Warm welcome from Brazil! (It’s actually hot here) Teles
Em qui, 14 de fev de 2019 às 07:57, camelia boban <camelia.bo...@gmail.com> escreveu: > 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> -- Steward for Wikimedia projects. 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