About the Web Foundation
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The mission of the World Wide Web Foundation is to:
- Advance the Web.
- Connect humanity.
- Empower people.
To achieve our mission, the Foundation will fund and coordinate efforts that work toward a future:
- served by One Web that is free and open,
- where understanding, capability and robustness of the Web improves
- where the Web is usable by all people, and
- where useful content and services are available for all people who might benefit from it
With seed funding from the Knight Foundation and its Media Innovation Initiative, the Web Foundation is building a global community of people who share our vision for the potential of the Web to empower humanity. During 2009, the Web Foundation will accelerate efforts to finalize plans, raise funds and start projects around the world that have a significant impact.
Who
Steve Bratt, Chief Executive Officer
Steve became Chief Executive Officer of the World Wide Web Foundation in September 2008>, and is responsible for leading the launch of the new organization.
Steve is also CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium; a position that he will transition out of in early 2009. Since 2002, he has had primary responsibilities for W3C's worldwide operations and outreach, including overall management of Member relations, the W3C Process, the Team, strategic planning, budget, legal matters, external liaisons and major events.
Prior to joining the W3C, Steve held leadership and research positions within industry and government, and served on scientific and arms control delegations. In 1997, he was named Coordinator of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty International Data Centre in Vienna, Austria. There he was responsible for establishing the data center, global communications infrastructure, and standards for data exchange between more than 300 world-wide sensors and 170 nations. From 1984 to 1997, Steve led research initiatives -- first at Science Applications International Corporation and then as a program manager at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency -- to develop advanced concepts for real-time sensor monitoring, intelligent analysis and international data communications. Since 1993, Web technologies have played the central role in support of the sharing of data, information and knowledge within the complex systems that he has designed and deployed.
Steve received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University.
Stéphane Boyera, Program Manager / Web in Society
Stéphane has played an important role in the creation of the World Wide Web Foundation since 2008. In January 2009, he became Program Manager, responsible for the design and implementation of a new Foundation program targeted at leveraging the power of Web technologies to empower people in parts of the world where they need it most.
Previously, Stéphane joined the World Wide Web Consortium in 1995. Leading the W3C Device Independence Working Group from 2001 until the end of 2005, he was a key participant in the development and launch of the W3C Mobile Web Initiative. Stéphane also took part in the management of the Voice and Multimodal Activities. From 2006, he led W3C's work on the Mobile Web for Social Development, which is looking at how to extend the frontier of the Web to make it relevant, usable and useful for rural communities and under-privileged populations of developing countries. Before W3C and the Web Foundation, he worked in Artificial Intelligence (knowledge acquisition and modeling) at INRIA.
Stéphane graduated from ESSTIN (degree in telecommunications and network engineering), in Sophia-Antipolis, France.
Daniel Dardailler, Program Manager
Daniel has been a leader in the development and launch of the Web Foundation since early 2008. He is also the World Wide Web Consortium's Associate Chair for Europe and Director of International Relations. Daniel joined the W3C team in July 1996. In 1997, he launched the Web Accessibility Initiative and was the Technical Director of the activity until 2003. As such, he participated in the design of some important standards like HTML, CSS, and WAI Guidelines. From 2000 to 2005, Daniel served as W3C Europe Operational Director. Daniel has served as W3C liaison on the ICANN Board of Directors and is also a member of the UN Internet Governance Forum advisory group.
Prior to joining W3C, from 1990 to 1996, Daniel was working in Cambridge, MA, USA, as a software designer and programmer for the X Window System Consortium and before that the OSF/TheOpenGroup. From 1986 to 1990, he was a Unix/Graphics engineer at the Bull Research Center in France.
Daniel holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science in Digital Typography and Networking from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis.
Craig Heintzman, Associate / Development
Craig joined the Web Foundation in July 2008 to help develop the initial financial and business operations. In 2009, he began building the Foundation's development strategy and assisting in the overall fund-raising process.
Prior to joining the Web Foundation, Craig operated his own consultancy focused on helping startup technology-based companies solicit and acquire equity financing from venture capital firms. In 2006, Craig interned as Business Development and Market Research Coordinator with energy management and consulting firm, Energy Advantage, where he was responsible for developing new services and presenting them to new and existing clients. Craig has traveled in over 30 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.
Craig received a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with Honours and pursued a secondary degree in Philosophy from Queen's University in Canada. While in his final year, Craig was admitted into the Tricolour Venture Fund program and MBA course on Financing New Ventures.