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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

GeekWire

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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How BUiLT unites Black IT pros and builds equity

CIO Business Intelligence

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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Tech Moves: F5 and Esper hires marketing leaders; Workiva exec steps down; YoungTech Seattle grows

GeekWire

The Seattle nonprofit provides other Pacific Northwest nonprofits with expertise in technology, database management, human resources and 30 other services. Stivers worked for Girl Scouts of Western Washington for more than 13 years, leaving the role of chief membership and program officer.

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Top 15 project management certifications

CIO Business Intelligence

Behind every successful IT project, you’ll find a highly skilled project manager. 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. Program Management Professional (PgMP).

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Tech Moves: Microsoft chip VP goes to Google; WTIA gets exec chair; Era Software founder departs

GeekWire

LinkedIn) — The nonprofit Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) appointed Randa Minkarah as the its executive chair. Todd Persen, co-founder of Era Software. Era Software Photo) — Era Software co-founder and CEO Todd Persen has left ServiceNow , which acquired his startup in 2022 for an undisclosed sum.

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Meet the startups that just graduated from Creative Destruction Lab’s accelerator in Seattle

GeekWire

CDL Photo) Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), a nonprofit that runs 13 startup accelerators across the world, just graduated another swath of early stage companies from its Seattle program. Back row, from left: Macey McGovern (Seattle), Dhwani Patel (Seattle), Emer Dooley (Seattle), Ramzy Huneidi (Seattle), Carter McDonald (Vancouver).

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

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%.