Chris Blizzard: Mozilla Corporation?s CEO change

I?m extremely excited that John Lilly is taking on the CEO title at Mozilla Corporation. (Note that I?m using ?title? here instead of ?role.? I, like Mitchell, believe that he?s already filling much of this role and now it?s time to make it official.) John came to Mozilla Corporation in a business development role and quickly grew into a COO role. As part of his COO role inside of the organization he?s proven that he understands our unique position in the industry, the change we?re trying to create and how we do things. (In a lot of ways the thing that makes Mozilla unique is not just what we do, but the way that we do it. It?s an important distinction.) In that role he?s clearly taken on a lot of what a CEO would normally do and this change in title makes that official. Also, it?s clear that Mitchell is not leaving the project and not leaving the organization. There a lot of levers that she would be really good at pulling around larger issues that affect the future of the Internet - open standards, personal privacy on the internet, the rights of individuals who use these tools day to day - and she can have a large impact there. view original article
Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:00:49 +0100

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