GeekWire

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Amazon on Thursday is opening the doors to its first Amazon Web Services Skills Center in downtown Seattle. In addition to opening the center, Amazon announced additional efforts to provide free training: Expanding AWS re/Start , its in-person,12-week program that provides training for entry-level cloud computing careers.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Advancing Women in Product (AWIP) , a nonprofit organization with more than 16,000 members internationally, is partnering with Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group and Madrona Venture Labs in order to expand its opportunities for training, mentoring and networking. AWIP and Madrona Photos). Paris, London, Berlin, Boston, and Chennai, India.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) trade group is laying off 11 employees, or 14% of its workforce, with cuts mostly affecting positions in its non-profit tech worker apprenticeship program Apprenti. In 2021, the program helped springboard the tech careers of about 420 people. In August, it was awarded a $23.5

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GeekWire

JUNE 27, 2021

Three years ago, Derby, who is gay, joined StartOut , a nonprofit that helps LGBTQ entrepreneurs make connections and get access to resources. He participated in the Founder Cohort Program with the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) where he met other founders doing similar work in analytics and met useful mentors.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Photo via LinkedIn) — Charley Daitch , former director of energy and water for Amazon Web Services, is now CEO of Rowan Digital Infrastructure. The longtime nonprofit is based in Portland, Ore., and supports climate tech innovation through investments, accelerators and other programs.

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GeekWire

JUNE 27, 2024

” — Chris Vonderhaar , a former Amazon Web Services executive who joined Google Cloud last year , has left the Silicon Valley company. . “Many of you know that I’m deeply committed to putting people first, building diverse, inclusive teams, and empowering team members to learn and grow.”

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Sullivan was previously head of product for the AI DevOps group at Amazon Web Services, where he led teams helping customers build and manage cloud-based applications. 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.

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GeekWire

APRIL 7, 2021

Former Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft executive Teresa Carlson will join Splunk in the new role of president and chief growth officer effective April 19. During the Obama administration, she helped lead the White House’s national STEM program. Teresa Carlson. Splunk Photo). Headquartered in Bellevue, Wash.,

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Vox

JULY 28, 2023

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Meta President Nick Clegg, Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google’s President of Global Affairs Kent Walker, and Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith at the White House. The second, considerably less important, is charity.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 9, 2021

. — Auterion, which makes software for drones, hired Amazon Web Services (AWS) vet Jeff Jones as chief revenue officer. Seattle digital health nonprofit Audere announced Dino Rech as its new CEO. He was most recently head of partner growth at AWS. He is based in Seattle. Audere Photo).

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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. ” Sharma joined Madrona last year from Amazon Web Services. The company offers mobile platforms for religious, education and nonprofit organizations. Redmond, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

JULY 24, 2020

In 2007, he co-founded Chronus , a company that built digital tools for employee development programs. Itucas continues to lead product and operations at the startup, which participated in the 2018 Techstars Seattle accelerator program. .” Vellore came up with the idea for Ally after an experience at his previous startup.

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Vox

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The report , which comes from the nonprofit Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), asserts that Amazon takes a larger and larger cut of sellers’ earnings through the various fees it levies on them. Amazon says FBA’s pricing is competitive with similar fulfillment services if not cheaper, and sellers aren’t required to use it.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Tee worked at Microsoft for nearly 20 years, leaving as a partner group program manager with Windows in 2014. Tyler Xuan Saltsman , co-founder and CEO of EdgeRunner, was formerly at Stability and Amazon Web Services and served in the U.S. Tee was previously senior vice president of engineering at the Bellevue, Wash.,

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Vox

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Chanin Kelly-Rae was a manager of diversity for a division of Amazon Web Services in 2019. Recode reviewed some of this data for the Amazon Web Services division of the company, and it shows large disparities in performance review ratings between Black and white employees. “We Meron Menghistab for Vox. Isaac Brekken/AP.

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GeekWire

JUNE 29, 2021

The company provides back-end tech and software to help companies build training and onboarding programs. Skilljar raised $33 million in funding after the pandemic created increased demand for its services. Medina, co-founder and CEO, previously worked for Amazon Web Services and led a division of Microsoft.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Chanin Kelly-Rae was a head of diversity for Amazon Web Services in 2019. Recode reviewed some of this data for the Amazon Web Services division of the company, and it shows large disparities in performance review ratings between Black and white employees. “We Meron Menghistab for Vox. Isaac Brekken/AP.

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GeekWire

MAY 5, 2021

Financial support for nonprofits: Through the Microsoft Philanthropies employee giving program, employees in the U.S Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy tweeted Wednesday that Amazon is also part of the U.S. The company is also working to provide 25,000 oxygen concentration devices to healthcare facilities in India.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Scammers and malware authors know a good opportunity when they see one, especially if it's a vulnerability in a popular web service. One notorious scheme like this piggybacked on vulnerabilities in popular CMS platforms, such as WordPress and Drupal, to hack websites used by big-name nonprofits, U.S.

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GeekWire

MARCH 18, 2025

But the city’s Pacific Science Center , a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring the next generation of innovators, is fighting to stay afloat. ” The nonprofit brought in $17.6 He’s impressed with Daugherty’s lean, resourceful management of the nonprofit and is pushing for outside support.

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Vox

JANUARY 12, 2021

Signal’s growth in popularity also came as numerous tech companies, including Facebook and Twitter, began deplatforming Trump and his followers and trying to prevent their technologies from being used in service of further violence. And unlike big tech companies, the service doesn’t sell ads or user data.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

.” The disappearance of the clause lines up with other moves by the company to reframe its policies around diversity as President Trump and his administration are aggressively dismantling DEI efforts throughout the government and in federally supported programs. CNBC spotted and reported on the change earlier today.

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