Welcome to the Second in Command Podcast, produced by the C.O. Alliance and brought to

its founder Cameron Herald.

In the second-in-command podcast, we talked to top COOs who share the insights, strategies,

and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief.

And now here's your host, Cameron Harold.

Janine Uzel is the chief operating officer, the Wikimedia Foundation, the global

nonprofit that supports Wikipedia. She's dedicated her career to exploring how

technology can drive equality and representation globally. In her current role she

oversees operational efficiency and scale during the period of the fastest growth of

the Foundation's history. In addition to being second in command at Wikipedia,

Janine is committed to driving equality

and the representation of diverse communities on the platform and is passionate about access to information.

She's on a mission to expand the free knowledge movement and welcomes new voices that are more

representative of the world around us. Prior to joining the Foundation, Janine was the head of women

and technology at General Electric, GE, where she worked with the company's global CEOs to cultivate a culture across

their workforce of 300,000 employees which accelerated the number of women in

technological roles. Prior to that she was the company's global director of external affairs and

technology programs and before that she spent five years as the director of

health care programs for GE Africa based in Accra Ghana. So Janine

welcome to the Second Command podcast.

Thank you. It's so great to be here.

I appreciate it and look forward to the time you get to talk.

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