And a very welcome from Rome (Italy) Janeen :-). Camelia
-- *Camelia Boban* *| Developer |* *Affiliations Committee Treasurer - **Wikimedia *Foundation Coordinator - Diversity Working Group for Wikimedia Strategy 2030 Chair & co-founder - WikiDonne User Group WMIT - WMSE - WMCH - WMAR Member M. +39 3383385545 camelia.bo...@gmail.com *Wikipedia <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Camelia.boban> | *Twitter <https://twitter.com/cameliaboban> *|* *Google Plu <https://plus.google.com/+CameliaBoban/>s <https://plus.google.com/+CameliaBoban/>* *WikiDonne <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiDonne>* *| **LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/camelia-boban-31319122> **|* *Aissa Technologies* <http://aissatechnologies.eu/> Il giorno gio 14 feb 2019 alle ore 11:37 Kalliope Tsouroupidou < ktsouroupi...@wikimedia.org> ha scritto: > Pretty welcome, Janeen :) I hope you settle in well. > Greetings from Greece. > > K. > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 8:31 AM Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > 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> > > > > -- > Kalliope Tsouroupidou > Senior Trust & Safety Specialist > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > 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>
