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词条 Andrew Bosworth
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

      Memo controversy  

  3. Philanthropy

  4. Personal life

  5. References

  6. External links

Andrew "Boz" Bosworth is an American computer scientist. He is currently Facebook's augmented and virtual-reality vice president.[1] After graduating from Harvard University in 2004, he worked as a developer on Microsoft Visio for almost two years, then joined former student Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook in January 2006 where he created News Feed.[2] As of 2018, Bosworth leads Facebook's virtual reality, augmented reality, and consumer hardware efforts.[2]

Early life and education

Bosworth was born and raised in Santa Clara County, California.[3] He grew up on a farm in Saratoga and was involved in agricultural endeavors with nonprofit 4-H as a child.[4][5] Bosworth attended Harvard University and met Zuckerberg while working as a teaching assistant in an artificial intelligence class.[6] Bosworth graduated from Harvard University in 2004.[7][8]

Career

Bosworth began his career working for Microsoft as a developer on Microsoft Visio.[9] In 2006, Bosworth received a call from a recruiter looking for a candidate with a background in artificial intelligence. From this, he joined the team of Facebook as one of the first 15 engineers at the company.[6][10]

In 2012, Bosworth took initiative over the transition between desktop advertising and mobile advertising, where he oversaw the mobile ad product.[11]

In August 2017, Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer announced that Bosworth would be transitioning to the role of vice-president for augmented reality and virtual reality, and Mark Rabkin would assume Bosworth's current responsibilities.[12][13]

Memo controversy

On June 18, 2016, Bosworth wrote a memo circulated internally within Facebook titled "The Ugly," arguing that connecting people was a paramount goal for Facebook, and justified many of the company's practices. The memo also acknowledged that this could have negative consequences, such as the potential to be used by terrorist attacks coordinated via Facebook. The publication date of the memo was a day after the shooting and death of a Chicago man was recorded via Facebook Live. The memo generated strong, polarized reactions within the company. The memo was leaked to and reported on by BuzzFeed on March 29, 2018.[14][15][1]

In a statement given to BuzzFeed after publication of the story, Facebook CEO and principal founder Mark Zuckerberg said: "Boz is a talented leader who says many provocative things. This was one that most people at Facebook including myself disagreed with strongly. We've never believed the ends justify the means. We recognize that connecting people isn't enough by itself. We also need to work to bring people closer together. We changed our whole mission and company focus to reflect this last year."[14][15]

Responding to the publication of the memo by BuzzFeed, Bosworth wrote: "I don't agree with the post today and I didn't agree with it even when I wrote it. The purpose of this post, like many others I have written internally, was to bring to the surface issues I felt deserved more discussion with the broader company."[16]

Philanthropy

Bosworth serves as the vice chair on the board of directors for the Peninsula Open Space Trust.[17][18] He is additionally involved in his local community by being recognized as the 2019 keynote speaker for the Burlingame/SFO Chamber of Commerce.[19] Bosworth also participates in events as an alumnus of nonprofit 4-H, where he has previously been received recognition such as the Distinguished Alumni Medallion award.[20]

Personal life

Bosworth is married to April Bosworth (née Wood).[21][22]

