GeekWire

MAY 2, 2024

CDL Photo) Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), a nonprofit that runs 13 startup accelerators across the world, just graduated another swath of early stage companies from its Seattle program. Seattle’s CDL program focuses on two sectors: manufacturing and computational health. CDL launched its Seattle hub in 2021.

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GeekWire

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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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 19, 2022

“It seemed too good to be true — free classes for six months, a paid internship, partnerships with great companies in my area, high graduation and employment rates, and lastly, an emphasis on social justice,” says Burrows, who now works as a software engineer at RealSelf. Mariya Burrows, software engineer, RealSelf. Mariya Burrows.

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GeekWire

JULY 12, 2023

The homepage for the City of Seattle’s CiviForm website, a tool that makes it faster and easier for residents to apply to city-related benefit and discount programs. The tool works by easing some of the time, computer literacy and language barriers that can create roadblocks for residents seeking to access benefit programs.

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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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GeekWire

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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GeekWire

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. As part of its program, Housing Connector guarantees rent payment and promises $5,000 in damage insurance. Bidding wars abound.

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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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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. Teachers and others interested in the program can sign up to receive news and updates as the course development progresses.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

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

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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CIO Business Intelligence

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

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. Over time, the number of available permits decreases.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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.” Seattle-area satellite startup LeoStella named Paula Tomlinson as director of software engineering.

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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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GeekWire

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. low-income,?

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Despite public and internal corporate support programs, and increased awareness of male/female disparities in the workplace in terms of positions and salaries, women still come up short of equity in tech job placements. Launched a Veterans Leadership Program. It’s important to remember that confidence starts young.

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GeekWire

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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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

AUGUST 27, 2020

One of his healthcare providers suggested that his family apply to the program, and Price described his excitement about fighting villains and a fascination with robots. Tarcha talked to the nonprofit Virtual World Society , which put out the request to its network to see who could help. “It screamed innovation and technology.”.

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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

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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GeekWire

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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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 14, 2022

Companies have been responding of late by offering volunteer time off and by partnering with organizations that could benefit greatly from the added help of programs and staff time. Since then, LinkedIn has “grown into one of the major enterprise partners for Year Up,” says Audrey Rhodes Market, the Year Up program manager at LinkedIn.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 20, 2022

With an undergraduate degree in political science and time spent as a Peace Corps and AmeriCorps volunteer, Lain McGrath hardly envisioned a career in software engineering. Lain McGrath, benefits engineer, Gusto. I didn’t just want to be a software engineer — I wanted to be a software engineer at Gusto,” McGrath explains. “I

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GeekWire

JANUARY 25, 2022

Atlas Health’s software is built on a proprietary database of more than 20,000 medical financial aid programs. Many organizations provide financial aid to patients, but hospitals and health systems are not equipped to navigate the programs’ complexities at scale. Software engineer Bryan Andrade is a co-founder and serves as CTO.

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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. Seattle real estate startup FlyHomes , which helps people buy homes using a cash offer program, hired Andrea Collins as chief marketing officer and Dan Richards as executive vice president of mortgage.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 7, 2023

She currently serves on the board of directors of the IT Senior Management Forum (ITSMF) and has held executive board positions at the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Washington DC Metro Area Chapter. Therefore, we have programs to educate all directors on cybersecurity. The last piece is education.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Microsoft announced a scholarship program for U.S. Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and vice chair, cited the growing threat of ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks in a virtual news conference announcing the initiative alongside educational and nonprofit leaders Thursday morning. Microsoft President Brad Smith.

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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. . “I would call this the best day at work for me,” he said. Liftoff came at 10:43 a.m. CT (8:43 a.m.

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GeekWire

JUNE 4, 2020

Dyce, a software engineer at Jargon , was looking for a cause she believed in and where her particular skill set would be useful. FoodPair will be run as a nonprofit. Dyce discovered Off Their Plate, a nonprofit that uses donations to pay restaurants to prepare meals, while browsing Instagram. Taylor Hoang Restaurants Photo).

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 3, 2021

based DevOps platform Esper hired Sudhir Reddy as SVP of engineering. Reddy was most recently the global vice president of engineering at Chef, which was acquired last year. Prior to Chef, he was an engineering leader at Intuit, Oracle. Lisa Wallace joined as VP of program operations. Sudhir Reddy. Esper Photo).

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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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GeekWire

MARCH 14, 2022

Sharon Hagle , the founder of SpaceKids Global, a nonprofit organization focusing on STEAM+ education, with a special emphasis on empowering girls. SpaceKids participates in the Postcards to Space program led by the Club for the Future, Blue Origin’s educational foundation. Marc and Sharon Hagle are husband and wife.

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GeekWire

JULY 12, 2021

Developers use the JSON programming language and two lines of code to make it all work. The idea for Blues came from Ozzie’s work as a board director at Safecast , a data monitoring nonprofit that launched in response to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Blues previously raised $11 million in April 2020.

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The Verge

MARCH 29, 2022

The IRS has a program that allows many Americans to file their taxes for free, as part of a partnership with the nonprofit coalition Free File Alliance. Intuit said last July it was leaving that program , however, citing its “limitations.”.

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