Wonderful news — welcome, Jaime!
On Jan 11, 2016 12:39 PM, "Tanweer Morshed" <wiki.tanweer(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Welcome Jamie, at WMF. Congratulations for being a
member of the Wikimedia
family :)
Regards,
Tanweer
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 2:28 AM, Lila Tretikov <lila(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
Sharing this from our internal WMF list for your visibility...
I'd like to introduce Jamie Villagomez, our incoming Chief Financial
Officer. He brings more than 20 years of experience leading finance in
small startups and large companies, and supporting non-profits as a
volunteer and an advisor. Jaime will be joining us February 1st,
overseeing
our Finance, Administration, and OIT teams.
Most recently, Jaime served as CFO at two startups: AnyCOMM, a smart
cities
startup, and Karum Group, which focused on
extending credit services to
underserved, unbanked communities in Mexico. Before then he was Vice
President of Finance at Advent Software, QRS, and Northpoint
Communications. He held senior strategy and finance roles at several
large
telecommunication companies, including AT&T,
Lucent Technologies, and
Pacific Bell, often acting as an ambassador to local communities they
served.
Jaime is a first generation San Franciscan. He speaks fluent Spanish, and
has strong connections to his extended family in Latin America. Jaime
holds
a deep appreciation for diversity, the importance
of learning
environments,
and the urgency of advancing the lives of those
in need. He is committed
to
bringing his experience to these issues through
support for local
community
organizations and non-profits, including the
Salvation Army, the San
Francisco Conservation Corps, the San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce, and Arriba Juntos, a San Francisco-based educational and
vocational training organization.
Jaime’s work gives him an important perspective on our current needs and
future opportunities. He has experience in small companies and large
global
organizations, has planned and budgeted for major
technology and
programmatic work, has led and developed strong finance and operating
teams, and mentored non-profits with a focus on integrity,
accountability,
authenticity, and trust. He is a great fit for
our values and needs.
Jaime has a BS in electrical engineering from Stanford University and an
MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He lives with
his
wife and their two children in Walnut Creek. He
loves to spend time with
family and friends, travel to Latin America, and support the adventures
and
passions of his children.
I would like to thank everyone involved in this search, especially Amy
Elder and Boryana , who managed the recruiting process through a new,
open
approach. We had more than 200 candidates,
interviewed 34 people, and
followed up with six finalists. Everyone who spoke with Jaime throughout
the process gave unanimously positive feedback (a combination of staff,
executives and board members). Jaime will be reporting directly to me.
We
are very excited to have him as a part of the
Foundation’s leadership
team.
Please join me in welcoming Jaime.
Lila
_______________________________________________
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines
New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,
<mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
--
Regards,
Tanweer Morshed
_______________________________________________
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines
New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,
<mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>