Wow!!! This is a great news. Welcome Victoria on board.
Best Regards Olushola Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Original Message From: Tim Moritz Hector Sent: Thursday, 3 November 2016 08:25 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Reply To: Wikimedia Mailing List Cc: Victoria Coleman Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer A warm welcome to Wikimedia also from Germany, Victoria! I'm happy to see you joining the movement and wish you a good start at the Wikimedia Foundation. Best regards Tim Moritz Hector Chair of the Board Wikimedia Deutschland Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin http://www.wikimedia.de 2016-11-02 22:50 GMT+01:00 Damon Sicore <da...@sicore.com>: > > Victoria, > > This is great news! I believe your talent, knowledge, and insight will > boost and elevate the WMF community, and I know your positive personality > will be warmly welcomed. > > Yours faithfully, > Damon Sicore > https://damon.sicore.com <https://damon.sicore.com/> > 6E98 FBFB D192 D325 B85D D4FF FD2A 20ED DC1D 3975 > > > > > > > On Nov 2, 2016, at 11:22 AM, Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I’m excited today to introduce the Wikimedia Foundation's new Chief > > Technology Officer, Victoria Coleman. Victoria’s first day is November 7, > > and she will be based in the Foundation's office in San Francisco. > > > > Victoria comes to us with more than 20 years of experience in consumer > and > > enterprise technology. And as you’ll learn quickly when you start getting > > to know her, she is deeply passionate about the importance of education, > > and how the Wikimedia mission advances education and equity around the > > world. > > > > When we started looking for a CTO for the Foundation, projects, and > > communities, we knew we were looking for a unique person - someone with > the > > experience to lead confidently, and the confidence to embrace open > > collaboration in leadership. We were looking for someone with a track > > record of success leading strategy and execution for technology platforms > > at scale, someone will be an effective mentor and leader for our > Technology > > department, and a strong partner to Product teams. We needed someone who > > would thrive in our culture and be an inclusive collaborator with staff > and > > community. We agreed that Victoria met these requirements and then some. > > > > Victoria has deep experience across consumer and enterprise technology > > fields and is a longtime advocate for innovation in education and the > > public sector. She has seen and done many things in her career, from > > mobility platforms to connected devices to cyber security to web services > > at scale. She brings operational excellence in strategic long-term > > planning, execution, delivery, and running large distributed teams. > > > > Most recently, Victoria served as Senior Vice President and Chief > > Technology Officer for the Connected Home Division of Technicolor, where > > she was responsible for innovation strategy, product management, > technology > > roadmaps, and technical due diligence for acquisitions and partnerships. > > Previously, as Senior Vice President of Research and Development at > Harman, > > she led the core technology platforms of the Infotainment Division > > including systems and software, media, tuner, navigation, connectivity, > and > > advanced driver assist systems. Before this, she served as Vice > President, > > Emerging Technologies at Nokia, Vice President, Software Engineering of > > Hewlett-Packard’s webOS global business unit, and Vice President of > > Samsung's Advanced Institute of Technology. > > > > Victoria also has deep familiarity with open source software development, > > having witnessed the rise of the Unix movement first as a student and > later > > as an instructor. She has been actively involved in the development of > the > > Linux-based LiMo (renamed Tizen). She passionately believes in the power > of > > open source and is familiar with how a commitment to open source > > strengthens platforms and products at an integral level. > > > > Victoria received her B.Sc and M.Sc in Electronic Computer Systems and > Computer > > Aided Logic Design respectively from the University of Salford, UK and > her > > Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Manchester, UK. She is > the > > author of over 60 articles and books (!). She has worked with teams > around > > the world, including in Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Finland, Germany, > > India, Israel, Korea, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. > > > > One thing that struck many of us throughout our conversations was > > Victoria's commitment to volunteering her knowledge and expertise outside > > of her daily professional activities, serving on advisory councils in > > higher education and the public sector. She is on the advisory Board of > the > > Santa Clara University Department of Computer Engineering, and she is > also > > a Senior Advisor to the Director of the University of California > > Berkeley’s Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of > > Society. She serves as a volunteer advisor on both Lockheed Martin’s > > Technology Advisory Group and on the United States Department of > Defense’s > > Defense Science Board where she offers advice and recommendations on > > science, technology, manufacturing, and acquisition processes. > > > > As a native of Greece, Victoria is interested in becoming a contributor > on > > Greek Wikipedia, and getting to know our colleagues and communities over > > the coming months. > > > > As many of you know, the CTO search has been an intensive process and our > > highest recruiting priority in recent months. Dozens of people from > across > > the organization contributed to this effort, most notably the CTO hiring > > committee, which included directors and senior staff from the Technology > > department. Representatives from the C-level, Technology, and Product > teams > > also participated in interviews, panels, and lunches. In total, we > reviewed > > nearly 900 candidates, advancing 190 to recruiter screens, and reviewing > 70 > > with the hiring committee. > > > > I want to personally thank every single person who was involved in this > > process. The focus and dedication of the Foundation’s recruiting team > were > > remarkable, as were the diligence and commitment of the many staff and > > volunteers who supported this search. > > > > More information on Victoria’s full background can be found in our blog > > post announcing her arrival: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/11/02/ > > victoria-coleman-chief-technology-officer/ > > > > Victoria is on CC - please join me in welcoming her to the Foundation and > > our movement! > > > > Warmly, > > Katherine > > > > *** > > > > An on-wiki version of this message is available for translation: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/ > > Introducing_Victoria_Coleman_-_Chief_Technology_Officer > > > > *** > > > > -- > > Katherine Maher > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > 149 New Montgomery Street > > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > > +1 (415) 712 4873 > > kma...@wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > 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> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > 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> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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>
