Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Portland.
Software Architect, Learner, Engineer, Developer, Optimizer, Manager, Planner, Implementor, Dreamer, Student (of life), Teamworker.
Founder @nextstep-io Founder @recbob • Worked at @monica-correia, @daily-iowan, @u-of-i-carver-college-of-medicine • Studied at @university-of-iowa, @university-of-nebraska-lincoln
Co-founder of @stayhound, launched Pitch Club Portland, UI/UX professional since 1996 (@webmd, @snapnames, Xerox)
http://youruisucks.tumblr.com
I design for results.
https://medium.com/designing-for-results
With a technical front-end background and a keen eye for design, I provide art direction that makes things look good and function right.
http://darickdang.com
Co-founder & CEO of Cozy. Previously founded Seabright Studios, led UX at @flickr, @splunk, and @kosmix.
http://cozy.co/blog
If it needs doing, I can get it done. Design / Code / UI / UX / Marketing / Sales
https://grouptalent.com/talent/5039
Currently: @upworthy , UX Happy Hour in Portland. Previously: @okcupid Labs + @billshrink. Product design, user experiences, front-end coding.
14 years of co-founding startups from concept to reality. One man band.
Product guru; design enthusiast; gentleman scoundrel. Founded two former startups with just under 1M in private angel investment.
Director of UX at @edmodo
Creative Director and Studio Director at The Mobile Majority, Co-founder spotsi, MFA Design as Entrepreneur SVA, worked in adverting, tech, social, mobile.
http://www.majority.co
Designer at @hootsuite | snowboarding, coffee, pixels & pens
http://cozycashew.com
Creative Lead, UX @jawbone. Former Digital Creative Director @grady-britton. Co-founded @twuffer tweet scheduler.
http://daynw.com
Founder Opal Labs • Studied at @oregon-state-university, @university-of-nottingham
Astronomy PhD student at Michigan & Harvard Astrophysics graduate. I had a software engineering internship @ LiveRamp in SF. https://github.com/tomr-stargazer/
CEO of Parkt. Founded @sonique (Sold to @lycos). Went to @new-york-university Film. Directed Music Videos. Produced Indie Films. Designed Sonifi App (bought by iZotope).
Co-Founder / Creative Director @stublisher-inc Founder, Mammoth Game Studios. Designer, Blackjacket Studios. Designer, Will Vinton Studios.
Designer at @sprint-ly. Previously at @appfog.
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Product Design Lead at Snapguide. Tofslie Inc. Gif.tv. Gasoline Caps. Creative Direction, Design, Strategy, Montana, Oregon, Fishing, Family, Films, Sports
Founder @fleck-the-bigger-picture • Worked at @chapman-university-2, @pomona-college-2 • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington
My blood bleeds web.
http://log.randallagordon.com/
Specialties: Art direction, Interaction design (visual and UX), animation, video production & photography. I'm a big picture guy with lots of production chops.
http://nickwoods.us
Worked at @xatori, @recargo • Studied at @stanford-university
Visual + Web Designer; Co-founder of Stone Table LLC; Co-founder of @cucune, @forrage.
http://www.alysonjonesstudios.com/blog
Summary: 3 years of web development experience from the entire spectrum. Highly motivated individual with start-up and government experience.
Content Specialist w/Northwest Evaluation Association | Writer | Assessment Designer with interest in games
Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Tether, Inc., a full service creative company - branding, advertising, retail, products, entertainment, packaging.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-hainsworth/
Founder @stand-in . Mobile UI/UX & Art Direction. @piepdx '13. @savannah-college-of-art-and-design '07.
Award-winning cartoonist turned interactive developer, traveling the world speaking about web animation.
http://www.rachelthegreat.com/
CEO & Founder of Finic Inc.
Founder of Foxing; former CTO of @glider-acquired-by-fpx; previously Sr. Software Engineer at RedHat (cloud-related); coding since age 10; distributed systems/data geek.
Designer / Android Engineer @stublisher-inc, Interned at @zoic-studios, Worked at @id-tech-camps
Co-Founder @shopgab • Worked at @sprint, @pureadds
Founded The Ministry of Apps, Techno Garden and Hyperlayer. UI/UX designer focused on creating beautiful apps while bridging the gap between art and technology.
