Congratulations, Lila! On 1 May 2014 20:49, "Frans Grijzenhout" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Welcome Lila, hope to meet you in person in London. And thanks to Jan-Bart > & the other members of the transition team. I will forward this great news > to the Dutch board & community. > Frans Grijzenhout > > > 2014-05-01 20:15 GMT+02:00 Jan-Bart de Vreede <[email protected]>: > > > Dear fellow community members, > > > > On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees I am delighted to > > announce that the new Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation will > > be Lila Tretikov. Lila is a widely respected Bay Area technology leader, > > most recently with SugarCRM. > > > > As many of you know, about a year ago Sue Gardner announced she planned > to > > step down as our ED. As we launched the search for her successor, we > spent > > some time working through the most critical requirements for the role. We > > decided the new ED should be someone with a product/engineering > background, > > ideally in an open-source or other online community context. We wanted > > someone experienced with organisations that were growing, who'd managed > > staff and budgets comparable to ours, and who had experience creating > > continuous delivery of technology improvements in an agile context. We > > wanted a person who is oriented towards collaboration, transparency and > > openness, with some experience with complex stakeholder environments, and > > with an international orientation. We knew we needed someone with courage > > and strong personal integrity, who wouldn't be intimidated by attempts to > > censor the projects. > > > > Lila is precisely what we set out to find. > > > > Lila was born in the Soviet Union and moved to the United States alone, > as > > a teenager. She's been working for technology companies, primarily in > open > > source, in the Bay Area for the past 15 years. In 1999 she started her > > career at Sun Microsystems. Shortly afterwards she founded GrokDigital, a > > technology and design company. She spent three years as senior director > of > > development at Telespree, a company that provides cloud-based wireless > data > > services for mobile carriers. For the past eight years, she was at > > SugarCRM, where she held positions of increasing responsibility as the > > organization grew, including being in charge of internal IT, marketing, > > customer support and professional services, engineering, and product > > development. She has a stellar reputation as a leader who is highly > > skilled, collaborative, open, passionate and curious. > > > > We think Lila will be a terrific fit for the ED role. The Transition Team > > (Phoebe, Alice, Kat, Sue, Erik, Geoff, Gayle and I) voted unanimously to > > recommend her to the Board, and the Board voted unanimously to accept the > > recommendation. She strikes all of us as smart, brave and unpretentious, > > and we believe she has the skills the WMF needs. > > > > Lila is going to spend the next few weeks in learning-and-listening mode, > > and will take over the ED position from Sue at the end of the month. Her > > first priority will be to immerse herself in deepening her understanding > of > > the Wikimedia projects. > > > > I want to close this announcement by saying a heartfelt and deeply > > appreciative thanks to Sue, who has been the Executive Director of the > > Wikimedia Foundation for the past seven years. When the Board and I hired > > Sue in 2007, we were just a chaotic little non-profit in small-town > > Florida, with a tiny staff and not much money. Over the past seven years, > > Sue's leadership has built the Foundation into an effective, well-funded > > and well-managed organisation, with integrity and a clear sense of > purpose, > > and her steady and committed presence throughout the search process was > > integral in helping us come to this excellent result. We will be forever > > grateful for her leadership and vision, and I hope we can continue to > rely > > on her support in the months and years ahead. > > > > In June Sue will move into a new role as a special advisor to me and > Lila. > > She'll also take a well-earned holiday, and maybe even a bit of a > > wiki-break, before beginning to think about what she's going to do next. > > Many of us will get a chance to see her in London, at Wikimania, in > August. > > > > The Wikimedia Foundation is delighted to have reached such a successful > > outcome to the search. My thanks to Lisa Grossman of m/Oppenheim for > > helping us with it, and I ask you to please join me in extending a warm > > welcome to Lila Tretikov, our new ED. > > > > Jan-Bart de Vreede > > Chair > > Wikimedia Board of Trustees > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > > community. 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