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I started back at work at the beginning of last week, after more than 4 months of illness. It is very exciting for me. I was like a kid before Christmas the night before my first day back.

I am rarely described as inarticulate, but nonetheless I find it very difficult to describe how and why I’m so happy to be back at work. For more than a third of a year, not only was I learning to recover from and manage a complex condition, but I also had a big piece of me missing: my friends and co-workers and shared passion at Mozilla. Their support was more than I could have imagined, let alone hoped for. There might be something in my eye.

Damon Sicore had been ably managing Engineering in my absence, and has now succeeded me in a permanent capacity. I tremendously enjoyed my job running Engineering, but was also ready to move into a role with a different strategic-versus-operational mix. Given that Damon had been providing so much leadership across all of Engineering before my absence, and even more during it, he was a natural fit as my replacement. I know that he’s going to excel, and that Mozilla Engineering is very fortunate to have him at the helm.

I’ve moved into a new position as VP, Technical Strategy for Mozilla. I have been involved in Mozilla’s technical strategy for some time, perhaps obviously, and I’m pretty stoked about being able to devote my full energy to it.

I plan to write more about my goals in my new position, as well as more about my recovery and related experiences. For now, though, I just wanted to say that I’m back and I’m giddy about it.