Great News. Congratulations Toby.

On 28-Oct-2017 00:42, "Samuel Klein" <meta...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Fantastic.
>
> On Oct 27, 2017 3:09 PM, "Katherine Maher" <kma...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I’m happy to let you know that the Foundation has concluded our search
> for
> > a Chief Product Officer (CPO). Our own Toby Negrin will transition from
> > acting as interim lead of the Audiences department to this permanent and
> > updated role. Please join me in congratulating Toby!
> >
> > Toby was unanimously recommended by our CPO search panel, following an
> > executive search process very similar to those used for recent executive
> > appointments in Legal and Talent & Culture. We kicked off the process by
> > developing a job description based on feedback from staff, particularly
> > from the Audiences department. This job description attracted hundreds of
> > applicants after being posted in August 2017. A pool of approximately 30
> > candidates was reviewed by the primary hiring panel, made up of
> > stakeholders from Audiences and Technology. We conducted additional
> > interviews with six candidates, and two external finalists were
> interviewed
> > by the full panel and myself.
> >
> > Since joining the Foundation in 2013, Toby has demonstrated leadership
> > focussed on outcomes, collaboration with the Wikimedia community, and
> > respect for Wikimedia values. He led an expansion of our analytics
> efforts,
> > built a new team focused on Readers, and championed the development of
> > intuitive mobile interfaces and mobile applications. Toby played a
> critical
> > role in the creation of the Community Tech team, and supporting the
> > creation of the New Readers program. He has a deep interest in
> partnership
> > with the communities, an instinct for assembling and cultivating teams,
> and
> > a record of supporting staff as they develop and explore new skills and
> > roles.
> >
> > Leading our product development efforts takes more than a commitment to
> the
> > Wikimedia mission. As the world around us changes, we too must evaluate
> how
> > we best make progress toward our mission. Changes in demographics,
> > language, connectivity, interfaces, and more will have a profound and
> > transformative effect on our projects and how we seek to achieve our
> > vision. To respond effectively, we will need to develop a vision and plan
> > for how the Wikimedia projects will evolve, growing users, expanding
> > services, and improving retention and participation. And perhaps more
> > importantly, we will need to develop a culture of excellence, service,
> and
> > sustainability across the organization, so that we can retain and
> attract a
> > diverse crow of exceptional colleagues.  I’m excited to see how Toby and
> > the department will continue to take on these challenges and
> opportunities.
> >
> > Toby brings nearly 20 years of experience if integrating data, research,
> > and design to produce effective and popular products. Prior to joining
> the
> > Foundation, he led analytics efforts at DeNA, a mobile social games
> > company. At DeNA, he partnered with colleagues in Japan and China to
> build
> > global dashboards used to track gaming performance around the world. He
> > also held roles at Yahoo! related to cloud platforms, anti-abuse efforts,
> > and content moderation. Toby grew up in Los Angeles and the UK before
> > landing in the San Francisco Bay Area, and worked in software development
> > at startups in Sweden and The Netherlands. Toby graduated from the NIMBAS
> > Graduate School of Management and University of California - Santa Cruz.
> He
> > was a board member and treasurer of the Golden Gate Philharmonic youth
> > orchestra. In his free time, he enjoys spending time winemaking and grape
> > growing, running, hiking Bay Area trails, and playing tennis.
> >
> > I want to offer my sincere thanks to the CPO hiring committee for your
> work
> > on this process: Jon Katz, Nirzar Pangarkar, Adam Baso, Grace Gellerman,
> > Anne Gomez, James Forrester, Victoria Coleman, and Ryan Kaldari. A
> special
> > thank you to Liz Verlade, Joady Lohr, and Anna Stillwell for their
> amazing
> > work coordinating the process. Finally, thank you to Eileen Hershenov,
> > Maggie Dennis, Megan Hernandez, Pau Giner, Danny Horn, Runa
> Bhattacharjee,
> > and Christophe Henner for their input throughout the process.
> >
> > Again, and especially for those at WikidataCon this week, please join me
> in
> > congratulating Toby on this appointment!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Katherine
> >
> > --
> > Katherine Maher
> > Executive Director
> >
> > *We moved! **Our new address:*
> >
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> > 1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600
> > San Francisco, CA 94104
> >
> > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
> > +1 (415) 712 4873
> > kma...@wikimedia.org
> > https://annual.wikimedia.org
> >
> > --
> > Katherine Maher
> > Executive Director
> >
> > *We moved! **Our new address:*
> >
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> > 1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600
> > San Francisco, CA 94104
> >
> > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
> > +1 (415) 712 4873
> > kma...@wikimedia.org
> > https://annual.wikimedia.org
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