Tristan Nitot
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Tristan Nitot
Tristan Nitot (born on 19 October 1966, French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

) is the president of Mozilla Europe
Mozilla Europe
Mozilla Europe is a non-profit organisation that promotes and deploys Mozilla products, like Firefox and Thunderbird, in Europe. It was founded on 17 February 2004 by contributors to Mozilla and other free software projects, and is an independent affiliate of the Mozilla Foundation with...

.

Studies

Tristan Nitot is a graduate of the École Supérieure d’Informatique de Paris (or SUPINFO
Supinfo
The "École Supérieure d'Informatique" , also called SUPINFO is a private institution of higher education in general Computer Science that was created in 1965 and has been recognized by the French state since 10 January 1972....

, a school for advanced computer studies) in Paris, also known as ESI. He also has a master's degree from ESCP (management studies) in Paris, specialising in Social management of Organisations.

Career

After having been the technical manager of a start-up
Startup company
A startup company or startup is a company with a limited operating history. These companies, generally newly created, are in a phase of development and research for markets...

 specializing in computer security
Computer security
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to...

 and having worked for Partner Soft S.A in Paris, he joined the Netscape Communications Corporation where he held various positions from 1997 to 2003, first running Product marketing in Southern Europe and then acting as a Technology Evangelist, managing developer relations in Europe.

Tristan Nitot also helped to launch the OpenWeb.eu.org project in 2002, aiming at promoting Web standards and accessibility.

Since January 2004 he has been the founder and chairman of Mozilla Europe
Mozilla Europe
Mozilla Europe is a non-profit organisation that promotes and deploys Mozilla products, like Firefox and Thunderbird, in Europe. It was founded on 17 February 2004 by contributors to Mozilla and other free software projects, and is an independent affiliate of the Mozilla Foundation with...

 , the international affiliate of the Mozilla Foundation
Mozilla Foundation
The Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization that exists to support and provide leadership for the open source Mozilla project. The organization sets the policies that govern development, operates key infrastructure and controls trademarks and other intellectual property...

, a post he first occupied on a pro bono basis. In May 2005, he became an employee of Mozilla Europe
Mozilla Europe
Mozilla Europe is a non-profit organisation that promotes and deploys Mozilla products, like Firefox and Thunderbird, in Europe. It was founded on 17 February 2004 by contributors to Mozilla and other free software projects, and is an independent affiliate of the Mozilla Foundation with...

, the European home of the Firefox Web browser.

He has been contributing to the project since 2001.

Tristan has been publishing material on the Web since 1996, and started blogging in 2002 on standblog.org. His blog, mostly dedicated to the promotion of open source software, reaches an average of 12,000 readers daily.

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