GeekWire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Sage Bionetworks , a Seattle nonprofit, this month launched OpenChallenges , a free website where people offering and participating in biomedical challenges can find new events and match-ups. Those communities are the scientists working on health issues, and the AI-engineers who build the algorithms.

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MARCH 8, 2021

iUrban Teen founder Deena Pierott, left, received some funding for her nonprofit from Seattle Seahawks player Bobby Wagner, right. ” Exposure and access is something Pierott would like more of for herself, for iUrban Teen and for the work the nonprofit has been doing over the years. Photo courtesy of Deena Pierott).

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In June, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it hired Angela Jones , the well-regarded CEO of Washington STEM , the statewide education nonprofit that connects underserved students with STEM education and opportunities. Roshandel was the chair of the university’s Computer Science and Software Engineering Department.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

GMI Photo) A Seattle-area nonprofit helping disadvantaged job seekers around the world is adding generative artificial intelligence to the toolkit for its participants. In March of last year, Microsoft disclosed it was using OpenAI’s technology in its Bing search engine.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Ankur Sinha , who spent the past two years as an engineering director at Google, joined remittance company Remitly as its chief technology officer. He also previously spent 12 years at Microsoft in roles including principal software engineering manager and senior director. Remitly went public in September.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Since its start, Carina had worked with Seattle-based engineers from VMware’s Pivotal Labs to help build its digital tools. Starting in mid-March, engineers from Carina and Pivotal Labs in 11 days created a site for on-boarding providers in two languages; by mid April, families were able to access the tool.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Senior researcher Alex Hanna, and software engineer Dylan Baker, will join Timnit Gebru’s nonprofit research institute, Distributed AI Research (DAIR). Two members of Google’s Ethical AI group have announced their departures from the company, according to a report from Bloomberg. Today's my last day at Google.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Seattle nonprofit Housing Connector is trying to level the playing field for the region’s most vulnerable renters — even in the face of escalating housing shortages and soaring costs of living. It’s no secret that there’s a housing crisis in the Seattle area. Bidding wars abound. Rents are up nearly 30% over last year.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

Yang is a biotech vet who worked at Adaptive Biotechnologies, AstraZeneca, and Genentech before joining the Allen Institute, a Seattle-based nonprofit founded almost 20 years ago by Paul Allen, the late Microsoft co-founder. Passey left the company in August 2016 and later spent four years as principal engineer at Dropbox.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

18, marking the company’s first launch since a rocket engine malfunction spoiled a similar uncrewed mission more than a year ago. The FAA required Blue Origin to take 21 corrective actions, including design changes for the engine as well as organizational changes.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2022

The US Army Corps of Engineers has closed a permit application for a proposed expansion of SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas — a potential snag in the company’s plans to add new launch and landing pads to the area, as well as substantially grow the site. SpaceX proposed to modify its existing permit for an expansion.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

Watkins is now an associate professor in civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Davis, specializing in transit planning and behavior. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, as their longtime mentor. Ferris and Watkins credit Alan Borning , now professor emeritus in the Paul G.

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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. The company previously committed $10 million to the nonprofit in 2017. Amazon’s $15 million donation will be paid over three years.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

LGBTQ Tech also offers programs that bring technology to homeless, isolated, and disadvantaged LGBTQ+ individuals across the country, as well as a program dedicated to motivating LGBTQ+ youth and young adults interested in science, technology, engineer, arts, and mathematics fields. as a part of the Out for Work conference.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Seattle-area satellite startup LeoStella named Paula Tomlinson as director of software engineering. Binaytara Foundation , a Seattle-area health equity nonprofit, named Justin Marquart as chief development officer.

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GeekWire

JUNE 14, 2023

Seattle startup CalmWave hired Seth Falcon as VP of engineering. He previously worked as VP of platform engineering at Paris-based carpooling platform BlaBlaCar and was an engineer at Chef Software. Customer-relationship management company Brevo, which has its U.S.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

To do so, the organization collected retired computers and laptops from companies, fixed them up, and redistributed them back into the community through schools and nonprofits. Today, the once technology recycling program is now a robust nonprofit focused on offering tuition-free IT training to help diversify the tech talent pipeline.

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APRIL 4, 2024

Hess , a software engineer and entrepreneur who developed the Family Tree Maker product line in the 1990s. In 2001, Hess founded Science Buddies , a K-12 nonprofit that’s based in California and focuses on STEM literacy. Sylvain Chiron , the founder of Brasserie du Mont Blanc , one of the largest craft breweries in France.

