Congratulations, Wes, Best, Scott
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Lila Tretikov <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > I want to share an update about the WMF’s product leadership. As of today, > Wes Moran has stepped into the role of Vice President of Product. In this > role, he’ll oversee the Foundation’s product across all audience verticals, > reporting to me. Please join me in welcoming Wes into this new role. > > Wes has more than 17 years of experience in product design and development, > with expertise in open source communities, user-centered design, > interaction design, user experience, user research and testing, product > management, and more. Since joining the Foundation, he led the > newly-created Discovery team to focus on user needs, transparency, and > accountability, and worked closely with our colleagues at Wikimedia > Deutschland on key projects such as Wikidata. He has been an invaluable > resource as we have continued to recruit for a Chief Technology Officer, > working with Terry and myself to cover critical leadership > responsibilities. > > With this change, Tomasz Finc, Katie Horn, Toby Negrin, and Trevor Parscal > will report to Wes. Tomasz will now lead the Discovery team. Tomasz has > been Director of Discovery and helped build and lead development of this > new team. He has served in many leadership capacities over his 7 years here > at the foundation and joined us from Amazon where he worked with the A9 > search team. Please join me in congratulating Wes and Tomasz. > > ~~~~Lila > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- - Scott MacLeod - Founder & President - 415 480 4577 - http://scottmacleod.com - Please donate to tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) - World University and School - via PayPal, or credit card, here - - http://worlduniversityandschool.org - or send checks to - PO Box 442, (86 Ridgecrest Road), Canyon, CA 94516 - World University and School - like Wikipedia with best STEM-centric OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
