That sounds like an incredible opportunity, Victoria. It was great working with you here and hope to cross paths again!
Traci Traci Sigmon (she/her) Senior Recruiter Wikimedia Foundation Join Us: WorkWithUs Connect with me on LinkedIn Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment and you can help continue to make it a reality: https://donate.wikimedia.org/ > On Jan 10, 2019, at 6:29 PM, Victoria Coleman <vcole...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > Dear all, > > I have some difficult news to share. > > A few months ago and completely out of the blue, an opportunity came up for > me to exercise the full spectrum of my skills as the CEO of an early stage > mission oriented startup. It has been a mighty struggle between my commitment > to my team, the Foundation and the movement and this opportunity to bring > all my skills to bear and build something from the ground up to do good in > the world. I will not lie to you - it has not been easy. But ultimately I > decided that I have to give it a go and I accepted the offer. I plan on > starting there on Feb 4th so my last day at the Foundation will be Feb 1st. > > These past two years have been amongst the most enjoyable in my professional > career. I’ve enjoyed getting to know the movement and what fuels it and I’ve > been incredibly privileged to work with a Tech team like no other. We have > together strengthened the technical infrastructure of the movement and while > much work remains to be done we have a much stronger team in place to take > the mission to the next level. And I have personally made friendships that > will last a lifetime. > > The organization I will be moving to is Atlas AI, a public benefit > corporation supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. I will be leading an > exceptional team of AI and earth system science experts striving for > improvements in human well being through data driven insights. Our focus > areas are drawn from the UN’s sustainable development goals of no poverty and > zero hunger with emphasis on Sub Saharan Africa. > > I leave behind a Technology department that I am certain is well on the way > to achieving our vision to create the infrastructure for the free knowledge > movement. I am also pleased that during my tenure, we have built leaders who > are equipped to take on this challenge. > > Erika Bjune will be serving as interim CTO. Erika joined us a little over two > years ago and she has distinguished herself as one of the finest people > leaders I have ever worked with. Both she and Katherine will have my ongoing > support — I will stay on in a consulting role to Erika on organizational > matters and for the mid term planning work we have ahead of us in the > remainder of the fiscal year. I know that I am leaving the Tech team in good > hands until a permanent CTO is hired. > > I want to close this difficult message with my heartfelt thanks to all of you > for letting me be part of this incredible movement. Being a Wikimedian is a > great privilege. I wanted you to know that I’m not walking away from > something; I am walking towards something that is very important to me and > the world. I will miss you all. Deeply. Truly. And a lot! > > > Victoria > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Foundation Optional" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to foundation-optional+unsubscr...@wikimedia.org. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