Designer - I help companies and startups design user experiences for web and mobile. Notable companies include @tesla-motors @nike @coca-cola @apple & Indiegogo
http://www.moosesyrup.com
Co-Founder of Canary, Ambassador of Seasteading Institute, CSO of Aqua Terra Planetary Holdings, Licensee at Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies.
http://www.josiahtullis.com
Product strategy and design
http://elezea.com/
Product-focused, entrepreneurial UI/UX designer and front-end developer. Co-founder @smith-magazine storytelling communities. Currently at @goldstar helping to improve our members happiness.
http://robotloveskitten.com
UI/UX designer and developer ninja. Able to quickly learn anything and be useful anywhere. www.loganmerriam.com
Designer and co founder at Fiender • Worked at @nike as Global Creative Director of Nike SB (Skateboarding) and Nike Snowboarding.
Software and web developer with strong client-facing and customer service background and broad technical experience.
Freelance User Experience Consultant • Formerly Senior Product Designer @chirpify, UX Designer @dachis-group
http://lindseyaustinson.tumblr.com
Founded 2 startups • Worked at @intel • Studied at @portland-state-university • Solid grasp of embedded design, SW/HW interfacing, and several prog languages
Independent designer and strategist with over 7 years of experience, which facilitates a creative process that caters to a clients' digital design needs.
http://eencee.me/
Co-founder of Piggybank • Previously an engineer at @simple and before that @yammer. Long time open source contributor and creator of EpicEditor.
http://oscargodson.com
data scientist interested in experience and context, aka small data
COO EVDrive, 31 years, 3 tech start-ups, c-level exec, key tech, marketing & operations skills honed in aerospace, powersports, advertzing, simulation to gaming
A recent graduate from Georgia Institute of Technology in Computational Media. Strong technology, business, and marketing background. Large pool of skills.
Founder @launch-society • Worked at @wieden-kennedy, @nike • Studied at @syracuse-university
http://lanemusgrave.tumblr.com
3D graphics pipeline development, Computer vision implementations in film, Team leading, Commercials
Founder SupplierView, FullUp • Worked at @hewlett-packard, @us-army • Studied at @university-of-colorado-system
Founder @carbon-audio, @bnd • Studied at @case-western-reserve-university, @cleveland-institute-of-art
Studied at @colby-college, @central-st-martins-college-of-art-and-design
Founder @appstyr , @seenuu • Worked at @navex-global • Studied at @university-of-oregon
Designer. Developer. Athlete. Innovator.
Creativization. Foodologist. Outdoorism. Fatherizer. Funkdefier. Rockmageddon. Surreal-Relatavist. Tweetin' u in ur earhole.
Master UI Designer. Worked with IDEO, Nokia, Avaya, AT&T, among many others.
University of Washington, Full-Stack Developer; Working as a developer since high school
UX Lead @graphalchemist. Design & Marketing experience with Nike, Ricoh, HP, GENWI & Microsoft.
http://www.katebagoy.com
Founder and designer @blueshift • Fake engineer • Studied art and math @columbia-university
http://blueshiftPDX.com/blog
After studying computer science at UT Austin for the past four years, I have made my way into marketing and fullstack web development.
Creatively build useful things for the public good. Master of Urban Planning. Currently building wireless telecom for AT&T.
Founder of Priority Outfitter
Founder, CTO @uxibit
Currently at Orchestrate IO. I enjoy creating incredible products that solve real problems.
Designer and MBA candidate with more than four years of experience in the apparel and graphic design industry.
http://www.laura-oclair.com
Worked at @cks • Studied at @art-center-college-of-design, @srishti-school-of-art-design-and-technology
http://aartivashisht.com/index.php
Worked @nike Fashionista. Curator. Designer. Stylist. Blogger. Culture & Music freak. Runner. Loves digital. Amerikaanse-Nederlander. Fueled by experiences.
http://robinshavemorefun.tumblr.com
Full Stack Web Developer, iOS Developer, Paramedic, & Founder of Sandspit Designs.
http://www.torstentech.com
Designer, Leader, Brand Advocate and motivator
Founder @fundchange, User Experience Designer @the-advisory-board-company
front-end developer and designer, with back-end know how. my passions are the web and soccer, if i have both i am happy.
http://codepen.io/pollardld/
Artist, Designer, Developer with business sense and excellent people skills.
http://carrie-carter.com/blog
Self-taught graphic and designer, writer, advertiser, consistent innovator. Degree in Marketing, specializing in exceeding expectations.
