CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While the onus of change rests in large part on employers to alter their approaches to hiring and inclusivity in the workplace, the following 17 professional organizations are dedicated to advancing the careers of Black IT pros and increasing Black representation in the tech industry through training, networking resources, and more.

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GeekWire

JUNE 27, 2021

Build targeted networks through multiple organizations, Derby said, in order to get the mentoring and access that you need. Three years ago, Derby, who is gay, joined StartOut , a nonprofit that helps LGBTQ entrepreneurs make connections and get access to resources. The program “changed his life,” Derby said.

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GeekWire

MARCH 10, 2023

CodePath says it has trained nearly 20,000 students from a network of 500 colleges — and has active partnerships with 70 colleges and universities across the country, including 13 Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

Today’s networking and advocacy landscape finds a growing array of programs and organizations for girls, women, and anyone who identifies as a woman — and plenty are also open to male allies. Such issues have played a large role in the rise of organizations focused on empowering and supporting women in tech roles. Change Catalyst.

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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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Kitaboo

DECEMBER 26, 2019

These organizations, which are more often than not nonprofit associations, still store their sensitive data in the form of hard copies. Fortunately, this attitude of nonprofits is slowly taking a turn for the better, and many have started espousing the idea of creating a digital archive of their current data. Offline Resources.

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Kitaboo

JUNE 8, 2021

Furthermore, relying on technology for administrative tasks means associations have the opportunity to reallocate staff resources towards the more immediate task of direct services instead. Some of the areas where non-profit organizations can make use of computers, internet and other networking technology include. Donor management.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 18, 2022

One organization, Feeding America, the country’s largest domestic hunger relief organization, is turning to information technology to help, having hired three years ago its first IT chief to transform how its network of 200 food banks serve the food insecure. Not all of the food banks have technology resources.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 1, 2024

But according to data from a survey from Women Tech Network , women earn around $15,000 less per year than their male counterparts, with an average annual salary of $60,828 for women compared to $85,000 for men. The numbers are worse for Black and Latina women who earn even less with an average salary of $52,000 per year.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

(GeekWire Photo / Nate Bek) Open up your networks. based nonprofit organization that supports entrepreneurs with a focus on women and minority founders. Johnson said many women of color founders lack connections to the people, entities, and organizations with resources, including capital.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

” – Michael Greer, president and CEO of the Seattle nonprofit ArtsFund Bezos, who stepped down as Amazon’s CEO two years ago, is still relatively new to large-scale philanthropy and his charitable track record provides limited clues to his future giving. among other nonprofits.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2021

Called BackTo.Biz , the program was created alongside CreativeLive, the Seattle-based makers of online learning resources. The causes are many: the need for learning and community, the lack of capital and social networks, the systemic failures that lead many to not even try.

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GeekWire

MARCH 12, 2024

That’s not a bad thing, said Pam Kostka , a longtime tech leader who was previously CEO of All Raise , the nonprofit that supports female and non-binary founders. Connections: Kostka spoke about the importance of building community and nurturing connections across different networks. They’re all founded and led by men.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 23, 2023

AllianceBernstein works directly with job training nonprofit Year Up , which connects the global asset management corporation with tech talent from underserved populations. Through the LinkedIn Coaches program, employees receive training to become coaches to help connect Year Up students seeking job advice and other career resources.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

(OpenAI Graphic) In 2019, the non-profit created an affiliated “capped-profit” entity, OpenAI Global LLC, aimed at giving it the resources to pursue the AGI vision without the profit incentives of a traditional company. But, as I understand it, it was a “misalignment” of the profit versus nonprofit adherents at the company.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

We have a really serious issue right now that needs to be fixed — the students out of school have no other option,” said Joyce Walters, executive director of the nonprofit InvestED. Every child deserves the opportunity to succeed, and the public, private, and nonprofit sectors have come together to make this possible.”.

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GeekWire

MAY 5, 2021

Behncken said Microsoft Philanthropies is focused on ways it can use its technology, resources, and voice to help, and she listed four immediate steps being taken: Launching Global Task Force on Pandemic Response: Along with a number of other companies, Microsoft is helping the U.S. I am heartbroken by the current situation in India.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 19, 2024

(GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) As a high school counselor for more than a decade, Jason Booker witnessed the challenges that students face when applying to college — including a lack of resources to guide them through the process, and university systems slow to adopt the technologies necessary to connect effectively with students in the modern era.

