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3 nonprofits committed to empowering women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

For IT organizations looking to make a difference on gender diversity, or for women seeking to develop rich IT careers, several nonprofits have been created to empower and uplift those who identify as women in IT, improving gender diversity in the industry, and closing the pay gap between men and women. Here are three of note.

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Microsoft and Facebook vet leads nonprofit making software to improve COVID-19 rapid tests

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A Seattle-based nonprofit launched to provide digital health solutions for poorer countries is applying its expertise to help with COVID-19 testing. Audere is building software for administering rapid result COVID tests that can be integrated into products being developed by U.S. Audere Photo).

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

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.” Rachel Andeen Andeen is a software engineer who worked at Microsoft, Amazon, and most recently Dyndrite. In their words: “My career in business development and being an entrepreneur should lend creative solutions and partners to make them a reality.” She’s also a cellist in the Rainbow City Orchestra.

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OneBusAway needs ‘influx of cash’ to hire dedicated developer and keep popular transit app running

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A donation page on the OSTF website says that ongoing organization expenses include websites, domain names, equipment rental for its annual meeting, and more. The nonprofit adds that additional money would help with new hires and “a long list of enhancements” that they’d love to make to apps and systems.

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19 organizations advancing women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

Ada Developers Academy is a nonprofit, cost-free coding school for women and gender expansive adults that also prioritizes BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and low-income people. Participants also take part in a paid “applied learning internship” that teaches students how to write code and the skills to become a software developer.

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What is a Scrum master? A key role for project success

CIO Business Intelligence

Scrum is a powerful framework for implementing agile processes in software development and other projects. This highly adopted framework utilizes short iterations of work, called sprints, and daily meetings, called scrums, to tackle discrete portions of a project in succession until the project is complete.

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s new investment firm deepens his ties to the US military

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said Jack Poulson, executive director at Tech Inquiry , a tech accountability nonprofit that tracks ties between Silicon Valley and the US government, particularly in the military and intelligence sectors. America’s Frontier Fund isn’t your ordinary venture capital fund. The question is, where does the money come from?”

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