Type of Talk: Corporate Connection/FoCS

Sp

eaker/Affiliation: Mark Kilgore & Serkan Piantino/Facebook

Date/Tim

e: Tuesday September 23 2008 4:00 p.m.

Location: ACES 2.402

Host: FoCS

Talk Title:
What Makes Engineering at Facebook Un

ique

Talk Abstract:
At Facebook our engineers develop products t

hat
millions of people use around the world work in a
fast-paced h

igh-energy environment solve tough
technological challenges and inter

act with equally
talented people.

We invite you to join us in Ac

es 2.402 for our Tech
Talk delivered by Facebook engineers Serkan Piant

ino
and Mark Kilgore to learn more about what makes
Engineering at

Facebook unique.

After our Tech Talk we''ll be holding a casual mee

t and
greet with finger foods and beverages so you can get to
know t

he engineers and find out more about the Facebook
culture and lifestyle

!

Also be sure to stop by our booth at the CNS Career EXPO
200

8 at the Frank Erwin Center 9.22.08 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
(www.facebook

.com/utaustincareerexpo).

Speakers Bios:
Mark Kilgore works on Fa

cebook''s internal tools team building
in-house software solutions. He
also works on the general QA
infrastructure. He graduated from Stanfo

rd University in 2006
and is originally from the Boston Area. He is a

HUGE Boston
Red Sox fan.

Serkan Piantino works on Facebook''s Ne

wsfeed which processes
a huge volume of data and serves it back out ove

r half a billion
times a day. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 200

4 and is
originally from Connecticut.