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Ukrainian delegation visits Seattle to learn about its life sciences cluster and plan for the future

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Kacharian was inspired during a meeting at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center by its approach to fostering spinouts. Delegates were also looking forward to meeting with groups like the trade association Life Science Washington, the City of Bothell, and institutions that have prior or ongoing collaborations with Ukraine.

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LinkedIn and Year Up partner for a more diverse IT future

CIO Business Intelligence

LinkedIn is one such company giving IT pros an opportunity to make a difference as part of a longstanding partnership with job training nonprofit Year Up, which began in 2011 when LinkedIn’s first CEO, Jeff Weiner, saw the value in working with the Year Up to open the talent pipeline and to give back. A valuable experience for employees.

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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

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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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Charge up: How the Pacific Northwest is boosting electric infrastructure as EV sales rise

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“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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Salesforce certification guide: Roles, paths, exams, cost, training, requirements

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Salesforce Administrator A Salesforce Certified Administrator manages and maintains an organization’s Salesforce CRM system. This includes creating and modifying user accounts, managing data, creating and maintaining custom fields and objects, and configuring the system to meet organizational needs.

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How BUiLT unites Black IT pros and builds equity

CIO Business Intelligence

Behaviors to exclude me would happen in corporate [workplaces] and even in nonprofits where I volunteered, and I wasn’t prepared for them coming.” After closing his software company during the pandemic, Beasley turned toward the nonprofit space, working with several organizations, serving on the board of directors.

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Meet the techies vying for a vacant spot on the Seattle City Council

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Shobhit Agarwal Agarwal studied computer science and was a program manager at Microsoft before pursuing an acting career. ” Faizal Kassamali Kassamali is a senior engineering manager at Google and previously worked at various other tech companies including Amazon and Microsoft.

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