Former CTO, current web developer and outdoor guide. Wants to be Batman.
RIT -> Portland web developer + musician + writer + trans woman. Founder @rcrdbox. Self-proclaimed Blue Mage. Mildly obsessed with rabbits.
https://medium.com/@actualhop
Product Dev. Engineer @intel, Former Co-op @landis-gyr • Studied Electrical, Computer, Wireless and Software Engineering at @auburn-university
Design Director, Senior Experience & Interface Designer, Frontend Developer, Brand Builder & Evolver.
Technical writer specializing in template design and eLearning
Worked at @tecace-software, @nintendo, @indiana-university • Studied at @indiana-university, Bloomington
Co-Founder and front end developer at Come Trippin'. I have a solid background in front-end web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Creative Director/Designer available for freelance work. Living in Portland, Oregon.
Creative Director & UI Designer - Experienced in Mobile Application Design, Visual Design, Adobe Creative Suite, UI/UX Design, Typography and User Flows for Fortune 500 clients and tech startups.
Worked at Razorfish • Freelance Art Director • Studied at Colorado State University • CuddleUp Co-Founder
Web Designer @ Seattle Pacific University • Worked at @placefull-inc
UX Designer/Product Manager at a handful of startups. On a mission to find heroes and help them change the world. Let's talk over coffee and bacon.
http://parisvega.com/blog
Recent graduate from University of Oregon. B.F.A. degree in Industrial/ Product Design '13. Fast-learner. Hard-worker. Team-player. Great-attitude.
Strategist & Designer of digital experiences. Experience designing for Nike, Microsoft, Dell, startups, nonprofits, and anyone needing functional beauty.
Interaction Designer interested in improving peoples' lives.
Illustrator at RainyIsle. Focused on colorful, detail-intense quirky illustrations for billion-dollar companies (KU) and single freelance clients.
http://www.rainyislesketch.blogspot.com/
Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience research, Product Dev. & Design experience. B.A. Biological Psychology
There is nothing worse than a good idea that never reaches those who make it possible.
Once IT professional, now technical overseer. Able to take the big picture, and tell you how to build it right.
Over ten years experience helping businesses, governments and NGOs achieve unique solutions through design, user testing, analytics and front end development.
User experience designer and strategist with more than 9 years of experience across a variety of industries and platforms.
I offer clear and effective interactive design solutions.
I am attracted to projects that challenge my mind and seek elegant solutions
Freelance Software Developer & Product Designer
Australian designer —by way of London —en route to San Francisco. Looking for full time opportunities.
http://mrkylemac.tumblr.com/
Seasoned manager, Javscript Junkie, UI/UX, data visualization, and rich multimedia apps
Maker of playful experiences.
http://minkette.wordpress.com/
I work hard, play hard, and am entertained by the oddities of life. Dropped out of college to start a company, finished college, back at the startup fountain.
Millions of Hundred Dollar Ideas. I'm an idea developer, I build user experiences. I work on a variety of interesting projects at different capacities.
Portland State Graphics Design Major; Filmed Sacramento Kings and Elk Grove School District promotional material; 4 years of graphics design experience
http://[email protected]
UX designer and I/A at Roboboogie. Specializing in user-centered design, information architecture. Educated in fine art, design, web development and psychology.
Interaction Designer
Design Founder @gift-gather
Founder & COO of LandApart. Designer and Problem Solver by nature.
Creative Director at Simple Focus, a boutique user experience agency. UI/UX designer, front-end developer, and Rails enthusiast.
Art school scientist, humanist, digital draftsmen. Developing future tense software solutions, up and down the stack.
Current Portland State University student in Computer Engineering with Sales and Management experience
Front end developer and UX designer, primarily in Ruby on Rails environments; worked at Barclay Card. In love with responsive design.
