Santanu Kolay

Santanu Kolay is a seasoned technology executive with extensive experience in engineering and leadership roles, currently serving as Senior Director of Engineering at Meta, leading a team focused on advancing machine learning architectures for ad relevance. Prior to Meta, Santanu held senior positions at Amobee and Turn, where responsibilities included overseeing backend engineering teams and driving product integration. Earlier career roles included distinguished engineering and research positions at eBay, Yahoo Inc., and Synopsys Inc., contributing to the development of recommendation systems and distributed systems. Santanu Kolay earned a Bachelor of Science in Electronics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.