Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Portland.
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Designer at @sprint-ly. Previously at @appfog.
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
Director of UX at @edmodo
Software Architect, Learner, Engineer, Developer, Optimizer, Manager, Planner, Implementor, Dreamer, Student (of life), Teamworker.
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
Astronomy PhD student at Michigan & Harvard Astrophysics graduate. I had a software engineering internship @ LiveRamp in SF. https://github.com/tomr-stargazer/
Product guru; design enthusiast; gentleman scoundrel. Founded two former startups with just under 1M in private angel investment.
Currently: @upworthy , UX Happy Hour in Portland. Previously: @okcupid Labs + @billshrink. Product design, user experiences, front-end coding.
Creative Lead, UX @jawbone. Former Digital Creative Director @grady-britton. Co-founded @twuffer tweet scheduler.
http://daynw.com
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 / Creative Director @stublisher-inc Founder, Mammoth Game Studios. Designer, Blackjacket Studios. Designer, Will Vinton Studios.
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
14 years of co-founding startups from concept to reality. One man band.
Co-founder of @stayhound, launched Pitch Club Portland, UI/UX professional since 1996 (@webmd, @snapnames, Xerox)
http://youruisucks.tumblr.com
Founder Opal Labs • Studied at @oregon-state-university, @university-of-nottingham
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).
Designer at @hootsuite | snowboarding, coffee, pixels & pens
http://cozycashew.com
I design for results.
https://medium.com/designing-for-results
Founder @fleck-the-bigger-picture • Worked at @chapman-university-2, @pomona-college-2 • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington
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
Content Specialist w/Northwest Evaluation Association | Writer | Assessment Designer with interest in games
Product Design Lead at Snapguide. Tofslie Inc. Gif.tv. Gasoline Caps. Creative Direction, Design, Strategy, Montana, Oregon, Fishing, Family, Films, Sports
Visual + Web Designer; Co-founder of Stone Table LLC; Co-founder of @cucune, @forrage.
http://www.alysonjonesstudios.com/blog
Co-Founder @shopgab • Worked at @sprint, @pureadds
Founder @stand-in . Mobile UI/UX & Art Direction. @piepdx '13. @savannah-college-of-art-and-design '07.
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
Summary: 3 years of web development experience from the entire spectrum. Highly motivated individual with start-up and government experience.
My blood bleeds web.
http://log.randallagordon.com/
Award-winning cartoonist turned interactive developer, traveling the world speaking about web animation.
http://www.rachelthegreat.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
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.
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/
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/
CEO & Founder of Finic Inc.
Designer / Android Engineer @stublisher-inc, Interned at @zoic-studios, Worked at @id-tech-camps
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.
UI/UX designer and developer ninja. Able to quickly learn anything and be useful anywhere. www.loganmerriam.com
A recent graduate from Georgia Institute of Technology in Computational Media. Strong technology, business, and marketing background. Large pool of skills.
3D graphics pipeline development, Computer vision implementations in film, Team leading, Commercials
Software and web developer with strong client-facing and customer service background and broad technical experience.
Master UI Designer. Worked with IDEO, Nokia, Avaya, AT&T, among many others.
data scientist interested in experience and context, aka small data
University of Washington, Full-Stack Developer; Working as a developer since high school
Founder @appstyr , @seenuu • Worked at @navex-global • Studied at @university-of-oregon
Freelance User Experience Consultant • Formerly Senior Product Designer @chirpify, UX Designer @dachis-group
http://lindseyaustinson.tumblr.com
Designer and co founder at Fiender • Worked at @nike as Global Creative Director of Nike SB (Skateboarding) and Nike Snowboarding.
Founded 2 startups • Worked at @intel • Studied at @portland-state-university • Solid grasp of embedded design, SW/HW interfacing, and several prog languages
Creativization. Foodologist. Outdoorism. Fatherizer. Funkdefier. Rockmageddon. Surreal-Relatavist. Tweetin' u in ur earhole.
