John Lilly (computer scientist)
John Lilly (* 1971 ) is an American computer scientist , manager and software developer .
Life
Lilly was a member of the Board of Directors of Mozilla Corporation , a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation , until March 2014 . The corporation develops open source applications under the umbrella brand Mozilla , including the web browser Mozilla Firefox and the operating system Firefox OS for smartphones .
From January 2008 to 2010 Lilly was Chief Executive Officer of Mozilla Corporation, succeeding Mitchell Baker . Before that, Lilly was Chief Operating Officer there.
Lilly currently sits on the boards of the Open Source Application Foundation and the Participatory Culture Foundation . He has a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in computer science from Stanford University . Lilly also holds 5 US patents .
Web links
- Mashable - Mozilla Names John Lilly as New CEO
- Mozillazine - Mitchell's Blog ( Memento from October 20, 2007 on the Internet Archive )
- New York Times - Mozilla Names New Chief, but Reaffirms Open-Source Commitment
- Physorg - Q&A with John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla Corp
- John Lilly's blog
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| SURNAME | Lilly, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American computer scientist, manager and software developer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |