Raffi Krikorian
Chief Technology Officer at MIT Media Lab
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolRaffi Krikorian is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with over a decade of experience building large-scale, mission-driven systems from startups to global platforms. Currently Chief Technology Officer at Mozilla, he has a rare blend of product, engineering, and governance experience—having led platform and autonomy teams at Twitter and Uber, rebuilt national political data infrastructure at the DNC, and founded multiple ventures. He focuses on turning research-grade work into reliable, deployable products while stewarding ethical, people-centered technology through roles like Board Chair of Mozilla.ai and leadership at Emerson Collective. Raffi pairs deep systems and infrastructure expertise (from cloud data warehouses to real-world autonomous fleets) with a track record of recruiting and scaling high-performing teams. Beyond engineering, he invests in civic and global impact through long-term board work with organizations like TUMO, Medic, and the MIT Media Lab, reflecting a commitment to translating tech into social good. Based in San Francisco with MIT training in EECS and Media Arts & Sciences, he’s equally at home debating algorithmic governance as he is shipping resilient distributed systems.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
SM, Media Arts and Science / Physics and Media, SM, Media Arts and Science / Physics and Media at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (3)
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magento5
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Github contributions (3)
r/rpi-kinect
Feb 2014 - Mar 2014
Contributions:26 commits in 20 days
r/nuntium
Aug 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:33 pushes, 2 branches in 19 days
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