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Asa Dotzler

Asa Dotzler (/ˈeɪsə ˈdɒtslər/; born June 5, 1974) is an American software developer best known for his work in development of the Firefox browser through its evolution from his volunteer work when Netscape released Mozilla as open source code and employment as community coordinator for several Mozilla projects to director of Mozilla's Firefox desktop. He was founder of Mozilla's Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing Program, which grew under his leadership from just a few contributors when Dotzler joined the project to tens of thousands of volunteers today.Dotzler is also co-founder of the Spread Firefox project with Blake Ross, launched in October 2004, where he spearheaded Mozilla's open source marketing program. Spread Firefox is charged with empowering Firefox community members to raise awareness of the popular web browser. Today, he works with Mozilla's Technology Evangelism team, helping people understand, build, and benefit from the Open Web.Dotzler has been an active member of the Mozilla community since 1998. After volunteering for more than a year, Dotzler joined "staff@mozilla.org", the leadership team for the Mozilla organization, and has played a key role in delivering products including the release of Mozilla 1.0 and the release of the Mozilla Firefox web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client. He has spoken about Firefox and Mozilla's mission around the world in cities including Tokyo, Moscow, Seoul, Beijing, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Monterrey, San Diego, Seattle, and Portland (OR).Dotzler is known in his community for tracking the 2009 Lockheed Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains.