Great welcome from Madeira island, (sort of..) Portugal, Janneen! Wikimedia Portugal looks forward to work with you in anything you may need.
Paulo - DarwIn Wikimedia Portugal Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org> escreveu no dia quinta, 14/02/2019 à(s) 06:31: > Hello all! > > I am delighted to share with you that we have added a Chief Operating > Officer to the Wikimedia Foundation leadership (c-level) team. Today, I'm > excited to introduce you to Janeen Uzzell. Janeen started on January 23rd, > in time for the Foundation's All Hands retreat late last month, and has > since been working out of our office in San Francisco. > > Janeen was most recently the head of Women in Technology for GE, where she > worked with GE’s global CEOs to revise practices across their workforce of > 300,000 employees, increasing the number of women in technology roles. > Previously, she was GE’s Global Director of External Affairs and Technology > Programs, and before that, she spent 5 years as Director of Healthcare > Programs for GE Africa, based in Accra, Ghana. She also served as the > Director of Global Healthcare Programs, Director of Healthcare Disparity > Programs, and Director of Service Operations for GE. > > Janeen has nearly two decades of experience implementing the design and use > of technology to drive impact on global outcomes. She is a people > developer, transformational leader, storyteller, engineer and > self-proclaimed “global citizen” — with a passion for incubation and > impact. She says she is on a mission to use her influence and voice to lead > casual work that changes lives, communities and the world. She has a MBA > from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from > North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. > > The Chief Operating Officer is not a new role for the Foundation, although > we haven't had one recently. As the Foundation has grown in recent years, > I've been talking to both the Board and the c-team about the value of > reinstating the COO role. We all agreed this was an important addition to > the Foundation to help us become more effective. > > At the end of 2018, we met Janeen while recruiting for a different > position. After completing the interview process, many people felt as > though she had the skills for the Chief Operating Officer role. While we > generally do not hire before a job is posted, we also do not like to miss > out on opportunities. So, in consultation with and support from the Board > and c-team team, we agreed to create this new role and ask Janeen to join > the Foundation. > > As the Foundation continues to grow and work to meet the needs of the > Wikimedia communities, Janeen's expertise will be instrumental in helping > the organization continue to meet the needs of our growing and evolving > movement. Please join me in welcoming Janeen to the Foundation and to the > incredible Wikimedia community! > > Katherine > > PS. A public announcement has also been posted on our blog: > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/12/wikimedia-foundation-appoints-janeen-uzzell-as-chief-operating-officer/ > > -- > > Katherine Maher (she/her) > > Executive Director > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.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> _______________________________________________ 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>
