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3 nonprofits committed to empowering women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

For IT organizations looking to make a difference on gender diversity, or for women seeking to develop rich IT careers, several nonprofits have been created to empower and uplift those who identify as women in IT, improving gender diversity in the industry, and closing the pay gap between men and women. Here are three of note.

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Ada Developers Academy: A no-cost career program that aims to diversify IT

CIO Business Intelligence

Mariya Burrows wanted to make a career change to software development after taking an introductory course on the topic, but the last thing she wanted to do was take out more student loans. Mariya Burrows, software engineer, RealSelf. The program boasts a 97% graduation rate, 94% job placement rate with a 160% salary increase.

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GeekWire Awards 2021: Geeks Give Back celebrates groups that better our community

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That includes kids who are Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC); children who struggle socially due to autism, ADHD or other conditions; and women eager to break into technology or entrepreneurial roles. Ada Developers Academy. The Geeks Give Back Award is presented this year by BECU. Create your own user feedback survey.

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CDH Users: If you have done impactful things with data please share how what and why

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The goal of this program is to recognize organizations running CDH for the applications you’ve built using Hadoop, and for the impact your project is having on the organization, business, and/or society at large. SOCIAL IMPACT. GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. Program VP, Business Analytics and Big Data. Drew Conway.

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Which Government, Non-Profit and NGO Have Big Data/CDH Lessons Learned To Share?

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The goal of this program is to recognize organizations running CDH for the applications you’ve built using Hadoop, and for the impact your project is having on the organization, business, and/or society at large. SOCIAL IMPACT. GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. Program VP, Business Analytics and Big Data. Drew Conway.

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Tech Moves: RealSelf appoints interim CEO; Hootsuite hires new CFO; Tune CEO lands at Roku

GeekWire

based social media management platform Hootsuite announced Tiziana Figliolia as its new CFO. Figliolia was previously based in Shanghai where she held senior roles at software companies PTC and Autodesk. . Nderitu has served as a DEI consultant for nonprofits Doctors Without Borders and One Acre Fund. Tiziana Figliolia.

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Amid widespread tech industry layoffs, some companies are still hiring in a ‘flipped’ labor market

GeekWire

Software development openings on jobs site Indeed are down 32.8% Other Seattle-area startups that are ramping up hiring to meet demand include voice tech developer WellSaid Labs ; social support platform Give InKind ; cloud services provider BitTitan ; and more. Seattle security startup ExtraHop is one example.

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