The man behind Mozilla’s mobile growth and the chief executive officer of the company, Gary Kovacs, has declared that he will give up his position later this year. The technology innovator from the Bay Area has made this decision after serving Mozilla for two and a half years. It is not clear when Kovacs will actually step down from the post of CEO but he will remain on the board of directors of Mozilla. As far as the search for his successor is concerned, Mozilla has made it known that they will immediately start looking for the new CEO. Appreciating Kovacs efforts Mozilla Foundation Chair Mitchell Baker said that he really helped the non-profit organization enter into the mobile age. Baker also praised Kovacs hard work to launch an edition of Firefox for mobile devices that runs on Android OS. Most importantly Mozilla has a announced the Forefox operating system for smartphones under his leadership.
On this occasion, Kovacs said that, “The past two and a half years have been pivotal in the evolution and rapid growth of Mozilla. I am very proud of our accomplishments as a team. In our mission to empower the next two billion web users, we’ve made great advances in desktop and mobile and in our ability to lead at the pace of the market.”
Kovacs said, “With this solid foundation and a strong team in place, this is the right time for me to announce the transition plan and a vote of confidence in the abilities of the leadership team. I am grateful for the privilege of leading this organization during this period of rapid growth, and I look forward to helping guide Mozilla’s impact on the future of mobile.”
However Kovacs is not the only change that we will seen in the management of Mozilla. The maker of Firefox has made several changes at the executive level. For instance Mozilla says, Baker is once again going to be involved in the daily activities of the corporation and “will also focus on ensuring that organizations and individual contributors have the tools they need to make meaningful contributions to unlock the potential of the Web.”
While the senior vice president of Mozilla, Jay Sullivan will take the role of chief operating officer of the company and Li Gong will be his successor in order to lead the Firefox operating system. Brendan Eich, who was appointed as the Chief Technology Officer at Mozilla back in January will now also hold the office of senior vice president of engineering.
Former general counsel, Harvey Anderson is now the senior vice president of business and legal affairs at Mozilla. The organization says, “In this new role he will have oversight for the apps marketplace initiative and continue to lead mobile and strategic partnerships.”
Mozilla has made these changes to its management during a crucial time, as massive changes are taking place in the browser industry.
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