Tristan Nitot
| Event | Track | Day | Room | Start time | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla in 2011 | Mozilla devroom | Saturday | H.1301 | 13:00 | 00:15 |
| Firefox 4: new features for users and developers | Web Browsing Track | Saturday | Chavanne | 16:00 | 00:45 |
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. Tristan is president of Mozilla Europe.
After having been the technical manager of a start-up specializing in computer security and having worked for PartnerSoft 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 , the international affiliate of the Mozilla Foundation, a post he first occupied on a pro bono basis. In May 2005, he became an employee of Mozilla Europe, 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.