Ime Archibong is the Head of Product at Messenger, overseeing all teams responsible for building Messenger products, features and experiences. Ime joined Meta in 2010 and has held several leadership roles. Previously, Ime was Head of New Product Experimentation (NPE) at Meta, where he led an organization responsible for continuously building bold new product bets for Meta. Prior to this, Ime served as Facebook’s Vice President of Product Partnerships, where he built the global team that manages strategic partnerships with startups and developers. His career began at IBM as a software engineer, where he then transitioned to corporate strategy and business development.
Ime holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Yale University, where he was Captain of the Varsity Basketball team, and also received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he served as class president. He is a listed inventor on more than a dozen technical patents, and serves on Capital One’s corporate board, as well as many nonprofits focused on empowering underserved youth, students, and entrepreneurs.
