Fantastic news and a great advancement - welcome Kourosh! SJ
On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Lila Tretikov <l...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > In order to encourage the expansion of knowledge, we’ve been considering > new ways to support and develop the work you do. Collaboration is an > essential part of the Wikimedia movement, and today, I’m excited to let you > know about a new addition at the Wikimedia Foundation that will support our > collaboration with like-minded organizations. > > For some time now, we’ve planned to hire a Vice President of Strategic > Partnerships. Today, I am pleased to announce that Kourosh Karimkhany will > step into this role on March 30, 2015. > > Kourosh will be responsible for crafting a strategy to grow long-term value > for Wikimedia projects through building meaningful partnerships, projects, > and relationships on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation. He will become > part of the C-level team and will report to Lisa Gruwell. Kourosh will also > oversee Wikipedia Zero, which will transition to the partnerships team. > > The Wikimedia community has many fruitful and creative partnerships that > help support knowledge creation and sharing around the world. The > partnerships Kourosh will support will will help us better support these > partnerships and your work, as well as grow strategic initiatives we take > on at the WMF. > > Kourosh was born in Iran and moved to the U.S. as a child with his family. > Today, he is an experienced digital media professional with a passion for > sharing information with the world. He started his career as a technology > journalist covering Silicon Valley for Bloomberg, Reuters and Wired. He > switched to the business side of media when he joined Yahoo as senior > producer of Yahoo News. Later, he led corporate development at Conde Nast > where he spearheaded the acquisition of Wired.com, Ars Technica and Reddit. > He also cofounded Food Republic in 2009, which was acquired in 2013. He's > an active angel investor and startup advisor. > > In light of the expanded scope of the Fundraising team and the revamped > partnerships team, we’re changing the team's name to better reflect their > mission. The new name is the Advancement Department. To learn more about > the new role, visit the FAQ here: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Partnerships_FAQ > > Please join me in welcoming Kourosh as the newest member of the WMF > leadership team. We have many exciting projects in 2015 and I’m looking > forward to all the great things we will accomplish as we work together to > support our mission. > > ~~~~Lila > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
