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Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy bolsters board; Tune CEO steps down following acquisition; AWS execs promoted

GeekWire

— Seattle-based Ada Developers Academy, a non-profit, tuition free coding school for women and gender-diverse adults, added four new board members in its quest to expand its impact on the tech industry: Clockwise from top left: Jeffrey Spector, Michele Broderick, Melina Garcia and Justin Beals. Ada Developers Academy Photos).

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Tech Moves: Accolade appoints execs; Vacasa adds board member ahead of SPAC deal; and more

GeekWire

Ada Developers Academy Photo). — Ada Developers Academy appointed Danielle Ishem as VP of equity and policy. Ada, a Seattle-based tuition-free software development boot camp dedicated to diversifying the tech industry, was founded in 2013 and became an independent nonprofit last year. billion valuation in October.

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Meet ADP's 'business anthropologist,' putting human thought behind chatbots

ComputerWorld IT Management

has developed her craft over 15-plus years at a variety of organizations — a nonprofit, a telecommunications company and an e-commerce firm. Martha Bird has one of the more unusual positions in the technology space: She's a business anthropologist. Bird, who ran a family farm in New Hampshire before earning an anthropology Ph.D.,

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10 fastest growing US tech hubs for IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Phoenix Phoenix is home to the “Silicon Desert,” and it’s quickly becoming a hot spot for the tech industry, with a focus on telecommunications, electronics manufacturing, and aerospace. These 10 cities are the fastest growing tech hubs by salary, according to Dice. The average tech salary in Charlotte is $118,465 per year — a 11.1%

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Federal money to SpaceX may hurt public broadband efforts in Washington state

GeekWire

The company’s website says its satellite internet program is in the beta stage right now, meaning it is still in the final phases of development and testing. ” Crosscut is a service of Cascade Public Media, a nonprofit, public media organization. Other state and local officials have run into similar problems.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

She has worked on projects about diverse issues such as water security, the future of energy, the future of youth, intelligent buildings, the development of cities over the next few decades, and planning for Egypt in 2030. Chung developed the curriculum and conducted training for the government’s in-house futures course, Futurecraft.

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The case for Broadband for All

Vox

Major telecommunications providers have been accused of “digital redlining” in cities such as Cleveland , Detroit , and Dallas , and discriminating against low-income and minority communities. If it were lucrative for everyone in America to have the internet, everyone in America would have the internet.

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