GeekWire

JULY 12, 2021

He joined Microsoft after the Groove deal, ultimately succeeding Gates as the company’s chief software architect, and helping to lead the launch of Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform. Blues has many large enterprise customers across industries such as agriculture, automotive, construction, healthcare, retail, and transportation.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Bumble Photo) — Antoine Leblond , a former longtime Microsoft exec who was most recently senior vice president of software at Sonos, joined dating app company Bumble as chief technology officer. Antoine Leblond. Leblond previously spent 25 years at Microsoft leading various engineering teams working on Windows, Office, and other products.

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JULY 12, 2023

The City received pro-bono support from the Google.org Fellowship program , a part of Google’s philanthropic arm that provides technical expertise to help nonprofits and civic entities solve technical challenges. Smart Cities Connect named CiviForm one the 50 most transformative smart projects of 2023.

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GeekWire

MAY 16, 2023

company unveiled what it describes as the first commercially available, general-purpose robot of its kind: a 5-foot, 7-inch working machine named Phoenix, powered by an advanced AI software system called Carbon. The Carbon system gets regular software updates to fine-tune its performance. The Vancouver, B.C.,

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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 Retail spaces including hotels, grocery stores and other businesses have started installing chargers for customer use. FlexCharging , a Redmond, Wash.,

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GeekWire

JANUARY 23, 2021

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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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Figliolia was previously based in Shanghai where she held senior roles at software companies PTC and Autodesk. The startup provides retailers the back-end infrastructure to sell products online. He moved into an advisory role at Tune last year, following the Seattle marketing startup’s acquisition by Constellation Software.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Jeffrey Spector , co-founder of Seattle startup Karat which helps companies conduct technical interviews for software engineers. Michele Broderick , recently appointed CMO of The Esalen Institute , an education nonprofit based in Big Sur, Calif. Ada Developers Academy Photos). Lauren Sato was named CEO in December. Tune Photo).

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MAY 7, 2021

ai, Athenahealth, and Blue Yonder, previously known as JDA Software. Seattle startup Ally.io, which develops goal-setting collaboration software, added three new executives: Rajiv Arunkundram as head of product. Mónica Guzmán is now director of digital and storytelling at Braver Angels, a nonprofit working to depolarize America.

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GeekWire

MARCH 1, 2023

. “They’re focusing on making smart investments in things that have real-world implications both near- and far-term,” said Gabriel Scheer , director of innovation for the investment and accelerator nonprofit Elemental Excelerator. ” They also diverge, particularly given Amazon’s role as a global online retailer.

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GeekWire

JUNE 25, 2021

The company has rapidly expanded its infrastructure through the acquisition of physical retail brands, including Liquor Barn in Kentucky and BevMo! Raise develops software to help schools, clubs and activity teams fundraise securely online. Last year, the startup sold off its fundraising product for universities and nonprofits.

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GeekWire

JULY 9, 2020

Keiser was most recently COO of CRM software company Zendesk. He led technology and product operations at retailers Gap Inc and L Brands, and spent more than a decade as a consultant at EY. Miner was most recently SVP of brand marketing and communications at Tableau Software. Arvin Patel. Intellectual Ventures Photo).

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GeekWire

JUNE 29, 2021

It was one of the first software startups in Austin and the U.S., Icertis background: The Seattle-area startup creates software for contract management. ” Syndio background : Its software helps businesses eliminate gaps in pay disparity. How have you applied that experience to what you do at your company today? “I

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GeekWire

JANUARY 12, 2021

The company offers mobile platforms for religious, education and nonprofit organizations. Both provide software for the healthcare industry. Seattle startup Joe Coffee, a mobile order and rewards app for independent coffee retailers, appointed former Lyft Regional Director for the Southeast Sam Bond as its COO. Redmond, Wash.-based

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CTOvision

MARCH 7, 2014

The work of the institute will have a far-reaching impact, spanning retail, defense, technology, healthcare, energy, government, finance and transportation – everything that makes our world work.”. “My business career was built on technology services, so clearly the issue of cyber security is something I take very seriously,” Deason said.

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JULY 14, 2023

As a ‘taker,’ you consume generative AI through either an API, like ChatGPT, or through another application, like GitHub Copilot, for software acceleration when you do coding,” he says. That will start with using the Copilot features Microsoft is introducing in many products, including in Cloud for Nonprofit. “It

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GeekWire

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blaise Judja-Sato , founder of Seattle-based global health nonprofit VillageReach. based Dutch Bros Coffee as the retailer’s first chief technology officer. At Blue Nile, a Seattle-based online jewelry retailer, Gower was VP of technology. Sandler, the former CEO of Novas Software, joined OVF in 2010 as an investor.

