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Lila Tretikov

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Lila Tretikov
Ляля Третьякова
Tretikov in 2014
Born
Olga Tretyakova

(1978-01-25)January 25, 1978(age 46)
Moscow,RSFSR,Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
OccupationFormer executive director ofWikimedia Foundation
Tretikov's voice
recorded September 2014

Lila Tretikov(/ˈlaɪləˈtrɛtɪkɒf/) (bornOlga(Lyalya)[a]Tretyakova,Russian:Ольга (Ляля) Третьяко́ва,January 25, 1978)[1]is a Russian-American engineer and manager.[2]

Early life and education[edit]

Tretikov was born in Moscow,Soviet Union.[3]Her father is a mathematician, and her mother was a filmmaker.[4]After moving to New York City at age 15,[5]she learned English while waitressing and attended theUniversity of California, Berkeley,but left before completing her degree.[6]Hermajorswere computer science and art, and she researchedmachine learning.[6]

Tretikov introduced to WMF employees.

Career[edit]

In 1999, Tretikov began working as asoftware engineerin California, where she co-authored several software patents and was a specialist inenterprise software.[7][8]

Tretikov started her professional career atSun Microsystemsas an engineer at theSun-Netscape Alliance,where she worked on theJavaserver.[clarification needed]She then founded GrokDigital, a technology marketing company, and was later appointed chief information officer and vice president of engineering atSugarCRMInc.[9]In 2012, she was a Stevie Awards bronze winner in the category for "Female Executive of the Year‍—Business Services‍—11 to 2,500 Employees‍—Computer Hardware & Software".[10]She has co-authored several patents in intelligentdata mappingand dynamic language applications.[11][12]

Tretikov was appointed executive director of theWikimedia Foundationin May 2014 in succession toSue Gardner[13][14]and took up the post on June 1, 2014. She had edited Wikipedia only once before her appointment.[11][6]Tretikov resigned from the Wikimedia Foundation as a result of the WMF's controversialKnowledge Engineproject and disagreements with the staff,[7][8]with her last day being March 31, 2016.[15]She was succeeded byKatherine Maherin March 2016.

On March 16, 2016, it was announced that Tretikov had been invited by theWorld Economic Forumto join itsYoung Global Leaderscommunity.[16]Tretikov is also on the boards ofOpenEd[17]andRackspace,[citation needed]and joined the board of directors ofVolvo Carsin March 2021.[18]She joined Microsoft Corporation in 2018, and currently is listed as its Corporate Vice President & Deputy Chief Technology Officer.[19]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^"Lyalya" is a Russian-language diminutive from the first name "Olga"

References[edit]

  1. ^Deubner, Chip (May 1, 2014).WMF Monthly Metrics Meeting(Videotape) – viaWikimedia Commons.
  2. ^"Reimagining the arts with immersive technology".Microsoft. August 6, 2019. Archived fromthe originalon September 27, 2022.
  3. ^Rayman, Noah."Saving Wikipedia: Meet Lila Tretikov".TIME.RetrievedOctober 20,2021.
  4. ^Swartz, Jon (November 27, 2012)."Women band together, make inroads into tech".USA Today.RetrievedFebruary 23,2024.
  5. ^"Wikipedia 15: Lightning Talk Session".YouTube.January 16, 2016.RetrievedMarch 30,2016.
  6. ^abcSeligman, Katherine (May 13, 2014)."The Woman To Run Wikipedia: Russian-born Former Cal Student Seen as" White Unicorn "".California Magazine.UC Berkeley.Archived fromthe originalon August 24, 2014.RetrievedJanuary 1,2020.
  7. ^abHern, Alex (February 26, 2016)."Head of Wikimedia resigns over search engine plans".The Guardian.
  8. ^ab"Online-Enzyklopädie: Chefin der Wikipedia-Stiftung tritt zurück".Spiegel Online.February 26, 2016.
  9. ^"Executive Profile: Lila Tretikov".Bloomberg Businessweek.Archived fromthe originalon May 1, 2014.RetrievedMay 1,2014.
  10. ^"Stevie Awards For Women in Business: 2012 Stevie Award Winners".stevieawards.Fairfax, VA: Stevie Awards, Inc. May 2, 2013.RetrievedMay 1,2014.
  11. ^abKiss, Jemima; Gibbs, Samuel."Wikipedia Boss Lila Tretikov: 'Glasnost taught me much about freedom of information'".The Guardian.RetrievedAugust 24,2014.
  12. ^"Patent Search".United States Patent and Trademark Office.RetrievedMay 1,2014.
  13. ^Elder, Jeff (May 2014)."Wikipedia's New Chief: From Soviet Union to World's Sixth-Largest Site".Wall Street Journal.RetrievedMay 2,2014.
  14. ^Cohen, Noam (May 2, 2014)."Open-Source Software Specialist Selected as Executive Director of Wikipedia".New York Times.RetrievedMay 2,2014.
  15. ^Lila Tretikov (February 25, 2016)."Thank you for our time together".Wikimedia Foundation.
  16. ^"Meet the Young, Tech-Savvy, Civic-Minded Innovators Driving The Fourth Industrial Revolution – Press releases".World Economic Forum.March 16, 2016.RetrievedMarch 30,2016.
  17. ^Hart, Michael (August 25, 2014)."Wikimedia Foundation Director Named to OpenEd Board".THE Journal.
  18. ^"Volvo Cars appoints Lila Tretikov and Diarmuid O'Connell to Board of Directors".March 30, 2021.
  19. ^"Lila Tretikov | Xylem US".xylem.RetrievedNovember 8,2022.

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