Tristan Nitot (born 19 October 1966) is the founder and former president of
Mozilla Europe
Mozilla Europe was a non-profit organisation that promoted and deployed 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 was an indepen ...
.
Education
Tristan Nitot is a graduate of the École Supérieure d’Informatique de Paris (or
SUPINFO, 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 specializing in
computer security
Computer security, cybersecurity (cyber security), or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from attack by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, t ...
and having worked for Partner Soft S.A in Paris, he joined the
Netscape Communications Corporation
Netscape Communications Corporation (originally Mosaic Communications Corporation) was an American independent computer services company with headquarters in Mountain View, California and then Dulles, Virginia. Its Netscape web browser was onc ...
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 was a non-profit organisation that promoted and deployed 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 was an indepen ...
, the international affiliate of the
Mozilla Foundation
The Mozilla Foundation (stylized as moz://a) is an American non-profit organization that exists to support and collectively lead the open source Mozilla project. Founded in July 2003, the organization sets the policies that govern development, ...
, a post he first occupied on a pro bono basis. In May 2005, he became an employee of
Mozilla Europe
Mozilla Europe was a non-profit organisation that promoted and deployed 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 was an indepen ...
, the European home of the
Firefox
Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. It uses the Gecko rendering engine to display web pages, which implements current ...
Web browser.
He has been contributing to the project since 2001.
Nitot 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
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose. Open ...
, reaches an average of 12,000 readers daily.
On 3 February 2015, Nitot announced that he was leaving the Mozilla Foundation.
He wants to write a book denouncing the mass surveillance of citizens.
On 11 March 2015, the French startup
Cozy Cloud announced his hiring as chief product officer for their
open source personal cloud product.
On 4 June 2018, Qwant announced that Tristan Nitot has joined their team as Vice-president Advocacy focused on Open Source and privacy.
In September 2019, Nitot became the
CEO of
Qwant
Qwant () is a French search engine, launched in February 2013 and operated from Paris. It is one of the few EU-based search engines. It claims that it does not employ user tracking or personalize search results in order to avoid trapping user ...
. He left
Qwant
Qwant () is a French search engine, launched in February 2013 and operated from Paris. It is one of the few EU-based search engines. It claims that it does not employ user tracking or personalize search results in order to avoid trapping user ...
in March 2020.
Personal life
Nitot is married, and has two children.
References
External links
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Tristan Nitot's CV
Mozilla Europe
Interview with Tristan Nitot - Intruders tvVideo
Tristan Nitot quitte Mozilla et dénonce "le flicage" des citoyens
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Mozilla developers
Open source people
Mozilla people
Netscape people
1966 births
Living people
French business executives
Corporate executives