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Deena Pierott works hard for underrepresented youth in STEM, but funding her nonprofit isn’t easy

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iUrban Teen founder Deena Pierott, left, received some funding for her nonprofit from Seattle Seahawks player Bobby Wagner, right. The two are pictured with sister and brother Amiya and Clay Brasley, who both attended iUrban Teen programs. “They’re paying them that money to create inclusive programming,” Pierott said.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams CVP joins UiPath; Sage Bionetworks names president; and more

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He began as a product manager and from 2005 to 2008 served as a technical advisor to Satya Nadella, who was then a senior vice president and is now Microsoft CEO and chairman. — Seattle biomedical research nonprofit Sage Bionetworks appointed Luca Foschini as president.

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LinkedIn and Year Up partner for a more diverse IT future

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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. Making an impact on interns.

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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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Tech Moves: RealSelf appoints interim CEO; Hootsuite hires new CFO; Tune CEO lands at Roku

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based social media management platform Hootsuite announced Tiziana Figliolia as its new CFO. She was most recently VP of finance at InterDigital, a mobile and video technology company. Nderitu has served as a DEI consultant for nonprofits Doctors Without Borders and One Acre Fund. (Hootsuite Photo). Vancouver, B.C.-based

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

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This includes working with clients to design and configure FSL for their field service operations, such as scheduling, dispatch, and mobile workforce management, and providing ongoing support to ensure continued success with Field Service.

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2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech

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“It’s good to accelerate our business, to get our collective mobility carbon footprint down.” Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering’s Networks and Mobile Systems Lab, Vikram Iyer is using tiny tech to solve big problems. ” See this post for more background on this category. Winner: Joon.

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