GeekWire

MAY 24, 2023

Ada Developers Academy graduates at a graduation event on Jan. Jenny Crooks Photo) Ada Developers Academy , the Seattle-based tuition-free software development boot camp for women and underrepresented sexual, gender and racial minorities, laid off 45% of its workforce, the nonprofit confirmed to GeekWire Wednesday.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 10, 2022

A pilot program to help orca whales in Puget Sound by asking commercial vessels to slow down saw 61% participation in its first month, reported program leaders at an event Friday at the Seattle Aquarium. Jay Inslee to develop recommendations for killer whale recovery. The pilot program lasts from Oct. NOAA Photo).

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GeekWire

JANUARY 21, 2021

Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) announced the 22 tech startups that have been selected for the organization’s recurring Founder Cohort Program on Thursday. Each company gets support and guidance through the crucial stages of fundraising, corporate governance and customer development.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

(Photo courtesy of Devon Horace) RAIN Catalysts , a Pacific Northwest-based nonprofit promoting entrepreneurship for underrepresented groups, is accepting applications for its first tech accelerator. The free and virtual 10-week program, funded by the U.S.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The Washington Technology Industry Association organization says its priority is to “recruit, develop, and retain technology talent in Washington state.” That isn’t keeping the 40-year-old trade group from looking beyond its home state for its own workforce and offerings. of WTIA’s expenses were for programs and 1.5%

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

LGBTQ Tech LGBTQ Tech offers programs and resources to support LGBTQ+ communities and works to “educate organizations and policy makers on the unique needs LGBTQ+ individuals face when it comes to tech.” The nonprofit was born after IBM sponsored a focus group in 2005 at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C.,

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GeekWire

JULY 20, 2020

The City of Seattle launched a new program this week designed to provide necessary technology to people of color and other marginalized groups who are looking for jobs. The first round of refurbished laptops were donated to 20 participants in the program earlier this month. Seattle City Hall. Flickr Photo / Daniel X.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 28, 2022

Global BPO research firm The Everest Group recently ranked AllianceBernstein first among large financial services companies for tech employment based on its high scores for employee satisfaction, work environment, compensation, career opportunities, and diversity. Diversifying the talent pipeline. The Nashville, Tenn.-based Karl Sprules.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

Today’s networking and advocacy landscape finds a growing array of programs and organizations for girls, women, and anyone who identifies as a woman — and plenty are also open to male allies. Ada’s List is an email-based group that is open to anyone who identifies as a woman and works in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.

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GeekWire

MAY 21, 2021

Apollo Global Management Co-Lead Partner David Sambur resigned from the board of Expedia Group. Expedia Group’s Chairman and Senior Executive is Barry Diller. ZoomInfo uses machine learning to help customers drive sales and marketing programs and went public last year. -based contract management startup was valued at $2.8

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Sharma was previously a vice president of product at Meta and COO at Seattle-based home services company Porch Group. In a LinkedIn post , Sharma said AI-powered advances will be “exponential, sparking the most important product making era yet, with significant gains in how billions of people program, work and live.”

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Amazon is making a $15 million donation to Code.org to help the Seattle nonprofit launch a new Advanced Placement computer science programming course aimed at underrepresented groups of students. Code.org will supply the curriculum and professional development workshops needed to offer the course to all participating schools.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 7, 2022

Zillow Group Photo). Zillow Group named Jenny Arden as the Seattle-based real estate company’s first chief design officer. At Zillow Group, Arden will be responsible for customer experiences and integrations across its brands. and help people unlock life’s next chapter,” said Jeremy Wacksman, Zillow Group COO.

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GeekWire

APRIL 4, 2024

Kennedy to enter an Air Force flight training program that was regarded as a pathway to NASA’s astronaut corps, and went on to win an Air Force recommendation to join NASA. Hess , a software engineer and entrepreneur who developed the Family Tree Maker product line in the 1990s. ” In 1961, he was chosen by President John F.

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Kitaboo

JULY 14, 2020

Training evaluation refers to an attempt to obtain relevant information on the effects of a training program. The primary objective of evaluating any training program is to develop an understanding of whether it has achieved its stated objectives. Benefits of Evaluating Training and Development. Transparency in Feedback.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 30, 2024

What are key activities to focus on and skills to develop that can help you land a new, exciting role faster? Build your network continuously Joe Puglisi, former CIO and now investor, advisor, and board member, leads a weekly call for the Society of Information Management (SIM) Members in Transition program.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

American Association of Blacks in Energy The American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE) is dedicated to ensuring African Americans and other minorities have input and a voice in the discussion and development of energy policies, regulations, R&D technologies, and environmental issues.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

” – Michael Greer, president and CEO of the Seattle nonprofit ArtsFund Bezos, who stepped down as Amazon’s CEO two years ago, is still relatively new to large-scale philanthropy and his charitable track record provides limited clues to his future giving. among other nonprofits. groups addressing homelessness.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Washington State University this week launched a new $125 million program to collect and analyze animal viruses with the aim of preventing the next pandemic. The program is funded with an award from the U.S. Louis and the nonprofit FHI 360. The project is expected to yield 8,000 to 12,000 novel viruses for analysis.

