Andrew Overholt

Andrew is the VP of Engineering responsible for Mozilla’s web platform implementation, Gecko. His team of Mozillians from around the world are experts in building our world-class web browser engine that manifests Mozilla’s values.

Having an independent implementation of the web platform as a part of Firefox is important to Mozilla’s mission and vision of an open and accessible internet. Andrew and his team maintain solid working relationships with their colleagues across the industry and productively collaborate via standards bodies such as the IETF and the W3C.

Andrew joined Mozilla in May of 2012 after having spent a decade working at Red Hat. He was a member of a variety of open source communities and enjoyed his time as a member of the Eclipse Architecture Council. He holds a BASc in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto.