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14 organizations that support LGBTQ+ tech workers

CIO

Maven Youth Maven Youth is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering LGBTQ+ youth to “network, organize, and educate for social change through technology and the tech sector.” The nonprofit was born after IBM sponsored a focus group in 2005 at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C.,

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Even social media started with the promise of information triage: for each person, a unique feed of updates from only the friends they had chosen to follow. Algorithms for search, recommendations, social media feeds, entertainment, and news became the foundation of an enormous new economy. We are in those early days once again.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium.

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N2Growth Helps Businesses Combine Strategy & Innovation for a Consumer-First Approach to Digital Transformation

N2Growth Blog

Digital transformation starts at a strategic level with leadership being committed to change. Businesses must also take advantage of customer telemetry, Big Data, generated by activity on websites, mobile devices, and social media, to create a more personalized experience — both in-house and online. Jean-Louis said.

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Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

Women on Business

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A Great Engineering School Just Got Event Better: Fred Chang joins SMU, will focus on cyber security

CTOvision

Chang, whose impressive career includes leadership positions in academia, business, and in government at the National Security Agency, is the new Bobby B. Chang served as the director of research at the National Security Agency (NSA)in 2005-2006, where he was awarded the NSA Director’s Distinguished Service Medal.

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25 Feb Cloudera Federal Forum in Tysons Corner: Amazing agenda filled with lessons learned and best practices

CTOvision

Working in the office of the CTO, Eddie also provides security thought leadership and vision to the Cloudera product roadmap. Through his leadership, Hittle supports EMC’s mission to enable government agencies to transform their operations and deliver IT-as-a-Service. Air Force (USAF) C4ISR career.