Congratulations, Fabrice. On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello all, > > I’m really happy to announce that Fabrice Florin is joining the > Wikimedia Foundation as Product Manager for New Editor Engagement. > > In this position, Fabrice will take the lead in articulating and > refining, in partnership with the community and the engineering team, > the requirements for some of our most important features: those which > will help us increase the engagement and retention of new contributors > to Wikimedia projects. > > Fabrice has already been supporting us as a contractor on the Article > Feedback V5 project, and I’m really pleased that he’s joining us > full-time, starting next week. > > Six years ago, Fabrice founded NewsTrust, a non-profit organization > dedicated to to helping people find quality journalism. As its > Executive Director, Fabrice built the organization and the product > from scratch, with a small team. NewsTrust is a fascinating community > in its own right, and Fabrice and I first met when we discussed what > lessons could be learned for Wikimedia’s own forays into > rating/assessment tools. > > Before that, Fabrice had a long carreer in the tech and media > industry. He was VP of Online Entertainment at Macromedia, CEO of > Zenda, Executive Producer at Apple, and President of Videowest. Read > more in his online bio: http://bit.ly/fab-bio > > Fabrice is perhaps the first WMF staffer with an IMDB entry. He > directed the 1984 documentary “Hackers” which featured early tech > luminaries like Bill Atkinson, Lee Felsenstein, Richard Stallman and > Steve Wozniak. > > Please join me in giving him a big welcome to the Wikimedia movement. :-) > > Erik > > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
