Career
He joined Facebook in 2008 and is considered among the “top executives” who run the company. Vernal was co-creator of Facebook Login, Open Graph, and Facebook’s Mobile App Install Ads product. From 2009 to 2013, Vernal managed the Facebook Platform team before assuming his current role.
He is credited with managing the Facebook Platform transition from desktop to mobile.
Of his role at Facebook, Vernal told Fast Company magazine: "We’re focused on making Facebook a place you go to answer questions, to make better decisions, and to get a better understanding of the real world around you. That’s really the five-year vision.”
Prior to Facebook, Vernal joined Microsoft in 2002, working as a product manager lead on the networking and Web services aspects of the.NET framework.
He also served as a development lead on an early version of Windows Live Mesh. Vernal has been issued 26 United States. patents, with 4 patent applications pending.
