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Gary Kovacs (born ___) is Chief Executive Officer of Mozilla Corporation. He took over as CEO in 2010, having previously worked for Adobe Systems, SAP, and IBM.

Early life Kovacs was born in Toronto, Canada, the son of Ruby (née Kiraly) and Janos (John) Kovacs. Kovacs's father was a Hungarian refugee who fled to Canada in 1956.

Kovacs attended the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business, earning a BComm in 1990 and an MBA in 1999.

Business career Kovacs has more than 25 years' experience in information technology. He is a Certified Communications Electronics Technologist with extensive professional training in marketing, sales and management development, including brand and channels training through Harvard Business School.

Kovacs’ career began at IBM. During his 10 years at IBM, he held leadership positions in product management, sales, marketing and operations, eventually serving as Worldwide Program Director for the software division, based in New York.

Moving on from IBM, Kovacs served as President of Zi Corporation, a company offering mobile search and text input solutions. From 2000 to 2003, he helmed the company’s successful creation and growth and provided strategic direction for its worldwide expansion.

Kovacs took his mobile expertise to Macromedia in 2003, where he served as Vice President of Product Marketing. When Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005, Kovacs became Vice President and General Manager of Product Management & Marketing for Adobe’s mobile and devices division.

From 2009 to 2010, Kovacs served as Senior Vice President of Markets, Solutions, and Products at Sybase, through its acquisition by SAP.

After an extensive search for a new CEO in 2010, Mozilla selected Kovacs to replace John Lilly. He now leads the overall direction of the organization and the Firefox web browser.

During his tenure, Mozilla has strengthened its efforts to ensure online privacy. Most notably, it now offers Collusion, a Firefox add-on that enables users to view all third parties tracking their movements across the web, and make more informed decisions about being tracked. The Ponemon Institute named Mozilla the “Most Trusted Internet Company For Privacy” for 2012.

In his 2012 TED talk, “Tracking the Trackers,” Kovacs explores issues of Internet privacy in an increasingly connected world.

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