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In 2012, Tretikov was a [[Stevie Awards]] Bronze Winner for Female Executive of the Year – Business Services – 11 to 2,500 Employees – Computer Hardware & Software.<ref name="2012 Stevie Awards">{{cite web |title=Stevie Awards For Women in Business: 2012 Stevie Award Winners |url=https://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/women/awards/414_2252_21756.cfm |work=stevieawards.com |location=Fairfax, VA |publisher=[[Stevie Awards|Stevie Awards, Inc]] |accessdate=2014-05-01}}</ref>
In 2012, Tretikov was a [[Stevie Awards]] Bronze Winner for Female Executive of the Year – Business Services – 11 to 2,500 Employees – Computer Hardware & Software.<ref name="2012 Stevie Awards">{{cite web |title=Stevie Awards For Women in Business: 2012 Stevie Award Winners |url=https://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/women/awards/414_2252_21756.cfm |work=stevieawards.com |location=Fairfax, VA |publisher=[[Stevie Awards|Stevie Awards, Inc]] |accessdate=2014-05-01}}</ref>


Tretikov was appointed executive director of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] in May 2014, replacing [[Sue Gardner]].<ref>[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaannounce-l/2014-May/000905.html Please welcome Lila Tretikov, the Wikimedia Foundation's new ED] [[Jan-Bart de Vreede]], [[Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees]], 1 May 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Vreede|first=Jan-Bart de|title=Announcing our new Executive Director: Lila Tretikov|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/01/wmf_announces_new_ed_lila_tretikov/|work=Wikimedia blog|accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia's New Chief: From Soviet Union to World’s Sixth-Largest Site|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/01/wikipedia-names-software-executive-tretikov-as-new-chief/|work=Jeff Elder|publisher=[[Wall Street Journal]]|accessdate=2 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Open-Source Software Specialist Selected as Executive Director of Wikipedia|last=Cohen|first=Noam|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/02/business/media/open-source-software-specialist-selected-as-executive-director-of-wikipedia.html|work=New York Times|accessdate=2 May 2014}}</ref> She will take up her new position on June 1, 2014.
Tretikov was appointed executive director of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] in May 2014, replacing [[Sue Gardner]].<ref>[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaannounce-l/2014-May/000905.html Please welcome Lila Tretikov, the Wikimedia Foundation's new ED] [[Jan-Bart de Vreede]], [[Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees]], 1 May 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Vreede|first=Jan-Bart de|title=Announcing our new Executive Director: Lila Tretikov|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/01/wmf_announces_new_ed_lila_tretikov/|work=Wikimedia blog|accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia's New Chief: From Soviet Union to World’s Sixth-Largest Site|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/01/wikipedia-names-software-executive-tretikov-as-new-chief/|first=Jeff|last=Elder|publisher=[[Wall Street Journal]]|accessdate=2 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Open-Source Software Specialist Selected as Executive Director of Wikipedia|last=Cohen|first=Noam|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/02/business/media/open-source-software-specialist-selected-as-executive-director-of-wikipedia.html|work=New York Times|accessdate=2 May 2014}}</ref> She will take up her new position on June 1, 2014.


==Patents==
==Patents==

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Lila Tretikov
Tretikov, May 1, 2014
Born (1978-01-25) January 25, 1978 (age 46)
Moscow
OccupationIT
Known forSugarCRM, executive director of Wikimedia Foundation

Lila Tretikov (Russian: Ляля Третьяко́ва[1]) is a Russian-born technologist specialising in enterprise software. Emigrating to the U.S. as a teenager, she began work as an engineer in California in 1999, founded a company, obtained several software patents and eventually became chief information officer and vice president of engineering of SugarCRM, Inc. She was appointed executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation in May 2014, replacing Sue Gardner.

Early life and education

Tretikov was born on January 25, 1978.[2][better source needed] Her father is a mathematician and her mother was a filmmaker.[3] She attended Lomonosov Moscow State University,[4] and moved to New York aged 16 after the Soviet Union collapsed. She learned English while waitressing and obtained a place at University of California, Berkeley, where her majors were computer science and art.[3] She did research work in machine learning while at Berkeley.

Career

Tretikov introduced to WMF employees, Wikimedia Foundation:
Introduction by Sue Gardner 0:00-6:40,
remarks by Tretikov 6:40-18:45,
Q&A 18:45-36:00

In 1999 she started her professional career at Sun Microsystems, as an engineer at the Sun-Netscape Alliance working on the Java server. Shortly afterwards she founded GrokDigital, a technology marketing company. Tretikov was later appointed chief information officer and vice president of engineering of SugarCRM, Inc.[5] She is also an advisor to the board of Zamurai Corporation.

In 2012, Tretikov was a Stevie Awards Bronze Winner for Female Executive of the Year – Business Services – 11 to 2,500 Employees – Computer Hardware & Software.[6]

Tretikov was appointed executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation in May 2014, replacing Sue Gardner.[7][8][9][10] She will take up her new position on June 1, 2014.

Patents

Tretikov holds a number of patents in intelligent data mapping and dynamic language applications.[11]

  • US 20130110932  "Automated action building for social networking data changes in a customer relationship management (CRM)."
  • US 20120197907A1  "System and method for intelligent data mapping, including discovery, identification, correlation and exhibit of crm related communication data."
  • WO 20110314447A1  "Multi-instance "shadow" system and method for automated resource redundancy reduction across dynamic language applications utilizing application of dynamically generated templates."
  • WO 2011116140A1  "Business software application system and method with productivity bar and expression engine."
  • WO 2010068930A1  "Business software application system and method."
  • WO 2009134927A2  "Business software application system and method."
  • WO 2008124181A1  "Data center edition system and method."

References

  1. ^ Wikimedia Monthly Metrics and Analytics Meeting, May 2014
  2. ^ http://www.crunchbase.com/person/lila-tretikov CrunchBase
  3. ^ a b "Women band together, make inroads into tech" by Jon Swartz, USA Today, 27 November 2012.
  4. ^ TNM Staff (1 May 2014). "Lila Tretikov named new Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation". Talking New Media. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  5. ^ Executive Profile: Lila Tretikov Bloomberg Businessweek, 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014. Archived here.
  6. ^ "Stevie Awards For Women in Business: 2012 Stevie Award Winners". stevieawards.com. Fairfax, VA: Stevie Awards, Inc. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  7. ^ Please welcome Lila Tretikov, the Wikimedia Foundation's new ED Jan-Bart de Vreede, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, 1 May 2014.
  8. ^ Vreede, Jan-Bart de. "Announcing our new Executive Director: Lila Tretikov". Wikimedia blog. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  9. ^ Elder, Jeff. "Wikipedia's New Chief: From Soviet Union to World's Sixth-Largest Site". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  10. ^ Cohen, Noam. "Open-Source Software Specialist Selected as Executive Director of Wikipedia". New York Times. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  11. ^ "Patent Search". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
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