What is Lila Tretikov?
{{Infobox person | name = Lila Tretikov | image = Lila Tretikov 16 April 2014 (1).jpg | alt = | caption = Tretikov in 2014 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|01|25}} | birth_place = [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]] | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = former Executive director of [[Wikimedia Foundation]] |employer = [[Wikimedia Foundation]] |awards = Stevie Awards }} '''Lila Tretikov''' ({{lang-ru|Лайла Третиков}}; born January 25, 1978) was the executive director of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] from 2014 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/01/wmf_announces_new_ed_lila_tretikov/ |title=Announcing our new Executive Director: Lila Tretikov |author= Jan-Bart De Vreede |date=May 1, 2014 |access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> She is a specialist in [[software engineering]]. == Career == Tretikov was born in the former Soviet Union in 1978. She emigrated to America in 1994. She studied art and computer science at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2014-05-13/woman-run-wikipedia-russian-born-former-cal-student-seen |title=The Woman To Run Wikipedia: Russian-born Former Cal Student Seen as “White Unicorn” |author=Katherine Seligman |date=May 9, 2014 |access-date=22 July 2015 |archive-date=2014-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824061932/http://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2014-05-13/woman-run-wikipedia-russian-born-former-cal-student-seen |url-status=dead }}</ref> In May 2014, Tretikov was selected as the future executive director of Wikimedia Foundation, replacing [[Sue Gardner]] and took up the post on June 1, 2014. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{commons category|Lila Tretikov}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Ged6PThzk Lila Tretikov talking about Sugar CRM] * [[meta:User:LilaTretikov|User:LilaTretikov]], user profile on [[Meta-Wiki]] *