Desigan Chinniah Email Address

Principal, Platform Relations, Firefox

At Mozilla, we’re a global community of technologists, thinkers and builders working together to keep the Internet alive and accessible, so people worldwide can be informed contributors and creators of the Web. We believe this act of human collaboration across an open platform is essential to individual growth and our collective future.

Desigan Chinniah is the Director of Platform Relations at Mozilla, the makers of Firefox. A self-confessed geek, Dees lives in London with his wife, Sanne and their two kids, Summer Skye & Kiran Quinn. You should follow '@cyberdees' on Twitter or visit http://desiganchinniah.com.tl;drAs a seasoned firestarter, Dees presently drives strategy and outreach for the core Firefox platform product (Gecko). This includes evangelising the Firefox platform, cultivating external relationships, gathering critical product and technical feedback, digesting market intelligence and communicating and collaborating on driving product prioritisations as well as standard implementations.Prior to this, Dees has worked within the web world as a Designer, Developer, Technical Evangelist, Product Architect, Community Manager & Business Development professional for 12+ years, including check-ins at Ask Jeeves, Skype, BBC, eBay, PayPal, Gumtree and Mozilla Labs.Dees evolves within a magical world of VoIP calls, IRC and cross-Atlantic flights — while silently working his way through as many indie coffee shops as humanly possible.When he’s not geeking out, he can be found sporting, snapping pictures of #streetart or entertaining the kids, but not at the same time.You’ve come this far… Why not say hello?helloATdesiganchinniahDOTcomSpecialties: ▪ Product innovation and strategy, development and delivery▪ Relationship cultivation, intelligence gathering and product prioritisation▪ Technical evangelism and community engagement▪ Partnerships, business development and networking