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-jan...
Pretty welcome, Janeen :) I hope you settle in well. Greetings from Greece.
K.
On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 8:31 AM Katherine Maher kmaher@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-jan...
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Executive Director
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And a very welcome from Rome (Italy) Janeen :-).
Camelia
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Il giorno gio 14 feb 2019 alle ore 11:37 Kalliope Tsouroupidou < ktsouroupidou@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 kmaher@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-jan...
--
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-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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Warm welcome from Brazil! (It’s actually hot here)
Teles
Em qui, 14 de fev de 2019 às 07:57, camelia boban camelia.boban@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.boban@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 < ktsouroupidou@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 kmaher@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-jan...
--
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-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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Great welcome from Madeira island, (sort of..) Portugal, Janneen!
Wikimedia Portugal looks forward to work with you in anything you may need.
Paulo - DarwIn Wikimedia Portugal
Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org escreveu no dia quinta, 14/02/2019 à(s) 06:31:
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-jan...
--
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-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Hi Janeen,
It's nice to "meet" you. I hope that you like your new role.
May I ask what your goals are in the COO role for the next few months?
Thanks,
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org