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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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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CTOvision

MARCH 7, 2014

By Bob Gourley We read with enthusiasm about the continued positive news coming out of SMU on the topic of computer engineering, specifically the establishment of a new institute for cyber security and an innovation gym led by friend and renowned engineer Fred Chang. million to fund Cyber Security Institute, Innovation Gym.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 30, 2024

Build your network continuously Joe Puglisi, former CIO and now investor, advisor, and board member, leads a weekly call for the Society of Information Management (SIM) Members in Transition program. CIOs in transition who volunteer at nonprofits can also improve their mental health and feel good about their impacts.

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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. 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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The Accidental Successful CIO

JULY 13, 2022

All of the normal things related to importance of information technology are there: securing the company’s networks, introducing new applications, educating users about security, etc. What CIOs need to do is to expand programs aimed at attracting and developing diverse tech talent , despite remote-work conditions.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The goal of this program is to recognize organizations running CDH for the applications you’ve built using Hadoop, and for the impact your project is having on the organization, business, and/or society at large. SECURITY & COMPLIANCE. GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. Program VP, Business Analytics and Big Data.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

-based $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund , launched by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, appointed Paul Bodnar to help lead programs on climate finance, industry and diplomacy. Bodnar was previously chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he founded its Center for Climate-Aligned Finance. Yakima, Wash.-based

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2023

Many CIOs don’t know where to start,” says Brian Kirkland, CIO at Choice Hotels and founding board member for SustainableIT.org, a nonprofit launched to help create frameworks and standards around sustainability. To secure executive support, CIO’s must first demonstrate value and need. Now is no time for sideline sitting, however.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 16, 2014

The most interesting part for me was reviewing the many impactful nominations, especially those that are directly tied to saving lives, curing disease, finding fraud, and helping the department of defense and the intelligence community support national security missions. Security & Compliance. ? Government, Nonprofit, & NGO. ?

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Kitaboo

DECEMBER 26, 2019

However, even in spite of being aware of its benefits, organizations refrain from digitalizing their processes, based on some ill-founded notions of security and transparency issues. These organizations, which are more often than not nonprofit associations, still store their sensitive data in the form of hard copies. It Frees Up Space.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The goal of this program is to recognize organizations running CDH for the applications you’ve built using Hadoop, and for the impact your project is having on the organization, business, and/or society at large. SECURITY & COMPLIANCE. GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. Program VP, Business Analytics and Big Data.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Streetman most recently served as CEO of Allvue Systems, an investment management software development company. He was previously CEO of Tibco Software, a business unit of Cloud Software Group and was an executive at BMC Software, Salesforce, C3.ai ai and Allworth Financial. He also served in Iraq as a U.S.

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Vox

JULY 28, 2023

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is structured as a nonprofit that owns a for-profit arm with “capped” profits : First-round investors would stop earning after their shares multiply in value a hundredfold , with profits beyond that going into OpenAI’s nonprofit. How much teeth the board has had in practice is debatable.)

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CTOvision

MAY 29, 2015

Governor McAuliffe said , “The CRCF program advances research with potential for economic growth in Virginia. The following CRCF proposals will be awarded, contingent upon acceptance of award terms and conditions: Commercialization Program. Fairfax), Connected Vehicle Validation and Security , Mr. Manuel Villar, $50,000, Cybersecurity.

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Dataconomy

JULY 27, 2023

.” According to Google , here are the core objectives for the Frontier AI Model Forum: Research into AI safety is being pushed forward to encourage the careful creation of cutting-edge models, lessen potential dangers, and pave the way for impartial, standardized assessments of performance and security.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

She was most recently a software engineering manager at Facebook and previously an engineer at Microsoft. Lauren Woodman , a former Microsoft general manager, is the new CEO of global nonprofit DataKind. She was most recently CEO of NetHope, a consortium helping NGOs secure funding and apply technology to their missions.

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GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2021

Swift is a longtime Seattle-area gaming industry vet whose resume includes Valve Software (she helped lead development of Portal), Airtight Games, Amazon, EA, and most recently Google Stadia, where she was a game design director for the tech giant’s cloud gaming service. He previously worked at Nike, Symantec and The Regence Group.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

She was most recently a software engineering manager at Facebook and previously an engineer at Microsoft. Lauren Woodman , a former Microsoft general manager, is the new CEO of global nonprofit DataKind. She was most recently CEO of NetHope, a consortium helping NGOs secure funding and apply technology to their missions.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 12, 2021

Techstars Seattle, which hosts a three month accelerator program, graduated its 11th cohort this year and is led by Managing Director Isaac Kato. The company offers mobile platforms for religious, education and nonprofit organizations. Both provide software for the healthcare industry. Anu Sharma (left) and Daniel Li.

