# Liv Erickson New York City · [hello@email.com]() · +1 123-456-7890 · [liverickson.com](https://liverickson.com) · [github.com/misslivirose](https://github.com/misslivirose) --- ## Summary Strategic technologist with 15 years of experience across engineering, product, and nonprofit governance, focused on keeping the internet open, private, and accessible. Former Director at Mozilla; co-founded a 501(c)(3) nonprofit; and advocate for data privacy and human rights technology policy with the Aspen Institute and World Economic Forum. ## Open Source & Privacy-Tech Experience **Mozilla Data Collective - Head of Product Management and Analytics** (July 2025 - Present) - Launched the Alpha and Beta releases of the Mozilla Data Collective platform, leading 0 → 1 product scoping to build the foundation for ethical dataset sharing and fair compensation. **Mozilla - Innovation Ecosystem Development Lead** (May 2023 - July 2025) - Advocating for technology policy regulation and legislation focused on **data privacy protections**, generative AI, and consumer rights. - Shipped specifications and prototypes for **MemoryCache**, a 100% local, on-device AI integration for Firefox for private, personal data analysis (550+ GitHub stars; #1 on Hacker News at launch). - Coordinated the Mozilla Internet Ecosystem grant program, a vehicle for funding the open-internet ecosystem, and supported teams in the Mozilla Builders incubator, reflecting over $2M USD in grants. **Mozilla - Director, Mozilla Hubs** (Jan 2022 - May 2023) - Managed product, engineering, design, marketing, and community teams building Mozilla’s open-source social mixed-reality platform; launched a subscription service to make the technology accessible at a consumer price point (+15% independent instances in the first quarter); generated over $1M USD in recurring revenue. - Presented quarterly business updates and strategy to Mozilla’s executive leadership team. **Amazon Web Services - Senior Product Manager, Open 3D Engine** (Mar 2021–Jan 2022) - Led the transition of a source-available engine to an **Apache-2.0 licensed open-source engine**, including public issue management and feature planning with partners and the Linux Foundation. **Microsoft - Emerging Technology Developer Evangelist** (Feb 2015–Jan 2017) - Built **open-source mixed reality and web applications applications**, released supporting code and curricula publicly and growing a Twitter community to 17k members - Built developer education in partnership with grassroots communities: first series of VR development labs co-taught with ARVR Academy, Silicon Valley Virtual Reality, and Women Who Code; one-week university course at University of Bremen (Informatica Feminale); guest speaker at Stanford’s CS 125 for a class of 20. ## Community Building, Writing & Public Engagement - **10+ years of open-source community work**: co-founded ARVR Academy; host of a developer show with 250k+ channel views; taught VR curricula at University of Bremen, Stanford, and Columbia Business School; track co-chair (GHC 2019) and remote-experience co-chair (ACM UIST 2019). - **35+ conference talks globally** (SIGGRAPH, IEEE VR, Mozilla Festival, SXSW, W3C, WEF, etc.), including "Privacy, Safety, and Wellbeing: Solutions for the Future of AR and VR" (SIGGRAPH 2022) and "Exploring Digital Rights: Data Sovereignty in XR" (Games 4 Change 2020). - **Public writing on privacy, data rights, and open source**: 9+ years of published essays at liverickson.com covering data sovereignty, the Digital Afterlife Project, AI accountability, and local/owned AI; published pieces include "It’s Time to Develop a Consent Framework for Virtual Beings" (VRScout) and "Building the Metaverse with Open Source Technology" (OpenSource.com); media appearances in Politico ("How to Rebuild the Internet") and TechRadar. --- ## Governance & Nonprofit Leadership - **World Economic Forum - Contributing Member, Center for the 4th Industrial Revolution**, 2023–present. Credited contributor to WEF publications on digital identity, metaverse privacy and safety; panelist on digital identity and community representation. - **Co-Founder, Executive Director, and Board Secretary/Treasurer - ARVR Academy** (501(c)(3) nonprofit), 2016-2020. Founded the organization to train a diverse community of VR/AR developers; developed core programming; responsible for filing and managing paperwork for ongoing 501(c)(3) status; agent of process. - **Board-level and industry-wide strategic stewardship**: supporting strategic planning and budgeting for new programs and staffing at Mozilla’s Innovation Organization. Led marketing and communication efforts for engaging a broader developer engagement with Mozilla's work on local and open source AI within and outside of the browser. Represented Mozilla's Emerging Technology group at the W3C focusing on the immersive web. - **Mentorship of executives and teams**: facilitated professional development and mentorship for 5 direct reports and 24 skip-level contributors as Director at Mozilla Corporation; mentoring an emerging STEM leader through TechWomen with structured daily coaching over three weeks. --- ## Education - **Georgia Institute of Technology** — M.S. Analytics, Business Analytics Track (Expected Graduation Fall 2027) - **Columbia University** — M.B.A., 2025 (Student Leadership & Ethics Board chair, Executive MBA, Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics) - **Virginia Tech** — B.S. Computer Science, 2013 (SWE Vice-President; Microsoft Student Partner)