John Lilly (computer scientist)
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 John Lilly |
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| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation | Former Mozilla CEO |
John Lilly (born 1971) was the Chief Executive Officer of the Mozilla Corporation,[1] a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates development of open source Mozilla Internet applications, including the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
Lilly succeeded Mitchell Baker in this role in January, 2008. Previously, Lilly was Chief Operating Officer at Mozilla Corporation. Lilly was succeeded by Gary Kovacs.[2]
John Lilly currently serves on the board of directors of the Open Source Applications Foundation and Participatory Culture Foundation. He earned a B.S. and M.S. in computer science from Stanford University and is the (co)-inventor on seven US patents.[3]
On May 11, 2010 Lilly announced that he would be resigning as CEO of the Mozilla Corporation as of November 8, 2010.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins. "Mozilla Names John Lilly as New CEO". http://mashable.com/2008/01/07/mozilla-names-john-lilly-as-new-ceo.
- ^ "New Mozilla CEO knows mobile, user interface". http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/new-mozilla-ceo-knows-mobile-user-interface/40445.
- ^ "Greylock Partners - John Lilly". Greylock Partners. http://www.greylock.com/teams/14-John-Lilly. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "Introducing our new CEO: Gary Kovacs". http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/10/14/introducing-our-new-ceo-gary-kovacs.
- Mashable - Mozilla Names John Lilly as New CEO
- Mozillazine - Mitchell's Blog
- New York Times - Mozilla Names New Chief, but Reaffirms Open-Source Commitment
- Physorg - Q & A with John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla Corp
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