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GeekWire

MAY 18, 2020

Today the startup announced the release of a new telehealth platform that uses Lyssn’s own secure video-conferencing system to provide remote mental healthcare. The startup has a dozen customers, primarily university programs that train counselors and therapists. Lyssn CEO Dave Atkins. Lyssn Photo).

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 16, 2024

Snyder, secretary of the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security and Commonwealth CIO for Massachusetts, responded by overhauling the agency’s recruitment and retention practices. Year Up is a nonprofit organization offering skills-based training to young adults ; YUPRO Placement helps place Year Up participants in jobs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

To earn this cert, candidates should know how to maintain and modify Sales Cloud and Service Cloud applications; manage users, data, and security; and construct dashboards, reports, and workflows. The certification emphasizes testing, governance, and integration with external systems within an organization’s infrastructure.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Amazon hired Anne Toth as director of Alexa Trust, a team focused on the privacy, security, accessibility, ethics and biases of Amazon’s voice platform. Lockstep , a Seattle accounting software startup, has emerged from stealth mode. and practiced clinical psychology until switching to software engineering in 2015.

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GeekWire

APRIL 7, 2021

During the Obama administration, she helped lead the White House’s national STEM program. billion and sells its contract management software in 90 countries. He was also previously CTO at network infrastructure and security technology company F5 Networks. Headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., Icertis is valued at $2.8

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Dewing, who holds a law degree from the University of Washington, worked for a nonprofit legal aid program early in her career and was involved with immigrant advocacy and street youth while in law school. For my daily cybersecurity reading, I like Krebs on Security, DarkReading, Threatpost, Hacker News and Wired.

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Vox

JULY 28, 2023

It also improves safety and security because when software is open, more people can scrutinize it to identify and fix potential issues.” To try to contain the spread of misinformation, companies creating AI models can put some restrictions on how their programs can be used.

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Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2012

NJVC® Introduces Cloudcuity™ AppDeployer to Create and Sell Software Applications. “Cloudcuity AppDeployer is a game changer for the software development industry,” said Kevin L. Its software development kit makes it possible to write add-on modules that integrate with open-source, third-party and legacy systems.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

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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GeekWire

MAY 7, 2020

Seattle security startup ExtraHop is one example. Software development openings on jobs site Indeed are down 32.8% Maria Hess, partner at Seattle-based Madrona Venture Labs , said it’s primarily data and security startups that are hiring at its studio. The largest industry is software/cloud, followed by healthcare.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 17, 2023

Compounding the problem is how software for cars is made. The new generation of software security tools work differently and forgo the scanning approach all together. For example, take Mayhem 's result on 1,644 open source programs. million tests will crash, hang, or break program logic due to 29,691 new unique bugs.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 12, 2022

In this episode, Sonny Sandelius , Assistant Director of the SANS workforce programs, talks about programs that recruit people from outside computer sciences, encouraging those from diverse backgrounds who share the curiosity and the basic aptitude necessary to become hired cybersecurity professionals in as little as six months.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 14, 2022

In fact, I remember starting a new job by flying to Auburn Hills, Michigan for the very first meeting of the Featherstone Group, a collection of automotive OEM executive and security professionals. Steve Grobman, CTO with Intel’s security group had this to say: CNBC: Yeah, so I think that nothing is ever impossible.

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GeekWire

JULY 24, 2020

As builders of software that helps companies track and hit their goals, Seattle startup Ally can check off a big achievement after winning Startup of the Year. In 2007, he co-founded Chronus , a company that built digital tools for employee development programs. She also thanked the “No. 1 immigrant” in her life, her mom.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 22, 2022

From hardware and software upgrades to ongoing security patches, to application development and the rollout of software itself, project managers keep your teams on task and productive. The exam covers topics including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD). Price: $130.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. In a moment I’ll introduce you to someone who is trying to do that--bring ICS equipment to security conferences. Technology Security.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Their sensors and software can collect and analyze huge amounts of information about their surroundings — through geolocation and depth sensing, computer vision programs, or intimate biometric technology like eye-tracking cameras. Over the past decade, nobody has managed to merge these capabilities into a mainstream consumer device.

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