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Individuals[edit]

Name Username Start End IRC name Notes
Adrianne Wadewitz Awadewit  ? Educational curriculum consultant, focusing on university curriculum[1]
Aislinn Dewey Ashstar01 2011-09  ? User Experience designer working on visual design of banner templates and donor landing pages for 2011 Annual Fundraiser]])
Alex Monk Alex Monk (WMF) 2014-03-10 Krenair [2] VisualEditor[3], also occasionally helps with labs/ops-related things
Alex Skud (WMF) 2015-02-01 2015-04-30 Grants.[4]
Alex Zariv Azariv 2011-08-01  ? AlexZ_ Fundraiser Production Coordinator; previously worked as Office IT support[5] and on the 2010 Wikimedia fundraiser[6]
Amir E. Aharoni Amire80 2011-10-01 aharoni MediaWiki localization developer, language support, in particular - right-to-left text; commits as amire80
Andre Engels Andre Engels 2012-01-02  ? Andre_Engels Visitor log analysis, in particular in the mobile area
Andrew Bogott Andrew Bogott 2011-11-01 andrewbogott Developer for operations; working on OpenStack features at the moment.
Andrew Green 2013-10[7] Engineering
Andrew Garrett Werdna werdna Previously worked on AbuseFilter; now working on LiquidThreads; commits as werdna
Andrew Shields AndrewShields 2011-05-27  ? andrewS Tampa data center technician
Angela Robeson 2011-10-25  ? Recruiter
Antoine Musso Hashar 2011-10-17 hashar Developer (mw:Continuous integration);[8] commits as hashar
Aryeh Gregor Simetrical 2010-06-30 2010-09-15 AryehGregor Category collation sorting;[9] commits as simetrical
Ashok Misra AshokMisra 2011-09  ? AshokM Consultant, providing expert advise on payments interface for 2011 Annual Fundraiser. Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashokseattlemisra]])
Brion Vibber Brion VIBBER 2011-03-30 brion Code review[10]; previously Wikimedia staff and now again[11]; commits as brion
Chad Horohoe ^demon 2010-06-07 ^demon Working on FlaggedRevs in support of its deployment on the English Wikipedia; other misc. projects; commits as demon
Charles A. Barr cbarr 2011-07  ? PhancyPhysicist Fundraiser Production Coordinator
Christine Moellenberndt Christine (WMF) 2010-10-18 2011-11-31 ChristineM Reader relations[12]
Dan Rosenthal Drosenthal 2011-02[13] SWATJester Community Associate; chapter and local language outreach[14]
Dario Taraborelli DarTar 2010-12-01 DarTar Consultant focusing on Strategic product research[15]
Deniz Gültekin Dgultekin 2010-08-23 2011-02-15[16] Deniz 2010 Wikimedia fundraiser[17]
Diederik van Liere  ?  ? Research consultant, focusing on user trends and change patrolling tools[18]
Dory Carr-Harris 2010-07-01 2010-10-02[19] 2010 Wikimedia Study of Controversial Content
Fabrice Florin Fabrice Florin 2011-10-01 fabriceflorin Product consultant developing new features of the Article Feedback Tool[20]
Gerard Meijssen GerardM 2011-08  ? GerardM Part of the internationalization and localization team[21]
Greg DeKoenigsberg Gregdek 2011-10 gregdek mw:Weekend of Code-related work
Heather Walls heatherwalls 2011-10 Designer
Hisham Mundol 2011-02 m:FAQ Consultancy for National Programs, India
Isa Munne 2011-04  ? Interim Head of Office Administration
Iván Martínez ProtoplasmaKid 2014?  ? Wikimania 2015
Jacquelynne Ocaña 2010 Communications intern[22]
James Alexander Jalexander 2010-08-01 Jamesofur 2010 Wikimedia fundraiser[23]
Jami Mathewson JMathewson (WMF) 2011-11 2013-11[24] USA education program, moved to the Wiki Education Foundation "spin-off".
Jan Gerber JanGerber j^ TimedMediaHandler, commit name J. Current contract is w/ Google as part of their efforts to promote WebM adoption.
Jan Paul Posma JanPaul123 2011-04 janpaul123 Feature development; commits as janpaul123
Jeff Hall 2013-11[24] Engineering, Quality Assurance
Jessica Robell 2013-11[24] Global Fundraising Coordinator
Joey Hess 2013-11[24] Engineering
Jon Davis Jdavis (WMF) 2010-06-22 2011-02 ShakataGaNai IT (networking) guy at the San Francisco Wikimedia office[25][26]
Jon Harald Søby Jon Harald Søby 2011-07 and others 2014-03 Jhs Fundraiser Production Coordinator, translation coordination etc.
Jon Huggett 2010-07  ? Consultant and project manager on the Movement Roles II project (Board minutes)
Jon Robson 2012-02-07 jdlrobson Working in the mobile team
Joseph Seddon 2011-06 2012-02 Seddon Production Coordinator
Joshua VanDavier Community Development Associate; tracking, trending, and processing donations[27]
Juli Matthews JMatthews (WMF) 2013-07-01 Wikimedia Shop daily management and design