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MAY 15, 2023

The nonprofit has multiple programs including: Designated “anchor communities” in which they form coalitions of organizations that interact with homeless youth to coordinate their outreach efforts. . of all software engineers in the U.S. are Black, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

This flight is essentially a do-over of the NS23 flight in September 2022 that ended prematurely due to a malfunction of the booster’s hydrogen-fueled rocket engine. .” “We’ll provide a new launch target for this week soon,” it said.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Sheldon’s other roles at the tech giant included principal lead program manager for Bing and principal engineering manager for Dynamics Applied Research, where he led a team of data scientists and engineers to build predictive systems for business applications.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Tarcha talked to the nonprofit Virtual World Society , which put out the request to its network to see who could help. ” said Jeannette Tarcha, vice president of communications and marketing for Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington. “It screamed innovation and technology.”.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Rao Lakkakula, JPMorgan Chase senior director of security engineering, oversees the Seattle tech hub. The nation’s largest bank has benefitted in part from greater availability of engineering talent in the region over the past year as Amazon, Microsoft, and other tech companies have cut jobs.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Black Code Collective The Black Code Collective (BCC) was started in 2016 to create a safe space and community for Black software engineers. She wanted to provide a way for founders of color with limited resources to get the training and resources to support their business idea, helping them grow their businesses without outside funding.

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GeekWire

MAY 12, 2021

Ramesh, who works for Amazon as a software engineering manager, was so excited to welcome his little boy. In this podcast we go deeper into Ramesh’s experience as both a father and a talented tech engineer working to help both his son and others struggling to save loved ones battling rare diseases.

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MARCH 22, 2022

Women also typically make less than their male counterparts in science, engineering, mathematics, and computer science occupations — with an average median salary of $66,000 per year, versus $90,000 for men. Such issues have played a large role in the rise of organizations focused on empowering and supporting women in tech roles. Ada’s List.

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GeekWire

APRIL 17, 2024

GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) More than 100 companies, tribal groups, union organizations, environmental nonprofits and political groups are backing a campaign to defeat a November ballot initiative that would scuttle Washington state’s most impactful climate policy.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Eidelson, an engineer whose first startup was acquired by Google and his second by payment processor Stripe, was struggling with the existential threat posed by global warming. Along with his brother, he published a step-by-step guide encouraging other software engineers to seek out climate endeavors that needed their skills.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Ruben Ortega , a longtime Seattle tech veteran who led engineering teams at Amazon, the Allen Institute for AI, Pinterest , and others, is also a general partner at the firm. His role at Portland Seed Fund is being funded by nonprofit Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network Catalyst, the Portland Business Journal reported.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 26, 2022

That’s just one major drive under way by the nonprofit golf association, which is also delivering myriad tournaments and events, special services, and classes to its 28,000 members, a roster including celebrities, national golf pros, golf coaches, amateur players, and people who work in the golf industry, says PGA of America CTO Kevin Scott.

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MARCH 24, 2024

… Read More Former Convoy engineers take another swing at trucking tech with new Seattle startup Andrew Huff and Oliver Jones aren’t done trying to build software for the trucking industry. … Read More Jama Software to be acquired for $1.2B in significant exit for Portland-based company Portland, Ore. .

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

He was also founder and CEO of i3D, which enhanced the interconnectivity of web platforms with the virtual 3D world of the product Second Life, and was an engineer at Redmond, Wash.-based Bodnar was previously chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he founded its Center for Climate-Aligned Finance.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 3, 2023

In a LinkedIn post , Glick said that he was “passing the torch” to Anthony Girolamo , Flexe senior vice president of engineering. Juan Barraza joined VertueLab , a Portland nonprofit that supports climate tech startups, as director of innovation and entrepreneurship.

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JULY 13, 2023

SeaCiti, a nonprofit of the Washington Technology Industry Association that aims to help tech workers create local impact, hired Terrence Stevenson as director. Seattle-based Discuss, a startup that offers a video-based platform to conduct market research, hired Jesse Thomson as vice president of engineering.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

The programs are based in underserved communities and 130 kids are enrolled in Washington, according to a November interview with Mike Abello, the nonprofit’s head of education. He also owns a 300,000 acre ranch in the area, and his company’s rocket engine testing program is located nearby.

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APRIL 29, 2021

This inaugural cohort is an impressive collection of educators who are inspiring young minds to achieve more in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math. They come from universities, public schools and nonprofits, and are working with kids from elementary school into college and supporting fellow teachers as well.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

The UW refers to this area as “a dynamic and interdisciplinary urban community” that will “merge education and student life with cutting-edge research, pioneering public/nonprofit institutions and private companies.” ” The 340,000-square-foot, 11-story building will be located at 3919 University Way N.E.

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