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Raffi Krikorian

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Chief Technology Officer, mozilla.org at Mozilla
📍 Stanford, California, United States

Raffi Krikorian is the Chief Technology Officer at Mozilla, leading the strategy for trustworthy and open-source AI. An MIT graduate, he has a diverse background as the former CTO of the Democratic National Committee and an engineering leader at Twitter and Uber, where he launched the first self-driving fleet. People often describe him as brilliant and approachable with deep technical knowledge.

He is passionate about educating the public on technologys nuances, hosting the "Technically Optimistic" podcast and newsletter to explore its societal impact. Raffi is also dedicated to creative tech education for teens, serving on the board of the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies, which offers free programs in areas like animation and robotics.

Interesting fact: He authored the book "TiVo Hacks" and once taught a class at MIT called "How to Make (Almost) Anything. "

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Chief Technology Officer, mozilla.org
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Stanford, California, United States
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Priorities

Topics Raffi cares about

Ethical AI Development
Leads Mozilla's efforts in trustworthy AI and discusses AI's societal impact, data privacy, and the need for user-centric controls on his podcast and in recent posts.
Tech for Social Good
His career choices, from the DNC to Mozilla and Emerson Collective, reflect a core mission to use technology to solve societal problems and empower people.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Chief Technology Officer, mozilla.org
Mozilla
12-2024 - 9-2025
Board Member, mozilla.org
Mozilla
5-2023 - 9-2025
Board Member, Mozilla Foundation
Mozilla
5-2023
Board Secretary
Tumo Center for Creative Technologies
5-2016 - 5-2023
Board Member
Tumo Center for Creative Technologies
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Media appearances

Mozilla welcomes Raffi Krikorian as Chief Technology Officer. Featured in Mozilla Blog
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The Case for Open Source AI | Raffi Krikorian, Mozilla CTO. Featured in YouTube
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Education
2002 - 2004
SM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2001 - 2002
MEng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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