David Frigstad Judith Estrin
Entrepreneur/Board Member/Author,
Closing the Innovation Gap (www.theinnovationgap.com)
  Mitchell Baker
"Chief Lizard Wranger"
Chairperson
Mozilla Foundation
     
A three-time member of Fortune's Fifty Most Powerful Women In Business, and author of "Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy", Judy is regarded as one of the "Pioneers of Silicon Valley." Currently CEO of her third venture backed start-up JLABS, LLC, formerly known as Packet Design Management Company, LLC., she has also served as CTO of Cisco until April of 2000 and currently sits on the boards of directors of The Walt Disney Company and FedEx Corporation and various advisory councils including Stanford's School of Engineering and Stanford's BioX initiative. Frost & Sullivan is proud to honor Judy for her continuous efforts and achievements contributing to the fundamental ideals of growth, innovation and leadership.

 

Mitchell Baker, Chairman, Mozilla Foundation

As the leader of the Mozilla Project, Mitchell Baker is responsible for organizing and motivating a massive, worldwide collective of employees and volunteers who are breathing new life into the Internet with the Firefox Web browser and other Mozilla products.

Baker was born and raised in Berkeley, California, receiving her BA in Asian Studies from UC Berkeley and her JD from the Boalt Hall School of Law. Her law career included working for Sun Microsystems and Netscape. She has also sat on the board of the Open Source Applications Foundation.

Baker has been the general manager of the Mozilla project since 1999, helping shape the license under which Netscape's source code was released. In 2003, she became president and founder of the Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to openness and innovation on the Internet. In 2005, Baker led the creation of Mozilla Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation. As Chairman of the Mozilla Foundation, Baker continues her commitment to an open, innovative Web and the infinite possibilities it presents.

TIME Magazine profiled Baker under “Scientists and Thinkers” in its 2005 TIME 100. She is also been a participant in the World Economic Forum, All Things Digital, The Internet Cowboys Un-Conference, and the DLD Conference.


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