CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 26, 2022

The PGA of America is building a world-class resort with multiple golf courses and retail shops near Dallas, due to be complete next year. The core aim was to reduce waste and automate manual tasks, freeing up PGA staff to help develop tools in support of the association’s growth plans.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 18, 2022

Feeding America is a nonprofit that behaves like most for-profits,” says Maryann Byrdak, chief information technology officer of Feeding America. “We We coordinate donations from manufacturers, retailers, grocers. MealConnect connects retailers with food banks to support local food rescue. We source a lot of food.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 18, 2021

megawatts (MW) of solar power this year alone, a more than 10-fold increase over a decade ago, according to an industry nonprofit. We’re in a transitional time,” said Eliza Ives, renewable energy program manager with Seattle City Light. Volunteer homeowners allow the nonprofit to install a home on their property.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In addition to opening the center, Amazon announced additional efforts to provide free training: Expanding AWS re/Start , its in-person,12-week program that provides training for entry-level cloud computing careers. Other Pacific Northwest tech companies and nonprofits likewise offer free training programs. Saturday from 10 a.m.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Its customers include healthcare providers, educators, retailers and restaurants that manage fleets of company-owned Android devices. Janes previously spent more than 14 years at Amazon, most recently as a vice president working on the company’s physical retail stores. Lisa Wallace joined as VP of program operations.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

million to purchase a brand new 6-acre, 400,000 square-foot complex from REI at the new Spring District development in Bellevue, Wash., Previously: REI looks to sell brand new Seattle-area HQ as pandemic forces retailer to rethink remote work. The social media giant paid $367.6 just east of Seattle.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Kizilbash is a recent hire at the Seattle-based company, joining in June as vice president of corporate development. The startup provides retailers the back-end infrastructure to sell products online. Nderitu has served as a DEI consultant for nonprofits Doctors Without Borders and One Acre Fund. GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota).

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GeekWire

JULY 9, 2020

He led technology and product operations at retailers Gap Inc and L Brands, and spent more than a decade as a consultant at EY. Scott McFarlane, CEO of Avalara, describes Weslock as “a proven human resources leader who has successfully managed and scaled talent programs for some of the world’s most well-known global companies.”

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 1, 2022

“This is a transformational time,” said Tonia Buell, alternative fuels program manager for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Even Matthew Metz, the Seattle founder of the EV-boosting nonprofit Coltura , can’t say for sure if the infrastructure build out is on track to meet demand.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 23, 2021

Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. For many nonprofits, it’s not a lack of willingness to modernize, it’s simply not knowing where to start.”

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CTOvision

MARCH 7, 2014

The Innovation Gym helps develop young minds, turning students loose to solve real-world problems under tight deadlines, overcoming intermediate failures as they learn to innovate. By funding the Innovation Gym, the gift helps to develop the next generation of innovators equipped to solve emerging problems.”. “My

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GeekWire

JANUARY 12, 2021

Techstars Seattle, which hosts a three month accelerator program, graduated its 11th cohort this year and is led by Managing Director Isaac Kato. The company offers mobile platforms for religious, education and nonprofit organizations. Techstars also features a venture capital fund and startup studio model. Redmond, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

JUNE 29, 2021

Colacurcio previously worked as a director of retail communications and partner brand for Starbucks. My role was to develop the “Distributed File System” in Windows. The company provides back-end tech and software to help companies build training and onboarding programs. Sudheer Koneru , Zenoti. Zenoti Photo).

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Engineers, developers, and backup drivers were told to stay at home, as the city’s shelter-in-place order made public road testing impossible. On May 22nd, all Bay Area counties loosened the rules to allow for the reopening of some businesses, manufacturing, retail, and childcare facilities. Not on the road wasting charge.

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GeekWire

APRIL 20, 2021

But with our vast excess of atmospheric carbon, experts agree that it’s essential that we develop new technologies to remove and hold on to carbon — and that we move fast. Here’s a roundup of some key Pacific Northwest efforts to develop and support new carbon capture technology: PNNL’s research innovation.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Their sensors and software can collect and analyze huge amounts of information about their surroundings — through geolocation and depth sensing, computer vision programs, or intimate biometric technology like eye-tracking cameras. AR technology also isn’t going to develop in a vacuum. The effects went beyond people who played the game.

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Vox

APRIL 22, 2022

While it’s certainly easy to group workers by age, more emphasis should be placed on when people enter the workforce, the coinciding state of the economy, and the various safety net programs in place, said Sarah Damaske, an associate professor of sociology and labor and employment relations at Penn State University.

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Vox

JANUARY 24, 2023

It was a source of growing criticism from the press and nonprofit experts as his net worth climbed, topping $100 billion by the end of 2017. Applying for a grant can often be a long, burdensome process for nonprofits. Bezos’s philanthropic track record Before 2018, Bezos didn’t have much of a philanthropic résumé. Solo Por Hoy Inc.,

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GeekWire

MAY 19, 2023

GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The gist: The Seattle startup is developing all electric powerboats for the retail market. Deal of the Year, presented by Wilson Sonsini Winner: Bungie Warren Rice, director of business development at Bungie, accepts the award for Deal of the Year at the 2023 GeekWire Awards. billion deal.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The disruptions from quarantine only started to show in early 2021, as developers were forced to slim down, delay, rework , or cancel multiple projects, right as their audience was at all-time highs. Bungie, makers of Destiny 2 (above), are one of several video game developers rocked by allegations of misconduct in 2021. Bungie Image).

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GeekWire

JANUARY 11, 2024

Shobhit Agarwal Agarwal studied computer science and was a program manager at Microsoft before pursuing an acting career. He now works in retail and ran for city council last year. In their words: “My career in business development and being an entrepreneur should lend creative solutions and partners to make them a reality.”

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GeekWire

JUNE 17, 2020

In a letter sent to its CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday, Democratic Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif) blasted Amazon’s handling of its software, Rekognition, calling on the company to provide detailed info about privacy and bias inherent in the program. Amazon could not be immediately reached for comment.

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 11, 2022

With a PhD in Planning and Innovation Studies, and a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning, Karuri-Sebina has a sound knowledge base for her work as Executive Manager of programs at the South African Cities Network. Nisreen Lahham enjoys the trans-disciplinary nature of futurism. Zanelle Njapha. Katindi Sivi Njonjo.

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2020

Because I look at the level of investment hardware needs, both in terms of all the technology R&D you need to do, the kind of supply chain you need to develop, as well as the go-to-market investments you need. Some of it is to do with lack of retail working well and all that stuff. So it’s a deep investment. So that’s important.

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Vox

MAY 10, 2022

People are successfully unionizing across the economy, from retail to tech , and their wins are leading to even more union interest. In recent years, Workers United, the parent of the Starbucks union, has been expanding into fast food as well as nonprofits and distribution companies. The pandemic only exacerbated the divide.

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