From CNET: Another major management change is coming to Firefox as Johnathan Nightingale, the vice president who oversees the open-source Web browser project, will leave Mozilla on March 31.
In a blog post Tuesday, Nightingale said Mozilla made it through a rough patch last year and that he's making the change to tighten ties with his family and with the tech scene in Toronto, where he lives.
"No, I haven't been poached by Facebook. I don't actually know what my next thing will be," said Nightingale, who joined Mozilla in 2007. "I want to take some time to catch up on what's happened in the world around me. I want to take some time with my kid before she finishes her too-fast sprint to adulthood. I want to plant deeper roots in Toronto tech, which is incredibly exciting right now and may be a place where I can help."
The change comes less than a year after Mozilla endured a traumatic management change. Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Brendan Eich was promoted to chief executive, but lasted less than two weeks because of a firestorm of controversy around his earlier opposition to gay-marriage rights. After he resigned, Mozilla rehired Chris Beard, who earlier had led Firefox marketing work, to fill the CEO post.
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