With over 17 years of experience working at the intersection of tech, media, and society, Rich is a seasoned leader based in Silicon Valley. Throughout his career, he has led international teams, products, and programs for Meta, Yahoo!, and Sky News; and even guest lectured at Stanford. His passion lies in creating trustworthy and safe online experiences, with the goal of building a better internet.

Rich is an Advisor at T2, a new social platform that will be a space for authentic online conversations.

At present, Rich is accepting clients as a consultant, and he is open to collaborating on a broad range of projects, including those related to trust & safety, operations, audience growth, news, social media, product/program management, strategic partnerships, digital strategy, curation, moderation, community governance, and journalism. If you are interested in working with Rich, you can reach out to him via email.

Recent Background

In 2022, Rich led a team of 35 people at Meta, overseeing the creation of engaging and high-quality experiences on several international Facebook surfaces, such as Facebook News, Climate Science Center, COVID-19 Hub, Emotional Health Hub, and the Small Business Hub. He also established and managed the Curation team's global partnerships workstream, collaborating with some of the largest media organizations in the world. In addition, Rich played a key role in pioneering user experiences in the metaverse on Oculus VR and developing innovative community governance programs.

During his time as Program Lead in 2019, Rich spearheaded the launch of Facebook News, which grew to attract +50 million daily users with high-quality content. His responsibilities included crafting comprehensive guidelines and policies for content inclusion, as well as overseeing a team of program managers, policies, and trust & safety projects.

From 2017 to 2019, Rich formed strategic partnerships with some of the largest media organizations in Europe, helping Facebook and Instagram establish meaningful corporate relationships and unlock mutually beneficial business opportunities. He also traveled throughout EMEA, providing publishers and content creators with best practices for growing audiences on Facebook and Instagram.

Rich also has significant PM experience with both Meta and Yahoo!

Experience Summary

Senior Product, Content, & Operations Lead → Meta, Menlo Park, 2021–2023

News Program Lead → Meta, Menlo Park, 2019–2021

Strategic Partnerships Manager, EMEA → Facebook & Instagram, London, 2017–2019

Head of Social Media & Audience Development → Sky News, London, 2011–2017

Senior Editor → Yahoo!, London, 2007–2011