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Next Tech Titan: MotherDuck, Rec Room, Statsig, Submittable, Zuper vie for pivotal GeekWire Award

GeekWire

Its technology makes it simpler for businesses to run analytics on their data, rather than relying on more expensive services from large cloud vendors. Submittable , a social impact platform that helps corporations, governments, and nonprofits manage programs focused on social good. The company in 2023 announced a $52.5 billion.

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Tech Moves: Former Chef CEO joins Buildkite board; Salesforce hires Code.org exec

GeekWire

Crist, now the board chair at Buildkite, also serves on the board of Seattle sales startup Magnify and London-based cloud business communication company Rossum. He was previously the CEO of Likewise, which was acquired in 2012, and worked for Mercury Interactive, McAfee and Apple. Crist is now based in Lopez Island, Wash.

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15 worthwhile conferences for women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

Date : Varies by location Location : Several cities across the US Ticket price : $99 Women in Cloud Annual Summit The Women in Cloud Annual Summit is typically held in Redmond, Wash., The event is focused on women’s contributions to cloud computing, empowering women in tech and encouraging inclusion in the industry.

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Author and Tech Strategist Melvin Greer Profiled by WashingtonExec

Cloud Musings

A senior fellow and chief strategist at Lockheed Martin, Mel has more than 29 years’ experience in systems and software engineering and is a recognized expert in Service Oriented Architecture, Cloud Computing and Predictive Analytics. Mel also leads The Greer Institute , a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. Jackson 2012 ).'

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NJVC® Introduces Cloudcuity? AppDeployer to Create and Sell

Cloud Musings

Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Thursday, October 18, 2012. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations.

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Luni Libes’ Fledge accelerator takes flight as socially conscious investing keeps growing

GeekWire

” So in 2012, Libes launched Fledge , a startup accelerator that focuses on socially conscious, mission-driven, for-profit companies. Libes, who is also an author , additionally operates a nonprofit called Realize Impact that allows people to make philanthropic investments in socially conscious companies.

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First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

GeekWire

Device driver and E/PROM programmers are closest to the hardware, and that bottoms-up understanding how a computer operates — from booting to loading the OS, to launching apps and beyond — is still immensely valuable, even in the era of cloud and AI/machine learning!”. I was employee No. 42 at National Instruments (NI).