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GeekWire

APRIL 2, 2021

“This past year made clear both how essential reliable internet is and how many obstacles to access remain for historically disadvantaged groups and neighborhoods,” Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said in a news release. This is how we build back better.”.

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GeekWire

JUNE 4, 2020

Katherine Cheng , head of global and community impact at Expedia Group , had been working on a project with her company to employ out-of-work tailors from arts organizations to sew personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. FoodPair will be run as a nonprofit. Serving up smarter logistics. FoodPair Photo).

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The Accidental Successful CIO

JULY 13, 2022

Last year people in the CIO position helped introduce or bolster initiatives to increase the ranks of minorities and women on their technology teams, as well as programs designed to retain and advance those underrepresented groups. Every CIO should launch a task force focused on recruiting and developing diverse talent.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 18, 2023

More than half of the science payloads for NS24 have been developed with support from NASA. The New Shepard capsule is also carrying 38,000 postcards that have been submitted — on paper and online — by students through a program organized by the Club for the Future , Blue Origin’s educational nonprofit group.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 16, 2024

Photo) — Vahé Torossian , a longtime former corporate vice president at Microsoft , joined software development startup Builder.ai Most recently Torossian was a CVP in the Business Applications group at Microsoft. Vahé Torossian. as president and chief partner officer. London-based Builder.ai “Today I join Builder.ai

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The flight from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas followed the profile that the New Shepard program has used for 23 previous missions over the past nine years — including six crewed flights. More than half of the science payloads that flew on NS24 were developed with support from NASA. Liftoff came at 10:43 a.m.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 23, 2023

Through internship programs, apprenticeships, returnships, and other unique talent and upskilling programs, these examples can help inspire the right DEI strategy for your organization. The company also recently launched an HBCU Scholars Program, providing up to 20 students with scholarships after completing a 9-week summer internship.

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GeekWire

JULY 14, 2021

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, checks out some of the postcards submitted for spaceflight as part of his nonprofit Club for the Future campaign. ” The Club for the Future is offering a $1 million grant to each of these 19 groups: AstraFemina. . Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A delegation of Ukrainian health officials and policymakers is visiting Seattle to learn about the city’s life sciences cluster and develop relationships with its researchers and innovators. Ukraine is known for its lively tech sector , but its infrastructure for life sciences research is not as fully developed.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 4, 2024

An view from the south of the proposed green space expansion within the University of Washington’s planned Portage Bay Crossing development. to develop what it calls “knowledge communities.” An artist’s rendering of Brightwork, a new building planned for the UW’s Portage Bay Crossing development.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Nancy Wang, CEO of Advancing Women in Product, and Hope Cochran, managing director at Madrona Venture Group. AWIP programming includes: Executive round tables, with the first event featuring Cochran, who discussed OnBoarding Women, an initiative that she leads that helps women secure roles on public boards. AWIP and Madrona Photos).

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

When Bill Neukom showed up at Microsoft as its first general counsel in 1985, he made two critical decisions that have since impacted millions of lives over the last thirty-five years and have been instrumental in creating a program that has inspired thousands of employees to become engaged deeply into their communities.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 28, 2016

Our clients include Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, life sciences and technology companies, health systems, investors and developers, government agencies and sponsored enterprises, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations. PPL forms program for nonprofit groups (republicanherald.com).

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

So NCDIT officials took action, creating an internship program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) students, a move that would open up for the organization a new pipeline for talent traditionally underrepresented in the IT industry. The HBCU internship program launched in 2023.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Sullivan was previously head of product for the AI DevOps group at Amazon Web Services, where he led teams helping customers build and manage cloud-based applications. based $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund , launched by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, appointed Paul Bodnar to help lead programs on climate finance, industry and diplomacy.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 8, 2024

Founded in 2004, NCWIT’s mission has always been to “increase the meaningful and influential participation of women in tech” while respecting intersecting identities, with an overall emphasis on avoiding “treating women as a monolithic group,” says Catherine Ashcraft, a senior research scientist at NCWIT.

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Vox

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Short of that, she’s working on turning a different kind of superhuman power into reality: using AI and machine learning to tackle climate change through her global nonprofit, Climate Change AI (CCAI). CCAI is developing AI to supplement, not replace, other approaches. That realization was the spark for her current work.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Pete Jobse, CIT President and CEO and MACH37™ Executive Chairman, said, “MACH37 has created a unique public-private program that brings together domain experts, successful cybersecurity entrepreneurs, and investors familiar to the security market to create a platform that enables next generation technology to be deployed more rapidly.

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