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On Mon, Jun 13, 2022, 6:56 PM James Popoola <popoolaoja...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congratulations Selena. > > Wishing you the very best in your new role. > > You are welcome! > > On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 at 18:35, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Welcome to Wikimedia, Selena. It is very good to see this role being >> filled by someone with your level of experience - especially your >> experience in the open source and free knowledge communities. >> >> I am sure many people will be looking forward to meeting you and getting >> to work with you, even those of us in the non-tech/non-product areas. >> >> Risker/Anne >> >> On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 at 13:24, Selena Deckelmann < >> sdeckelm...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >>> Hello! >>> >>> I’m so excited to join you all, and I am grateful to Maryana and the >>> many people I’ve met on my journey to today’s announcement. Thank you for >>> this opportunity to introduce myself! >>> >>> My grandfather was a TV repairman and I grew up watching him tinker and >>> fix things, but college was when I decided to explore electronics and >>> computers. I started college thinking that I would play jazz violin and >>> maybe get a chemistry degree! A year later, I’d learned about the Internet >>> which resulted in skipping classes to install Linux from floppy disks, and >>> landing a job at a help desk. >>> >>> My first programming language was TI-Basic >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-BASIC>, and my second was C++. I >>> spent many years with Perl (I’ve had dreams in Perl!), SQL >>> <https://www.reddit.com/r/SQL/comments/doukj2/is_sql_considered_codingprogramming/> >>> and later Python, and I’ve dabbled with wikis, including Federated Wiki and >>> MediaWiki. I admire Ursula Franklin >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Franklin> and love her book The >>> Real World of Technology. >>> >>> As I explored computers back in college, I felt compelled to share. The >>> experience didn’t feel complete if I was alone. I vividly remember the >>> people I connected with – who mentored me, who I wrote software with and >>> who just listened. My love for the internet, its freedoms and >>> connectedness, came from discovering a world of knowledge freely shared >>> beyond anything I had imagined before. >>> >>> During my interviews with Wikimedia, I felt that strong connection >>> again. I heard each person share their reasons for joining this movement >>> and their hopes for its future – often in the form of very challenging >>> questions! >>> >>> In the last few years, I’ve worked on problems at the intersection of >>> Mozilla’s mission to help create an internet for the benefit of >>> individuals, and its business. Very recently, this work resulted in >>> shipping Total Cookie Protection, making several major changes to the UX of >>> Firefox and launching a small advertising business called Firefox Suggest, >>> designed with lean data practices from the start. I loved doing this work >>> because of the difficulty of it, how intensely those involved had to work >>> to understand one another and the communities they served, and that my >>> pragmatic optimism had a part to play in getting things shipped. >>> >>> I also reflected on this moment in my own life: I grew up in Montana >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana>, where I attended public >>> school. I love talking about, reading about >>> <https://www.caseyjohnston.net/ask-a-swole-woman-archive/2021/10/23/how-do-i-even-get-started-with-lifting-weights> >>> and sometimes doing weightlifting. I’m hapa >>> <https://www.janm.org/exhibits/hapa-me>, and I met the Chinese part of >>> my family as an adult. I think privacy and freedom >>> <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2175406> are >>> intimately connected, and that exercising freedoms is a good way to keep >>> them. I’m married to a high school teacher, and I have two kids who love to >>> crash video meetings, including my interviews with the Wikimedia >>> Foundation. >>> >>> All of that, together, is why I’m joining the Foundation. Wikipedia is >>> the promise of collaboration on the internet and the movement for free >>> knowledge made good on, in practice not in theory. I believe that Wikimedia >>> projects have successfully demonstrated a model that produces trustworthy >>> knowledge, and have created a home on the internet that the world >>> profoundly trusts. I want to help make and ship things to advance free >>> knowledge using the skills I have, while also continuing to learn from this >>> ever expanding community of people all around the world. >>> >>> I plan to follow Maryana’s lead, and will start by meeting many people >>> to really understand what we collectively need to create a global, >>> equitable and inclusive future for free knowledge. >>> >>> Although I will join officially in August, I would love to hear from >>> anyone interested in sharing directly with me at >>> sdeckelm...@wikimedia.org. >>> >>> -selena >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 10:09 AM Maryana Iskander < >>> miskan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> When I started in January, I shared with you that one of my top >>>> priorities >>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Chief_Executive_Officer/Maryana%E2%80%99s_Listening_Tour/My_Incoming_Priorities> >>>> coming to the Wikimedia Foundation was to actively step in and support the >>>> Foundation’s product and technology teams while we recruited executive >>>> leadership of these mission critical functions with a new Chief Product and >>>> Technology Officer. >>>> >>>> I am delighted to introduce you to Selena Deckelmann, who will be >>>> joining the Wikimedia Foundation on August 1. She is based in Portland, >>>> Oregon in the United States. >>>> >>>> Selena is currently the Senior Vice President at Mozilla, where she has >>>> been for the last nine years. She leads the Firefox organization of more >>>> than 400 people responsible for all Firefox product and technology >>>> functions