Lila Tretikov | |
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Ляля Третьякова | |
_(cropped).jpg) Tretikov in 2014 | |
| Born | Olga Tretyakova (1978-01-25)January 25, 1978 (age 47) |
| Nationality | Russian and American |
| Occupation | Former executive director ofWikimedia Foundation |
Lila Tretikov (/ˈlaɪləˈtrɛtɪkɒf/) (bornOlga (Lyalya)[a]Tretyakova,Russian:Ольга (Ляля) Третьяко́ва, January 25, 1978)[1] is a Russian-American engineer and manager.[2]
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] Hermajors were computer science and art, and she researchedmachine learning.[6]
In 1999, Tretikov began working as asoftware engineer in California, where she co-authored several software patents and was a specialist inenterprise software.[7][8]
Tretikov started her professional career atSun Microsystems as an engineer at theSun-Netscape Alliance, where she worked on theJava server.[clarification needed] She then founded GrokDigital, a technology marketing company, and was later appointed chief information officer and vice president of engineering atSugarCRM Inc.[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 mapping and dynamic language applications.[11][12]
Tretikov was appointed executive director of theWikimedia Foundation in 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 Engine project and disagreements with the staff,[7][8] with her last day being March 31, 2016.[15] She was succeeded byKatherine Maher in March 2016.
On March 16, 2016, it was announced that Tretikov had been invited by theWorld Economic Forum to join itsYoung Global Leaders community.[16] Tretikov is also on the boards ofOpenEd[17] andRackspace,[citation needed] and joined the board of directors ofVolvo Cars in March 2021.[18] She joined Microsoft Corporation in 2018 and was Corporate Vice President & Deputy Chief Technology Officer. She then moved on to be Partner, Head of AI Strategy, atNew Enterprise Associates, a venture capital company. She also joined the Board of Directors ofXylem Inc.[19]
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