Ananth Duggirala

Ananth Duggirala currently serves as the Director of Engineering at Meta, where responsibilities include leading a globally distributed team focused on ensuring the safety of messaging platforms like Messenger and Instagram Direct, benefiting over 2 billion users. Prior to Meta, Ananth was the Director of Engineering for Alexa 3P Content Moderation & Monitoring at Amazon, overseeing a multidisciplinary team dedicated to customer experience, privacy, and security for third-party Alexa skills. Ananth's extensive experience at Microsoft included various leadership roles, such as Group Engineering Manager and Principal Software Engineering Manager, primarily within Customer Experience Engineering and Windows Servicing. Ananth holds an MBA in Management, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship from the UW Foster School of Business and a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Chicago.