Raffi Krikorian

Raffi Krikorian is Chief Technology Officer at Mozilla, where he leads efforts to build trustworthy technology that serves the public interest and strengthens human agency. A long-time member of the Mozilla community - serving on the Mozilla Foundation Board since 2023, Mozilla.ai’s Board since 2024, and the Mozilla.org Board since its inception - Raffi brings a record of impact across technology, politics, media, and philanthropy. He previously served as CTO of Emerson Collective, where he focused on how technology and data can be used to drive solutions that promote social good; as the first CTO of the Democratic National Committee, where he built the technology, data, and security infrastructure that supported Democratic candidates nationwide; as Director of Uber’s Advanced Technologies Center, where he led the rollout of the first passenger-carrying self-driving car fleet; and as Vice President of Platform Engineering at Twitter, where he designed and scaled the systems that powered Twitter’s global platform. He also created Technically Optimistic - a podcast and Substack exploring technology’s impact on society - which during its run reached #2 on Apple’s tech podcast charts and featured conversations with leaders including Sal Khan, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa, Cory Doctorow, and Congressman Jay Obernolte.