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 chris beard ceo of the mozilla corporation
chris beard -lrb- executive -rrb-

chris beard is a canadian business leader , and ceo of the mozilla corporation .
in january 1998 he co-founded the puffin group in ottawa , canada , which was acquired by linuxcare less than two years later .
since then , beard has mostly worked in senior product and marketing roles in a range of companies , including hp , cluster file systems , inc. -lrb- acquired by sun microsystems -rrb- and mozilla .
he joined mozilla in 2004 , specifically to launch the firefox browser but also having responsibilities for other areas of the organisation , including product , marketing , innovation , communications , community and user engagement at different times during his nine years there .
prior to his appointment as ceo he most recently served as chief marketing officer .
in july 2013 he joined greylock partners as an executive in residence , though remaining an advisor to mitchell baker , mozilla 's chair .
beard was appointed in april 2014 as the interim ceo at mozilla corporation .
on july 28 , following an internal and external recruitment process , beard was confirmed in the position .
he has an mba in international business from the university of edinburgh -lrb- 2002 -- 04 -rrb- , where he was also awarded the john mcfarlane prize for leadership .
he previously read economics and biochemistry at the university of ottawa -lrb- 1994 -- 96 -rrb- .
