / Newsports

2000 - 2006

  • Investor & Board Member

    2000 - 2006

    Worked with founders to build the initial Business Plan and raised first rounds of capital. After the company merged with Newsports, I remained vice president of the board while the company became public. Acquired by Lagardère in 2006.

2000 - 2002

  • Managing Director Lycos France

    2000 - 2002

    Search engine, mobile and community oriented services. 20M€+ turnover. Streamlined activities to bring the company to profitability.