Chris Beard is the CEO of Mozilla and a member of the Board of Directors. He also serves on the National Board of Directors of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Chris is a passionate advocate for open systems -- that people coming together with a shared passion and through open, transparent & collaborative frameworks can accomplish the seemingly impossible and have a positive impact on society. He has been leading open source technology projects in engineering, product and marketing roles for the past 17 years. Chris joined the founding team at Mozilla Foundation in 2004 to launch Firefox web browser and lead marketing and product management as VP Products for the first three years to build the brand, global community and core products required to scale Firefox from zero to hundreds of millions of users worldwide. He then served as Chief Innovation Officer, with responsibility for Mozilla Labs, developing new technology and product concepts that have formed the foundation for Mozilla’s next generation mobile, social and identity products. In 2010, he was appointed as Chief Marketing Officer overseeing global engagement and strategy for Mozilla’s pivot to mobile with the successful launches of Firefox for Android and Firefox OS. Chris joined Greylock Partners as an Executive-in-Residence in early 2013, until his appointment as Mozilla’s CEO in 2014. Previously, Chris served in a variety of senior marketing and product roles at Cluster File Systems (acquired by Sun), HP and Linuxcare. He was also co-founder and CEO of The Puffin Group (acquired by Linuxcare), an early open source technology startup that was focused on Linux kernel and device driver development. Chris studied economics and biochemistry at the University of Ottawa and received his MBA in International Business from the University of Edinburgh, where he was also awarded the John McFarlane Prize for Leadership.

CEO @ Mozilla is a global community of technologists, thinkers and builders working together to keep the Internet alive and accessible, so people worldwide can be informed contributors and creators of the Web. Mozilla believes this act of human collaboration across an open platform is essential to individual growth and our collective future. From July 2014 to Present (1 year 4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaNational Board Member @ Make-A-Wish grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Make-A-Wish grants over 14,000 wishes a year -- each of them a potential game changer for wish children & their families in their ability to cope with their battle for health. That's still far less than the number of children diagnosed. We believe that granting the one true wish of all eligible children can help them feel better -- and possibly even get better. This simple, but powerful belief drives Make-A-Wish. From July 2014 to Present (1 year 4 months) Executive in Residence @ Greylock Partners is a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Greylock was founded in 1965 and has $2 billion under management, with investments in companies like Linkedin, Facebook, Workday, AirBnb, Instagram, Nextdoor, Tumblr, Dropbox, Pandora, Cloudera, One Kings Lane, and CreativeLive. From July 2013 to April 2014 (10 months) San Francisco Bay AreaChief Marketing Officer @ From June 2010 to June 2013 (3 years 1 month) San Francisco Bay AreaChief Innovation Officer @ Responsible for driving product & technology innovation to delight and grow a 300+ million user base, with operational responsibility for Mozilla Labs, developer tools, evangelism and ecosystem development. From September 2007 to June 2010 (2 years 10 months) San Francisco Bay AreaVP, Products @ Launched and lead product management, marketing & ecosystem development for Firefox from startup to 200+ million users worldwide. From October 2004 to September 2007 (3 years) San Francisco Bay AreaVP, Corporate Development @ Lead strategic planning and execution to establish branding & pioneer pre-sales and product marketing for this startup focused on the development of file systems for high-performance computing applications. From September 2003 to February 2004 (6 months) San Francisco Bay AreaMarketing & Product Management @ As a consultant, responsible for pioneering product management for a new HP division focused on Linux-based servers and technical workstations -- with multiple successful product launches to build a new multi-billion dollar business within HP. From January 2001 to October 2002 (1 year 10 months) General Manager, Emerging Services @ Built and lead a new strategic business unit following the acquisition of The Puffin Group with responsibility for driving emerging technology & market opportunity identification, new product development, and piloting of new offerings. From December 1999 to January 2001 (1 year 2 months) San Francisco Bay AreaCo-Founder and CEO @ Founded the PA-RISC Linux project to port Linux to the PA-RISC architecture. Developed initial code to boot to a static shell. Subsequently built and lead this profitable Linux and Open Source consulting firm from startup to acquisition by Linuxcare in December 1999. From January 1998 to December 1999 (2 years) Ottawa, Canada AreaSystems Analyst @ Technical member on a six person Canadian economic team leading a research project (in collaboration with Cornell University) to design and develop dynamic micro-economic Monte Carlo simulation models to predict and analyze social policy impacts on country populations. From April 1996 to January 1998 (1 year 10 months) Ottawa, Canada AreaField Engineer @ From March 1993 to September 1994 (1 year 7 months) Ottawa, Canada Area

MBA, International Business @ The University of Edinburgh From 2002 to 2004 International Business @ ESADE Business School From 2003 to 2003 Some undergraduate courswork, Biochemistry & Economics @ University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa From 1994 to 1996 Chris Beard is skilled in: Product Marketing, Product Management, Brand Development, Open Source, Marketing, Strategy, Leadership, Start-ups, Mobile Devices, User Experience, Product Development, Go-to-market Strategy, Mobile Marketing, Strategic Partnerships, Cloud Computing, Advertising, Program Management, Marketing Strategy, Creative Direction