Art director, project manager, photographer, graphic/web designer. Worked at FLIR Systems and OSU Foundation. Lead designer on M&A and grassroots initiatives.
VP of Engineering, BSEE & MBA
Designer, Artist and Musician.
I'm curious and I love helping build things. Strong background in design, business development and operations.
Graphic Designer, BA Portland State, Cofounded internet prowrestling company, Launched analog service review product.
Experience designer and strategist
UX Passion. UI Mastery.
Worked at @daimler, @intel , @oregon-state-university University • Studied at @oregon-state-university
http://www.jasonganub.com
Designer, data nerd and social media lover.
aspiring to make an awesome impact in the arts for artists 1/4 social l 1/4 tech l 1/4 economics l 1/4 creative
ASIC/FPGA digital logic designer (Bit Mechanic) who also gets to write Python apps and AVR micro-controller code. Stickler for form+function in all design.
PNCA BFA Graduate, Entrepreneur, eBay UX Employee, Wedding Invitation Designer, Blogger, Crafter
http://www.nimbidesign.com
Front End Web Developer and Video Game Enthusiast
Hybrid graphics guy and programmer.
http://www.zentrail.com
Masters in Achitecture. First software startup in high school. Jack of all trades, problem solving, logistics. I'll get it done. I live to learn. I live to work.
Designer + front-end developer with in-house and agency experience. Mentor @designlab.
Responsive web designer/developer. Worked at @people-power, @webstract-marketing • Studied at @the-art-institute-of-california-san-diego
Creative Director and Senior Brand Designer @DONATELLI; Strong business acumen; Worked at ID Branding, Beeline Group, Berkley Systems, MIndscape Software.
http://www.donatelli.org/blog/brand-expression/
Publisher & Founder at The Forking Path, Alumni of Joystick Labs in 2010 with Inari. Ran successful Kickstarter campaign with 350% of funding goal.
Principal of McTiernan Software Services, LLC; Formerly Chief Architect of Loyalize and Director of Engineering at Viggle.
Graphic Designer and Front-End Developer who believes in the marriage of clean design and the latest technology.
Front End Web Developer, UI/UX designer, work at Barclaycard on Bespoke Offers
I make things from scratch, with code, pixels, color and sound. Developer // Designer // Musician
Worked at @hot-studio
Web/Graphic Designer and Front-End Developer designing, creating and developing Web sites and graphics. Resonsive design, HTML(5), CSS3, JQuery, Media Queries .
http://www.pmwyss.com/design-library
Creative Director @conscious-box. Miami Ad School Europe; Art Direction, Copywriting, Strategic Planning. Invented the Tie T-shirt.
http://www.bj0rn.com
I am a Portland based developer who is passionate about using technology, code and design to create meaningful and memorable experiences.
Jack-of-all-trades learning approach to design theory, web development, technology, art, and life in general. Whitespace doesn't have to be white...
Never stop learning.
Specialties: A combination of creativity and strategic thinking.
BFA Visual Communications from Arizona; Honorable Senior Award; Graduated Magna Cum Laude; Design Intern at Caliber Group
Treehouse Student; Learned multiple coding languages in four months, dedicated to learning more and contributing to a team;
Senior Stylist at Bishops; Expertise in the beauty industry and sales; Web Development and Design Student with AAS in Multimedia;
Washed up jogger who enjoys sitting behind a computer and staring off into an oblivion . . . wait what was the question?
http://multitouchup.com
I was a HackStar at TechStars.
I like patterns, code, and humans. I can see the future.
http://jacksongariety.com/#journals
Project Manager II, Planning and Asset Management
All user input is tainted by default.
Founder of Hintme.com, Vice President of Marketing, Art Director, Small Business Owner. Team Builder and Coach
Good Design = Good Business.
Founder of Brayhaus, a app/game startup. Art director, animator, and digital designer. Marketing and branding specialist.
Strategic creative marketing talent with design skills.
User Experience Architect
Freelance web and user experience designer.
Arts Management and Instigation.
Interactive Designer in Portland, OR.
Creative Strategist
Traveler, adventurer, artist, designer, human.