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GeekWire

APRIL 20, 2021

“Carbon capture is critical for us to address climate change in time and to actually reach net zero [emissions],” said Deepika Nagabhushan , a program director with the nonprofit Clean Air Task Force. This year, the Redmond-based software and cloud company reported that it had paid for the removal of 1.3

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Vox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Her full-time job involves helping dentists in California, but her new business, Blurred Bylines , focuses on small firms and nonprofits in Michigan, where she lives and works remotely. From nine to five, Kaitlyn Borysiewicz is a communications manager at a nonprofit, which offers her financial security.

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Vox

JULY 13, 2022

McCoy said these perks are not restricted to a single industry and include everything from health care to hospitality, and from tech to retail. versus most of the employment in the economy is these other firms and small businesses and nonprofits,” said Sean R.

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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. But even companies with no advertising background see its power.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Bricks and mortar still ruled the retail world. ” He sent a copy of Bezos’ business plan to his son, John Alberg , who was recently out of college and working as a software engineer on the East Coast. “He’s a man who sees only the vision,” said Challenge Seattle CEO and former Washington Gov.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

They discuss how software and IoT companies can avoid becoming the next Black Mirror episode and share resources that can help survivors (and those who want to help them) deal with the technology issues that can be associated with technologically facilitated abuse. What role might the security industry have in identifying or even stopping it?

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Vox

JANUARY 26, 2022

While business applications have increased in almost every industry since the start of the pandemic, the highest jumps were in retail , especially for stores that only sell things online. Some set off on their own ventures in industries where they’d previously worked for someone else, while others took on new careers entirely.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

I think that tying executive compensation to any sort of goal is effective,” said Mimi Fox Melton, the acting CEO of Code2040, a nonprofit focused on racial equity in the tech industry. Beyond that, Amazon’s runaway success makes it a model for other businesses that try to emulate its internal culture and labor practices.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

I think that tying executive compensation to any sort of goal is effective,” said Mimi Fox Melton, the acting CEO of Code2040, a nonprofit focused on racial equity in the tech industry. Beyond that, Amazon’s runaway success makes it a model for other businesses that try to emulate its internal culture and labor practices.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 11, 2024

He now works in retail and ran for city council last year. ” Rachel Andeen Andeen is a software engineer who worked at Microsoft, Amazon, and most recently Dyndrite. ” Rachel Andeen Andeen is a software engineer who worked at Microsoft, Amazon, and most recently Dyndrite. Constitution, democracy, and the government.”

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GeekWire

MAY 19, 2023

GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The gist: A Harvard graduate in computer science and astrophysics, Ana-Maria Constantin was a software engineer at Microsoft for more than five years before starting Cascade Health. GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The gist: The Seattle startup is developing all electric powerboats for the retail market.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The retail client has been riddled with bugs and exploitable glitches , while Amazon’s quirky take on an in-game economy resulted in a short-lived deflationary spiral that rendered its currency nearly useless. Valve Software, working out of Bellevue, Wash., Steam faces competitors, goes portable. Valve Photo). Bigstock Image).

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GeekWire

JUNE 17, 2020

Amazon may have halted the sale of its facial recognition software to police, but the move hasn’t eased pressure on the tech giant. MORE FROM Open Raven Raises $15M to Keep Data Secure in the Cloud Using Backyards as Showrooms, Online Furniture Retailer Outer Raises $4.3 Amazon could not be immediately reached for comment.

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2020

And I think it’s really hard to drive that vision without doing hardware, software, and services together. Obviously, on the software side, we have clearly seen impact in terms of usage across several of our products. Some of it is to do with lack of retail working well and all that stuff. We take a long-term view.

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 11, 2022

Evans’s involvement in the telecoms industry began with her work as a software engineer in the early 1980s. Feeley advises some of the world’s best retailers , brands, architects and design agencies, helping them to use future trend insights to inform their strategic, design and marketing decisions. Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

Here’s Chaim Gartenberg at The Verge : Amazon has requested that Congress pass a law that would make price gouging illegal during times of national crisis, in light of inflated prices on crucial goods like hand sanitizer and N95 masks that have hounded the online retailer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica).

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