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GeekWire

MAY 6, 2024

DemocracyLab , a “tech for good” nonprofit, ran the hackathon, which had support from the National Science Foundation LEAP-HI project , and the UW’s Department of Urban Design and Planning. This initiative supports regional planning efforts for maritime disaster resiliency in the Seattle area.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 25, 2021

These grants provide resources supporting the urgent needs of vulnerable populations during this unprecedented health and economic crisis.” . The following nonprofits received immediate support: Na’ah? The foundation cited federal data being analyzed by the Washington Office of Financial Management, which has found up to 1.8

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 1, 2022

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. “I ” A network of EV charging. Tesla has a network of proprietary fast-charging stations that work only with its vehicles. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser).

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GeekWire

JUNE 22, 2020

The nonprofit organization known as XPRIZE has been in charge of tech competitions focusing on far-out frontiers such as space travel and computerized avatars, but its latest contest hits closer to home: XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling is offering $5 million in prizes for innovations that could revolutionize job training for under-resourced communities.

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2020

There are a range of organizations that are providing activists with bail bonds and legal help, or that are helping small businesses and other community resources that have been adversely affected. National Bail Fund Network. You can also donate directly to the Network. What follows is only a limited list. Bail and legal funds.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

First, she convinced then-CEO Steve Ballmer that the employee giving budget should be budgeted as an employee benefit within human resources rather than part of the philanthropic budget. Employees expected their entire donation to go directly to the nonprofit of their choice and not to have to pay this fee. She made three decisions.

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GeekWire

APRIL 29, 2021

They come from universities, public schools and nonprofits, and are working with kids from elementary school into college and supporting fellow teachers as well. that helps in-coming students adjust to the rigor of college while expanding their peer-support network. Faculty member for a program called “Startup!”

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2022

That’s a requirement for nearly any initiative undertaken by Petco Chief Data and Analytics Officer Rakesh Srinivasan, who invests the talent and resources to achieve results quickly. Can you deliver meaningful results on a data project within one or two quarters? It’s important to start scrappy and start seeing results.”.

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GeekWire

MAY 25, 2021

The nonprofit sea.citi recently convened a panel of Seattle tech leaders to talk about DEI efforts. The foundation also has its own set of goals for greatly expanding its network of BIPOC-led organizations and foundations that it can partner with and provide resources for.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Based in the Dallas area, Berry was most recently SVP of human resources and diversity and inclusion at Bank of America. He also led Seattle-based microfinance nonprofit Vittana. He is also an advisor for nonprofits and educational organizations. Chakrabarti was previously a data scientist and engineering lead at Amazon.

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GeekWire

MAY 29, 2020

Pitasky was most recently vice president of human resources for Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer business. He was previously EVP and chief partner resources officer at Starbucks and spent 13 years as a human resources leader at Microsoft. “I He recently joined the board of nonprofit research organization The Allen Institute.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 14, 2022

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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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Meanwhile, the 2022 State of Tech Diversity: The Black Tech Ecosystem report from the NAACP and Kapor Center, a nonprofit addressing racial inequities in STEM education and the tech industry, found that the proportion of Black students receiving bachelor’s degrees in computer science decreased between 2016 and 2020, going from 9% to 8%.

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Vox

APRIL 16, 2020

Experts have argued for years that the social network is rife with misleading information that taints public discourse and asked Facebook to take the retroactive approach. “We In March alone, Facebook says it labeled 40 million posts as “false” on its network, relying on its team of independent third-party fact-checkers.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 16, 2024

Nor does today’s interest in skills-first hiring imply that human resources and departmental hiring managers discount skills when evaluating candidates as part of traditional recruitment and hiring practices. Sharon Mandell, senior vice president and CIO of Juniper Networks, is one of them.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. GovLoop’s aim is to inspire public sector professionals by acting as the knowledge network for government. The GovLoop community has over 100,000 members working to foster collaboration, solve problems and share resources across government. SECURITY & COMPLIANCE. Bob Gourley.

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GeekWire

APRIL 7, 2021

He was also previously CTO at network infrastructure and security technology company F5 Networks. Pool Knox was most recently head of human resources for Microsoft’s global cloud and AI workforce. Charles most recently served as CFO for carpooling network Scoop Technologies. Triebes is based in Kirkland, Wash.,

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. GovLoop’s aim is to inspire public sector professionals by acting as the knowledge network for government. The GovLoop community has over 100,000 members working to foster collaboration, solve problems and share resources across government. SECURITY & COMPLIANCE. Bob Gourley. Hilary Mason.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 23, 2023

And as an investor it can expect some return on its capital, although this will be limited by OpenAI’s status as a capped-profit company governed by a nonprofit. The risk there — aside from making the internet useless to humans — is that it will pollute the very resource needed to train better AIs.

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