Facebook (FB) Adds Former Android Director to Payroll (GOOG)

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) is adding another key exec to ts roster as it looks to expand its mobile presence.

Re/code said late Monday that John Lagerling joined Facebook as vice president of business development. Lagerling was previous director of Android global partnerships at Google (Nasdaq: GOOG). he was responsible for all business development of the Nexus device program.

At Facebook, Lagerling will work on mobile operator and product partnerships.

Shares of Facebook are up 1.5 percent.

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