including desktop, mobile, web platform, and browser services. >>>> >>>> I have gotten to know Selena over several months and also learned from >>>> people who have worked with her over many years. She is known for >>>> successfully driving change by getting stakeholders aligned around what’s >>>> needed, and being seen as a trusted partner. Selena has built strong >>>> credibility over many years with colleagues and also with a broader >>>> developer community. She is described as a leader who can make the tough >>>> decisions, develop skills, grow diverse contributors, and inspire teams. >>>> She also has a great laugh and looks for joy in her work! >>>> >>>> As context for the recruitment process: given the critical need to get >>>> this right, we used two firms with global search expertise who >>>> specialized in product/technology executive leadership roles. This meant >>>> double the work, but allowed us to more quickly build a large, globally >>>> diverse pool of over 500 candidates. Once we identified a smaller number of >>>> finalists, they participated in real-life case studies of some of our >>>> current challenges and met with Wikimedia stakeholders over the course of >>>> many months. >>>> >>>> As you all know, we have a highly unique and sometimes difficult >>>> environment with a multifaceted mission, complex structure, and often >>>> competing stakeholders. This is going to be a challenge for anyone, >>>> especially given the steep learning curve at Wikimedia (which I can confirm >>>> from my own experience!). I hope you will sign up to help me successfully >>>> onboard Selena as she gets started! >>>> >>>> Selena will share her own message with you shortly, and she can be >>>> reached directly at sdeckelm...@wikimedia.org. >>>> >>>> Maryana >>>> >>>> Maryana Iskander >>>> >>>> Wikimedia Foundation CEO >>>> >>>> *** >>>> >>>> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2022/06/13/wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-selena-deckelmann/ >>>> >>>> >>>> Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Selena Deckelmann as Chief Product and >>>> Technology Officer >>>> >>>> 13 June 2022, San Francisco — The Wikimedia Foundation today announced >>>> the appointment of Selena Deckelmann as Chief Product and Technology >>>> Officer. Selena is currently serving as Senior Vice President of Mozilla, >>>> where she was responsible for Firefox. She will officially join on August >>>> 1, 2022. >>>> >>>> Selena will lead the product and technology teams at the Wikimedia >>>> Foundation. These teams support the technology infrastructure and >>>> innovation that powers Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia, one of the >>>> most visited websites in the world with more than 16 billion pageviews per >>>> month. They also enable more than 300,000 global volunteers to edit >>>> Wikimedia projects each month. >>>> >>>> “Selena has a proven track record of delivering results by enabling >>>> individuals and teams to tackle unique and often complex challenges,” said >>>> Maryana Iskander, CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation. “She has dedicated her >>>> career to open source technologies for empowerment and inclusion.” >>>> >>>> At Mozilla, where she has been for nearly a decade, Selena currently >>>> leads the Firefox organization of more than 400 people responsible for all >>>> Firefox product and technology functions including desktop, mobile, web >>>> platform, and browser services. She oversaw some of the company’s most >>>> significant achievements including performance projects like Quantum Flow, >>>> architectural changes like Project Fission, key features like Enhanced >>>> Tracking Protection and Total Cookie Protection, and services such as >>>> Firefox Monitor. In her nine years at Mozilla, Selena held various other >>>> roles including Vice President for Firefox Desktop, Senior Director for Web >>>> Platform Engineering and Gecko Runtime, and Senior Manager for Gecko >>>> Security Engineering. >>>> >>>> Selena also brings experience from her previous roles as co-founder of >>>> Prime Radiant, a software as a service business that explored how to >>>> improve business processes at scale with checklist automation software, and >>>> as Consulting Director of Development for The Ada Initiative, an >>>> organization that was dedicated to increasing the participation of women in >>>> open source and technology communities. She was a major contributor to >>>> PostgreSQL, one of the largest free and open source databases in the world. >>>> >>>> “Open collaboration produces better solutions for the world, and >>>> technology is a critical enabler of making this true,” said Selena. “I look >>>> forward to contributing to Wikimedia’s inspiring free knowledge mission.” >>>> >>>> As Chief Product and Technology Officer, Selena will work with >>>> Wikimedia Foundation staff, technical contributors, volunteer developers, >>>> researchers, and communities to support Wikimedia’s 2030 Movement >>>> Strategy >>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction> >>>> to advance free and open access to knowledge. The majority of the >>>> Foundation is focused on product and technology development in service of >>>> our mission. >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >>> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>> Public archives at >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XO27SCB2UKZ6H6YRKFZLBR4URFW2VPGW/ >>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/JKRQYY65QDJPV626QSBB4BNHU2HLB4MM/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > -- > Best regards, > James Popoola > President, Wikimedia Fan Club University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria > Co-founder, Wiki Loves SDGs Nigeria & TCD Africa > Instagram <http://instagram.com/TheJamesPopoola> | Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/jamespopoola247> | Twitter > <http://twitter.com/TheJamesPopoola> | Linkedin > <http://linkedin.com/in/JamesPopoola> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/VPCRNMSPFII3GTZRTAEZZHQE5PN3NOVD/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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