Lila Tretikov
Lila Tretikov | |
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.jpg) Tretikov in 2014 | |
| Born | January 25, 1978 |
| Occupation | former Executive director of Wikimedia Foundation |
| Employer | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Awards | Stevie Awards |
Lila Tretikov (Russian: Лайла Третиков; born January 25, 1978) was the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation from 2014 to 2016.[1] She is a specialist in software engineering.
Career
[change | change source]Tretikov was born in the former Soviet Union in 1978. She emigrated to America in 1994. She studied art and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.[2]
In May 2014, Tretikov was selected as the future executive director of Wikimedia Foundation, replacing Sue Gardner and took up the post on June 1, 2014.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Jan-Bart De Vreede (May 1, 2014). "Announcing our new Executive Director: Lila Tretikov". Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ Katherine Seligman (May 9, 2014). "The Woman To Run Wikipedia: Russian-born Former Cal Student Seen as "White Unicorn"". Archived from the original on 2014-08-24. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
Other websites
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- Lila Tretikov talking about Sugar CRM
- User:LilaTretikov, user profile on Meta-Wiki
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