Gilad Mail
- Role
- Director, Data Center Facilities Engineering at Meta
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Gilad Mail
A versatile data center engineering leader with international experience in…
Experience
Director, Data Center Facilities Engineering
May 2014 — Present
Leads a team of engineers and program managers through forward-looking initiatives, resolving org-wide technical challenges, developing and managing budgets for construction and operations projects- Establishes and maintains professional contracts and relationships through external partnership to support infrastructure programs- Design and execute retrofits projects to address operational requirements, including safety, preventive and corrective maintenance, equipment lifecycle, optimization, growth/capacity, and modernization within confines of established processes- Team headcount, onboarding and professional development lead. Set priorities, designed and implemented workload forecasting processes and tools to maximize efficiency, productivity, and stakeholder engagement- Leads cross-org development of multiple software tools to save thousands of engineering hours, greatly increase planning accuracies, enable remote visibility of data center hardware deployment, and enable data usage- Develop strategic and tactical plans to integrate engineers into the new build lifecycle, increasing Operations feedback and Day-1 readiness- Created retrofits management team and methods to address self-identified functional gaps within the organization- Temporarily served as Campus Facility Manager, managing 6 data center facilities and 60+ full time employees plus contingent labor force- Provided remote site support and liaison to domestic and international facilities- Participated in development of remote engineering office teams to scale and maintain support for stakeholders- Track record of spearheading strategy to grow and scale the organization. Leads internal interview training to thousands of employees about how to effectively conduct Meta interviews- Identified impacts to Facility Operations from delays in new build turnups. Proactively partnered with teams produce fleet-wide playbook, ensuring systems integrity and eliminating siloed approaches.
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