User:Cullen328/Arnnon Geshuri

Disclaimer: This is not an encyclopedia article. This is an essay offering certain facts and expressing my opinions about a newly approved member of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

Update: Arnnon Geshuri resigned from the WMF Board of Trustees on January 27, 2016.

This page in a nutshell: Board of Trustees members must be held to a higher standard regarding integrity.

Arnnon Geshuri was appointed to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees by a unanimous vote on January 5, 2016. WMF Executive Director Lila Tretikov praised his integrity.^[1] Geshuri has had a long career as a personnel executive at Silicon Valley corporations including NUMMI, Applied Materials, E-Trade, Google and Tesla.^[2] According to the San Jose Mercury News, his "reputation as a Silicon Valley legend in the realm of staffing and recruiting was cemented at Google", and Geshuri himself said "I thought I knew recruiting and staffing but Google really changed my perspective."^[2] Geshuri was a high ranking Google recruitment and hiring executive from 2004–2009, supervising a team that grew to 900 recruiters during a period when a massive scandal was developing in the department he managed.^[2]

^ "Kelly Battles and Arnnon Geshuri join Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees". Wikimedia Blog. Wikimedia Foundation. January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2015. Arnnon brings more than 20 years of experience in developing strong organizational cultures with diverse, passionate employees. He is currently the VP of Human Resources at Tesla Motors, where he shepherds Tesla's unique culture and oversees all global people operations, analytics, and staffing. Before joining Tesla, Arnnon served as Senior Director of HR and Staffing at Google, where he built the company's talent acquisition and diversity strategy, growing the organization to more than 20,000 people in five years. Earlier in his career, Arnnon served as Vice President of People Operations and Director of Global Staffing at E*TRADE Financial.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hull, Dana (December 12, 2011). "The man to see about a job at Tesla". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved January 7, 2016.

[1] "Kelly Battles and Arnnon Geshuri join Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees". Wikimedia Blog. Wikimedia Foundation. January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2015. Arnnon brings more than 20 years of experience in developing strong organizational cultures with diverse, passionate employees. He is currently the VP of Human Resources at Tesla Motors, where he shepherds Tesla's unique culture and oversees all global people operations, analytics, and staffing. Before joining Tesla, Arnnon served as Senior Director of HR and Staffing at Google, where he built the company's talent acquisition and diversity strategy, growing the organization to more than 20,000 people in five years. Earlier in his career, Arnnon served as Vice President of People Operations and Director of Global Staffing at E*TRADE Financial.

[SJMN-2] Hull, Dana (December 12, 2011). "The man to see about a job at Tesla". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved January 7, 2016.

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