Kartik Mistry Kartik Mistry 2013-06-05 kart_ Language Engineering team[28]
Keegan Peterzell Kpeterzell, Keegan (WMF) 2010-08-23,
2013-06-23		 2011-01-31[29],
currently ongoing		 Keegan 2010 Wikimedia fundraiser[30], 2013 Product deployment (VisualEditor, Notifications, Beta Features)
Kunal Mehta 2013-10[7] Features Engineering
Liam Wyatt 2011-01 2011-12 GLAM cultural fellow[31]
Lori Byrd Phillips LoriLee 2012-01 2012-12 LoriLee US Cultural Partnerships (GLAM) Coordinator [32]
Maggie Dennis Mdennis (WMF) 2011-05 2012-02-01 Moonriddengirl Community Liason[33] (converted to permanent)[34]
Mark Hershberger MarkAHershberger  ? hexmode w:en:User:MarkAHershberger/Weekly reports; commits as mah. Later MediaWiki release management.
Mark Holmquist MarkTraceur 2012-02-29 marktraceur Working on UploadWizard and the Orgcharts tool.
Max Semenik MaxSem 2011-12-19 2012-06-18 MaxSem Mobile team API developer
Michael Beattie MBeattie 2013-03-01 mbeat Donor Services Contractor
Michelle Paulson Associate Counsel[35][36]
Michelle Grover 2013-11[24] Engineering
Mike Hoover 2013-11[24] Engineering, for Wikimedia Labs migration to EQIAD
Molly Connelly Mconnelly Fundraising help; temp
Moriel Schottlender 2013-10[7] Engineering
Moushira Elamrawy Melamrawy (WMF) 2010-02-01 2012-01-31 Moushira Chapters Relations Manager
Niklas Laxström Nikerabbit 2011-08 Nikerabbit Part of the internationalization and localization team[21]
Oliver Keyes Ironholds 2011-10 Ironholds Community Liason, Product Development
Patrick Reilly Preilly 2011-04  ? preilly mw:Mobile site rewrite
Pete Forsyth Pete Forsyth (WMF)  ?  ? Public Policy Initiative, probably as Wiki Strategies firm.[37] He served as the Wikimedia Foundation’s first Public Outreach Officer from 2009 to 2011
Peter Adams Tech fundraising, including Open Web Analytics[38][39]
Peter Coombe the wub 2011-06 2012-02 thewub Fundraiser Production Coordinator
Peter Youngmeister Pyoungmeister 2011-02 notpeter Consultant, working as an Operations Engineer for the Tech Department[40]
Petr Pchelko 2015-06? Has a wikimedia.org email address and has submitted patches to a WMF app: gerrit:221597.
Prateek Saxena Prtksxna 2014-02? Has a wikimedia.org email address and has submitted some patches to make a gadget into a MediaWiki extension.
Rayne MacGeorge 2011-02  ? Consultant, working on IT projects including Google Apps migration[41]
Richard Cole richcole1 Data center technician
Roan Kattouw Catrope 2009-05-26 2012-02-23 RoanKattouw General code work; commits as catrope; is awesome[42], converted to full time, [43]
Rob Schnautz en:User:Rob Schnautz (WMF) 2012-3-1 2012-7-31 BobTheWikipedian Online Communications for Wikipedia Education Program
Robert Harris Robertmharris 2010-07-01 2010-10-02[19] 2010 Wikimedia Study of Controversial Content
Rod Dunican Rdunican 2011-02-07[44]  ? Education Programs Manager[45]; formerly and later, employee.
Rummana Yasmeen 2013-10[7] 2014-04 Software Test Engineer (Visual Editor)
Russ Nelson RussNelson nelson Media storage something or other
Ryan Faulkner 2010-11-01 rfaulk Data analyst, fundraising tech
Ryan Lane 2013-11[46]  ? Operations
Salmaan Haroon Theo (WMF) 2010-10-15 2011-01-31 Theo10011 Consultant, focusing on outreach to chapters, local language communities, and social media for the fundraiser[47]
Sam Reed Reedy 2010-09-07 Reedy Various MediaWiki-related projects, mostly API-related[48]; commits as reedy
Santhosh Thottingal Santhosh.thottingal 2011-08 Part of the internationalization and localization team[21]
Sara Yap syap 2011-08 2011-12 sky Project Catalyst Associate, Global Development
Siebrand Mazeland Siebrand 2009-10-01 siebrand translatewiki.net; commits as siebrand. Also Product Manager Localisation, 2011–2013.
Stefan Petrea 2014-03 average Analytics
Steven Bernardin Engineering
Sue Gardner Sue Gardner 2014-06-01 2016-05-31 300,000 USD/year contractor for unspecified services, or "special advisor".[49]
Subramanya Sastry Ssastry 2012-05-14 subbu Visual Editor Parsoid work.[50]
Sumana Harihareswara Sumanah 2011-02 2012-04-11 sumanah Volunteer Development Coordinator, administering mw:Google Summer of Code[51] Converted to full time [52]
Tilman Bayer Tbayer (WMF) 2011-07 2012-05 Supporting movement communications[53]. Converted to full time[54]
Timo Tijhof Krinkle 2011-04-01 Krinkle Feature development; commits as krinkle
Zak Greant Zakgreant 2010-05-01 2011-02-25[55] zakg MediaWiki/Wikimedia developer documentation; weekly reports and daily logs at mw:User:Zakgreant/Report and mw:User:Zakgreant/Log