References

1. ^1 {{cite web |title=Facebook wishes it could 'hit delete' on the notorious Andrew Bosworth memo justifying growth at all costs |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-wishes-it-could-hit-delete-on-andrew-bosworths-memo-2018-8 |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=3 October 2018}}
2. ^1 {{cite web |title=Andrew Bosworth |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/person/andrew-bosworth#section-overview |website=crunchbase.com |accessdate=3 October 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web |title=Who Are You and Why Should I Care? |url=http://boz.com/about.html |website=boz.com |accessdate=3 October 2018}}
4. ^{{cite news |last1=Kavilanz |first1=Parija |title=Facebook's ad chief: Let's rethink STEM |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/04/14/technology/facebook-andrew-bosworth-4h-stem/index.html |publisher=CNN Tech |date=April 14, 2016}}
5. ^{{cite news |title=National 4‑H Council Announces Group of Prominent Alumni to Help Grow 4‑H |url=https://4-h.org/media/national-4-h-council-announces-group-of-prominent-alumni-to-help-grow-4-h/ |publisher=4-H |date=March 21, 2017}}
6. ^1 {{cite news |last1=Guynn |first1=Jessica |title=Profile: Andrew Bosworth, Facebook social engineer |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=July 31, 2011}}
7. ^{{cite news |last1=Mattson |first1=Sophie |title=Alumnus Bosworth presents to Leadership students |url=https://www.saratogafalcon.org/content/alumnus-bosworth-presents-leadership-students |work=Falcon Online |publisher=Saratoga High School |date=December 9, 2011}}
8. ^{{cite news |last1=Swift |first1=Mike |title=Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook: Focused from the beginning |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/02/05/mark-zuckerberg-of-facebook-focused-from-the-beginning/ |publisher=The Mercury News |date=February 5, 2012}}
9. ^{{cite news |last1=Cook |first1=John |title=After stints at Microsoft, Google and Salesforce, tech vet Adam Bosworth joins Amazon |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2016/stints-microsoft-google-salesforce-tech-vet-adam-bosworth-joins-amazon/ |publisher=GeekWire |date=August 4, 2016}}
10. ^{{cite news |title=Inside Facebook |url=http://fortune.com/2012/05/16/inside-facebook-2/ |publisher=Fortune |date=May 16, 2012}}
11. ^{{cite news |last1=Shinal |first1=Josh |title=Mark Zuckerberg turns to a key troubleshooter, Andrew Bosworth, for hardware success |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/19/mark-zuckerbergs-troubleshooter-andrew-bosworth-hardware-plans-oculus.html |publisher=CNBC |date=October 19, 2017}}
12. ^{{cite news|url = https://www.adweek.com/digital/facebook-andrew-bosworth-hardware/|title = One of Facebook’s Big Guns Is Shifting His Focus to Hardware. Andrew Bosworth will now lead the company’s consumer hardware efforts|last = Cohen|first = David|date = August 24, 2017|publisher = Adweek|accessdate = October 20, 2018}}
13. ^{{cite web|url = https://venturebeat.com/2017/08/23/facebook-brings-its-ar-vr-and-consumer-hardware-teams-closer-together/|title = Facebook brings its AR, VR, and consumer hardware teams closer together|last = Johnson|first = Khari|date = August 23, 2017|accessdate = October 20, 2018|publisher = VentureBeat}}
14. ^1 {{cite web|url= https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/growth-at-any-cost-top-facebook-executive-defended-data|title = Top Facebook Executive Defended Data Collection In 2016 Memo — And Warned That Facebook Could Get People Killed. Facebook Vice President Andrew “Boz” Bosworth said that “questionable contact importing practices,” “subtle language that helps people stay searchable,” and other growth techniques are justified by the company’s connecting of people.|last = Mac|first = Ryan|last2 = Warzel|first2 = Charlie|last3 = Kantrowitz|first3 = Alex|date = March 29, 2018|accessdate = October 20, 2018}}
15. ^1 {{cite web|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/03/30/maybe-someone-dies-facebook-vp-justified-bullying-terrorism-as-costs-of-growth/|title = ‘Maybe someone dies’: Facebook VP justified bullying, terrorism as costs of network’s ‘growth’|last = Selk|first = Avi|date = March 30, 2018|accessdate = October 20, 2018|publisher = Washington Post}}
16. ^{{Cite web|url = https://mashable.com/2018/03/29/facebook-andrew-bosworth-memo/|title = Facebook VP Andrew Bosworth frantically takes to Twitter following leaked memo|last = Morse|first = Jack|date = March 29, 2018|accessdate = October 20, 2018|publisher = Mashable}}
17. ^{{cite web |title=POST Staff & Board |url=https://openspacetrust.org/staff/ |website=Peninsula Open Space Trust}}
18. ^{{cite news |title=Facebook exec joins open space trust |url=https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2013/08/13/facebook-exec-joins-open-space-trust |publisher=The Almanac |date=August 13, 2013}}
19. ^{{cite news |title=Burlingame/SFO Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting |url=https://burlingamechamber.org/annual-meeting/ |accessdate=10 January 2019 |publisher=Burlingame Chamber of Commerce |date=January 1, 2019}}
20. ^{{cite news |title=Celebrating the life-changing impact of 4-H |url=https://www.dairybusiness.com/celebrating-the-life-changing-impact-of-4-h/ |publisher=Dairy Business |date=March 22, 2018}}
21. ^{{cite news |last1=Chandler |first1=Elizabeth Khuri |title=Edge of Tomorrow |url=https://magazinec.com/decor/edge-of-tomorrow |publisher=C Magazine}}
22. ^{{cite news |last1=Christy |first1=Kelcy |title=April Wood & Andrew Bosworth |url=https://www.insideweddings.com/weddings/a-facebook-executives-rustic-elegant-northern-california-wedding/470/ |publisher=Inside Weddings}}

External links

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