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/
Studied at @colby-college, @central-st-martins-college-of-art-and-design
Founder and designer @blueshift • Fake engineer • Studied art and math @columbia-university
http://blueshiftPDX.com/blog
Founder SupplierView, FullUp • Worked at @hewlett-packard, @us-army • Studied at @university-of-colorado-system
UX Lead @graphalchemist. Design & Marketing experience with Nike, Ricoh, HP, GENWI & Microsoft.
http://www.katebagoy.com
COO EVDrive, 31 years, 3 tech start-ups, c-level exec, key tech, marketing & operations skills honed in aerospace, powersports, advertzing, simulation to gaming
Founder @launch-society • Worked at @wieden-kennedy, @nike • Studied at @syracuse-university
http://lanemusgrave.tumblr.com
Founder @carbon-audio, @bnd • Studied at @case-western-reserve-university, @cleveland-institute-of-art
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
Designer. Developer. Athlete. Innovator.
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.
Artist, Designer, Developer with business sense and excellent people skills.
http://carrie-carter.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.
Worked at @tecace-software, @nintendo, @indiana-university • Studied at @indiana-university, Bloomington
Design Director, Senior Experience & Interface Designer, Frontend Developer, Brand Builder & Evolver.
Worked @nike Fashionista. Curator. Designer. Stylist. Blogger. Culture & Music freak. Runner. Loves digital. Amerikaanse-Nederlander. Fueled by experiences.
http://robinshavemorefun.tumblr.com
RIT -> Portland web developer + musician + writer + trans woman. Founder @rcrdbox. Self-proclaimed Blue Mage. Mildly obsessed with rabbits.
https://medium.com/@actualhop
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/
Former CTO, current web developer and outdoor guide. Wants to be Batman.
Currently at Orchestrate IO. I enjoy creating incredible products that solve real problems.
Founder, CTO @uxibit
Designer, Leader, Brand Advocate and motivator
Product Dev. Engineer @intel, Former Co-op @landis-gyr • Studied Electrical, Computer, Wireless and Software Engineering at @auburn-university
Worked at @cks • Studied at @art-center-college-of-design, @srishti-school-of-art-design-and-technology
http://aartivashisht.com/index.php
Creatively build useful things for the public good. Master of Urban Planning. Currently building wireless telecom for AT&T.
Self-taught graphic and designer, writer, advertiser, consistent innovator. Degree in Marketing, specializing in exceeding expectations.
Technical writer specializing in template design and eLearning
Founder of Priority Outfitter
Full Stack Web Developer, iOS Developer, Paramedic, & Founder of Sandspit Designs.
http://www.torstentech.com
Founder @fundchange, User Experience Designer @the-advisory-board-company
Designer and MBA candidate with more than four years of experience in the apparel and graphic design industry.
http://www.laura-oclair.com
I offer clear and effective interactive design solutions.
Australian designer —by way of London —en route to San Francisco. Looking for full time opportunities.
http://mrkylemac.tumblr.com/
Worked at Razorfish • Freelance Art Director • Studied at Colorado State University • CuddleUp Co-Founder
I am attracted to projects that challenge my mind and seek elegant solutions
Web Designer @ Seattle Pacific University • Worked at @placefull-inc
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.
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
Creative Director/Designer available for freelance work. Living in Portland, Oregon.
Strategist & Designer of digital experiences. Experience designing for Nike, Microsoft, Dell, startups, nonprofits, and anyone needing functional beauty.
Seasoned manager, Javscript Junkie, UI/UX, data visualization, and rich multimedia apps
Interaction Designer interested in improving peoples' lives.
Once IT professional, now technical overseer. Able to take the big picture, and tell you how to build it right.
There is nothing worse than a good idea that never reaches those who make it possible.
User experience designer and strategist with more than 9 years of experience across a variety of industries and platforms.
Over ten years experience helping businesses, governments and NGOs achieve unique solutions through design, user testing, analytics and front end development.
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.
Maker of playful experiences.
http://minkette.wordpress.com/
Freelance Software Developer & Product Designer
Art school scientist, humanist, digital draftsmen. Developing future tense software solutions, up and down the stack.
