Giving Back To The Community
The December Holiday Edition of our journal looks at some of the charities/social causes that leaders in our industry have been involved with. |
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Opening Doors To Higher Education
Mitchell Kapor, Founder, Lotus Development Corporation and Open Source Applications Foundation
Disturbed at the plight of gifted and talented students from 'underrepresented' communities not making their way into UC Berkeley, Mitchell Kapor, widely known as founder of Lotus Development Corporation and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, kicked off the "Level Playing Field Institute" to promote innovative approaches to fairness in higher education and workplaces. |
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Actuate Helps The Homeless Become Homeowners
Pete Cittadini, CEO and President, Actuate Corporation
On a mission to combat the growing problem of homelessness and inadequate living facilities in his home state of California, Pete Cittadini teamed up with PHH (Peninsula Habitat for Humanity); under his leadership, Actuate has donated significant funds and over 700 hours of volunteer power to help build affordable housing for the disenfranchised. |
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Creating More Room For Kids To Read
M.R. Rangaswami, Managing Director, Sand Hill Group
M.R. Rangaswami discovered a passion outside the world of software venture capital when he met John Wood, who quit Microsoft China as business development director to launch a nonprofit organization dedicated to building schools and libraries in some of the world's poorest communities. To date, the San Francisco-based charity Room to Read has opened more than 100 schools and over 1,000 school libraries in impoverished villages across Asia, enriching the lives of more than 300,000 underprivileged children. |
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IONA's War On HIV/AIDS
Christopher Horn, CEO & Co-Founder, IONA Technologies
Everyone knows what UNICEF is all about. But what many people do not know is how one of UNICEF's key HIV/AIDS initiatives got a boost from Chris Horn. "UNICEF Ireland's Movie Action for Children" was developed to help fund programs in Africa to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS from mother to child. It was in 2000 when Chris learned of UNICEF's project. Since then, he has not only inspired his company and employees to financially back the initiative, but also created an official website for the program - putting in place the online marketing program. |
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