Javier Olivan is a Spanish engineer who assumed the position of Chief Growth Officer at Meta (formerly known as Facebook) in August 2022. He came into the spotlight on 2 June 2022 when the co-founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg announced that Javier Olivan would become the companys next Chief Operating Officer (COO), succeeding Sheryl Sandberg.In the north of Huesca province lies the Pyrenees mountains, where Javier spent his childhood paragliding.An extraodrdinary student, he has earned the Premios Nacionales de Fin de Carrera de Educacin Universitaria (National End-of-Career Awards for University Education).In 2001, he pursued a one-year entrepreneurial program EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation in Vulcanus, Japan.He pursued his masters degree at Stanford University, US, with Rafael del Pino Excellence Scholarship.He began his career in Munich Area, Germany, where he started working as an R&D Engineer at Siemens in December 2000. His fascination with the disruption of mobile communication urged him to join Siemens.From September 2001 to August 2002, he headed the R&D department of the IT services provider company NTT Data in Tokyo, Japan. He headed the development of software enabling high-quality mobile video transmission at NTT Data.In March 2003, he rejoined Siemens as Advanced Procurement Engineer. After being promoted to Product Manager in 2004, Javier resigned from the company in June 2005.From May 2006 to July 2006, he held the position of Business Development Consultant at Fon Wireless.