Worked at @daimler, @intel , @oregon-state-university University • Studied at @oregon-state-university
http://www.jasonganub.com
Founder & COO of LandApart. Designer and Problem Solver by nature.
Interaction Designer
VP of Engineering, BSEE & MBA
Design Founder @gift-gather
Front end developer and UX designer, primarily in Ruby on Rails environments; worked at Barclay Card. In love with responsive design.
Designer, data nerd and social media lover.
Portland State Graphics Design Major; Filmed Sacramento Kings and Elk Grove School District promotional material; 4 years of graphics design experience
http://[email protected]
I'm curious and I love helping build things. Strong background in design, business development and operations.
Creative Director at Simple Focus, a boutique user experience agency. UI/UX designer, front-end developer, and Rails enthusiast.
Graphic Designer, BA Portland State, Cofounded internet prowrestling company, Launched analog service review product.
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.
Designer, Artist and Musician.
Art director, project manager, photographer, graphic/web designer. Worked at FLIR Systems and OSU Foundation. Lead designer on M&A and grassroots initiatives.
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.
UX Passion. UI Mastery.
Current Portland State University student in Computer Engineering with Sales and Management experience
UX designer and I/A at Roboboogie. Specializing in user-centered design, information architecture. Educated in fine art, design, web development and psychology.
Experience designer and strategist
Creative Director @conscious-box. Miami Ad School Europe; Art Direction, Copywriting, Strategic Planning. Invented the Tie T-shirt.
http://www.bj0rn.com
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
PNCA BFA Graduate, Entrepreneur, eBay UX Employee, Wedding Invitation Designer, Blogger, Crafter
http://www.nimbidesign.com
Publisher & Founder at The Forking Path, Alumni of Joystick Labs in 2010 with Inari. Ran successful Kickstarter campaign with 350% of funding goal.
I am a Portland based developer who is passionate about using technology, code and design to create meaningful and memorable experiences.
Hybrid graphics guy and programmer.
http://www.zentrail.com
Front End Web Developer and Video Game Enthusiast
Designer + front-end developer with in-house and agency experience. Mentor @designlab.
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.
Responsive web designer/developer. Worked at @people-power, @webstract-marketing • Studied at @the-art-institute-of-california-san-diego
Front End Web Developer, UI/UX designer, work at Barclaycard on Bespoke Offers
Graphic Designer and Front-End Developer who believes in the marriage of clean design and the latest technology.
Worked at @hot-studio
I make things from scratch, with code, pixels, color and sound. Developer // Designer // Musician
Jack-of-all-trades learning approach to design theory, web development, technology, art, and life in general. Whitespace doesn't have to be white...
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
Principal of McTiernan Software Services, LLC; Formerly Chief Architect of Loyalize and Director of Engineering at Viggle.
Never stop learning.
Specialties: A combination of creativity and strategic thinking.
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/
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.
All user input is tainted by default.
Senior Stylist at Bishops; Expertise in the beauty industry and sales; Web Development and Design Student with AAS in Multimedia;
Freelance web and user experience designer.
Good Design = Good Business.
Arts Management and Instigation.
Treehouse Student; Learned multiple coding languages in four months, dedicated to learning more and contributing to a team;
Traveler, adventurer, artist, designer, human.
Founder of Brayhaus, a app/game startup. Art director, animator, and digital designer. Marketing and branding specialist.
I was a HackStar at TechStars.
I like patterns, code, and humans. I can see the future.
http://jacksongariety.com/#journals
Washed up jogger who enjoys sitting behind a computer and staring off into an oblivion . . . wait what was the question?
http://multitouchup.com
BFA Visual Communications from Arizona; Honorable Senior Award; Graduated Magna Cum Laude; Design Intern at Caliber Group
Creative Strategist
Founder of Hintme.com, Vice President of Marketing, Art Director, Small Business Owner. Team Builder and Coach
Strategic creative marketing talent with design skills.
Project Manager II, Planning and Asset Management
User Experience Architect
Interactive Designer in Portland, OR.