Lila Tretikov (/ˈlaɪlə ˈtrɛtɪkɒf/) (born Olga (Lyalya)[a] Tretyakova, Russian: Ольга (Ляля) Третьяко́ва, January 25, 1978)[1] is a Russian-American engineer and manager.

[4] After moving to New York City at age 15,[5] she learned English while waitressing and attended the University of California, Berkeley, but left before completing her degree.

[7][8] Tretikov started her professional career at Sun Microsystems as an engineer at the Sun-Netscape Alliance, where she worked on the Java server.

[clarification needed] She then founded GrokDigital, a technology marketing company, and was later appointed chief information officer and vice president of engineering at SugarCRM Inc.[9] In 2012, she was a Stevie Awards bronze winner in the category for "Female Executive of the Year‍—‌Business Services‍—‌11 to 2,500 Employees‍—‌Computer Hardware & Software".

[11][6] Tretikov resigned from the Wikimedia Foundation as a result of the WMF's controversial Knowledge Engine project and disagreements with the staff,[7][8] with her last day being March 31, 2016.