Welcome, Victoria. I've been struck by your career maturity, the way you have honored the talents and insights of the tech team, your openness and candor, and your obvious competence.
I'm looking forward to your contribution. Warmly, /a On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Patricio Lorente < patricio.lore...@gmail.com> wrote: > Great news! Welcome, Victoria! > > El mié., 2 de nov. de 2016 a la(s) 15:32, Sage Ross < > ragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.com> escribió: > > > In case the link didn't work for anyone else: > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/11/02/victoria-coleman- > chief-technology-officer/ > > > > -Sage > > > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org> > > wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I’m excited today to introduce the Wikimedia Foundation's new Chief > > > Technology Officer, Victoria Coleman. Victoria’s first day is November > 7, > > > and she will be based in the Foundation's office in San Francisco. > > > > > > Victoria comes to us with more than 20 years of experience in consumer > > and > > > enterprise technology. And as you’ll learn quickly when you start > getting > > > to know her, she is deeply passionate about the importance of > education, > > > and how the Wikimedia mission advances education and equity around the > > > world. > > > > > > When we started looking for a CTO for the Foundation, projects, and > > > communities, we knew we were looking for a unique person - someone with > > the > > > experience to lead confidently, and the confidence to embrace open > > > collaboration in leadership. We were looking for someone with a track > > > record of success leading strategy and execution for technology > platforms > > > at scale, someone will be an effective mentor and leader for our > > Technology > > > department, and a strong partner to Product teams. We needed someone > who > > > would thrive in our culture and be an inclusive collaborator with staff > > and > > > community. We agreed that Victoria met these requirements and then > some. > > > > > > Victoria has deep experience across consumer and enterprise technology > > > fields and is a longtime advocate for innovation in education and the > > > public sector. She has seen and done many things in her career, from > > > mobility platforms to connected devices to cyber security to web > services > > > at scale. She brings operational excellence in strategic long-term > > > planning, execution, delivery, and running large distributed teams. > > > > > > Most recently, Victoria served as Senior Vice President and Chief > > > Technology Officer for the Connected Home Division of Technicolor, > where > > > she was responsible for innovation strategy, product management, > > technology > > > roadmaps, and technical due diligence for acquisitions and > partnerships. > > > Previously, as Senior Vice President of Research and Development at > > Harman, > > > she led the core technology platforms of the Infotainment Division > > > including systems and software, media, tuner, navigation, connectivity, > > and > > > advanced driver assist systems. Before this, she served as Vice > > President, > > > Emerging Technologies at Nokia, Vice President, Software Engineering of > > > Hewlett-Packard’s webOS global business unit, and Vice President of > > > Samsung's Advanced Institute of Technology. > > > > > > Victoria also has deep familiarity with open source software > development, > > > having witnessed the rise of the Unix movement first as a student and > > later > > > as an instructor. She has been actively involved in the development of > > the > > > Linux-based LiMo (renamed Tizen). She passionately believes in the > power > > of > > > open source and is familiar with how a commitment to open source > > > strengthens platforms and products at an integral level. > > > > > > Victoria received her B.Sc and M.Sc in Electronic Computer Systems and > > Computer > > > Aided Logic Design respectively from the University of Salford, UK and > > her > > > Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Manchester, UK. She is > > the > > > author of over 60 articles and books (!). She has worked with teams > > around > > > the world, including in Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Finland, > Germany, > > > India, Israel, Korea, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United > States. > > > > > > One thing that struck many of us throughout our conversations was > > > Victoria's commitment to volunteering her knowledge and expertise > outside > > > of her daily professional activities, serving on advisory councils in > > > higher education and the public sector. She is on the advisory Board of > > the > > > Santa Clara University Department of Computer Engineering, and she is > > also > > > a Senior Advisor to the Director of the University of California > > > Berkeley’s Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest > of > > > Society. She serves as a volunteer advisor on both Lockheed Martin’s > > > Technology Advisory Group and on the United States Department of > > Defense’s > > > Defense Science Board where she offers advice and recommendations on > > > science, technology, manufacturing, and acquisition processes. > > > > > > As a native of Greece, Victoria is interested in becoming a contributor > > on > > > Greek Wikipedia, and getting to know our colleagues and communities > over > > > the coming months. > > > > > > As many of you know, the CTO search has been an intensive process and > our > > > highest recruiting priority in recent months. Dozens of people from > > across > > > the organization contributed to this effort, most notably the CTO > hiring > > > committee, which included directors and senior staff from the > Technology > > > department. Representatives from the C-level, Technology, and Product > > teams > > > also participated in interviews, panels, and lunches. In total, we > > reviewed > > > nearly 900 candidates, advancing 190 to recruiter screens, and > reviewing > > 70 > > > with the hiring committee. > > > > > > I want to personally thank every single person who was involved in this > > > process. The focus and dedication of the Foundation’s recruiting team > > were > > > remarkable, as were the diligence and commitment of the many staff and > > > volunteers who supported this search. > > > > > > More information on Victoria’s full background can be found in our blog > > > post announcing her arrival: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/11/02/ > > > victoria-coleman-chief-technology-officer/ > > > > > > Victoria is on CC - please join me in welcoming her to the Foundation > and > > > our movement! > > > > > > Warmly, > > > Katherine > > > > > > *** > > > > > > An on-wiki version of this message is available for translation: > > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/ > > > Introducing_Victoria_Coleman_-_Chief_Technology_Officer > > > > > > *** > > > > > > -- > > > Katherine Maher > > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > 149 New Montgomery Street > > > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > > > > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 <+1%20415-839-6885> > > > +1 (415) 712 4873 <+1%20415-712-4873> > > > kma...@wikimedia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > 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 > > 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 > 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> > -- Anna Stillwell Director of Culture Wikimedia Foundation 415.806.1536 *www.wikimediafoundation.org <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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>