Organizations[edit]

Calcey[edit]

Calcey was hired during the Wikipedia Usability Initiative by Naoko to do quality assessment work. Subsequently Calcey was contracted to do other Wikimedia-related work.[56]

m/Oppenheim[edit]

HR recruitment, mostly for management.

Noble Studios[edit]

Hired to design a carrier portal for the Wikipedia Zero initiative. First reported in May/June 2014.

Others[edit]

  • Minassian Media (Jove Oliver, Helen Platt) for "Ongoing support for media events"[57]
  • Celinda Lake, LRP ("one of the Democratic Party's leading political strategists") for a fundraising survey (2015)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/57006606
  2. ↑ Wikimedia Foundation Report, March 2014#March Staff Changes
  3. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=216035931
  4. ↑ Special:Diff/11707735
  5. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/70402312
  6. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/47429021
  7. ↑ a b c d Wikimedia Foundation Report, October 2013#Staff Changes.
  8. ↑ http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2011-October/055799.html
  9. ↑ http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2010-July/048399.html
  10. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/52229274
  11. ↑ http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/03/07/brion-vibber-rejoins-wikimedia-foundation/
  12. ↑ http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-October/061941.html
  13. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/65144937
  14. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/57003696
  15. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/57826186
  16. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/65145087
  17. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/47429029
  18. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/54573178
  19. ↑ a b End date listed as last edit to wiki. / http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-November/062131.html
  20. ↑ http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5/
  21. ↑ a b c http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/09/08/wikimedia-foundation-report-august-2011/ and http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2011-September/055078.html
  22. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/48433589
  23. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/47428983
  24. ↑ a b c d e f Wikimedia Foundation Report, November 2013#Staff Changes.
  25. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/54537020
  26. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/64668014
  27. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/59884299
  28. ↑ IRC office hours/Office hours 2013-06-12, etherpad:l10n-team-2013-05
  29. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/65144952
  30. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/47429000
  31. ↑ Official hiring announcement blogpost
  32. ↑ Announcement on Wikimedia blog
  33. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/74561371
  34. ↑ Announcement on Foundation-L
  35. ↑ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michelle-paulson/19/56/10a
  36. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/65785238
  37. ↑ https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/27552
  38. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/47690035
  39. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/65785854
  40. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/65785563
  41. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/65785472
  42. ↑ because MZMcBride said so in diff 2422203, Meta-Wiki , 03:07, 2 March 2011
  43. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/91064390
  44. ↑ http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Staff&diff=58612
  45. ↑ outreachwiki:User:Rdunican
  46. ↑ Previously full-time, switched to contractor after moving to OpenStack.
  47. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/57003754
  48. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/49375335
  49. ↑ mailarchive:wikimedia-l/2016-June/084354.html
  50. ↑ [Wikitech-l] Announcement: Subramanya Sastry joins Wikimedia as Senior Features Software Engineer
  51. ↑ Official hiring announcement blogpost
  52. ↑ http://identi.ca/notice/92621876
  53. ↑ [1]
  54. ↑ https://identi.ca/notice/93671274
  55. ↑ http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Foundation_contractors&action=historysubmit&diff=2411986&oldid=2386672
  56. ↑ Hearsay, mostly
  57. ↑ https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Communications_WMF_Quarterly_Review,_Q2_2014-15.pdf&page=7
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