Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Portland.
Currently: @upworthy , UX Happy Hour in Portland. Previously: @okcupid Labs + @billshrink. Product design, user experiences, front-end coding.
Software Architect, Learner, Engineer, Developer, Optimizer, Manager, Planner, Implementor, Dreamer, Student (of life), Teamworker.
Founder Opal Labs • Studied at @oregon-state-university, @university-of-nottingham
Designer at @sprint-ly. Previously at @appfog.
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
If it needs doing, I can get it done. Design / Code / UI / UX / Marketing / Sales
https://grouptalent.com/talent/5039
Co-founder of @stayhound, launched Pitch Club Portland, UI/UX professional since 1996 (@webmd, @snapnames, Xerox)
http://youruisucks.tumblr.com
14 years of co-founding startups from concept to reality. One man band.
Designer at @hootsuite | snowboarding, coffee, pixels & pens
http://cozycashew.com
Product guru; design enthusiast; gentleman scoundrel. Founded two former startups with just under 1M in private angel investment.
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
Astronomy PhD student at Michigan & Harvard Astrophysics graduate. I had a software engineering internship @ LiveRamp in SF. https://github.com/tomr-stargazer/
I design for results.
https://medium.com/designing-for-results
Creative Lead, UX @jawbone. Former Digital Creative Director @grady-britton. Co-founded @twuffer tweet scheduler.
http://daynw.com
Director of UX at @edmodo
Co-founder & CEO of Cozy. Previously founded Seabright Studios, led UX at @flickr, @splunk, and @kosmix.
http://cozy.co/blog
Co-Founder / Creative Director @stublisher-inc Founder, Mammoth Game Studios. Designer, Blackjacket Studios. Designer, Will Vinton Studios.
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).
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
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.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
Summary: 3 years of web development experience from the entire spectrum. Highly motivated individual with start-up and government experience.
Founder @fleck-the-bigger-picture • Worked at @chapman-university-2, @pomona-college-2 • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington
Award-winning cartoonist turned interactive developer, traveling the world speaking about web animation.
http://www.rachelthegreat.com/
Founder @stand-in . Mobile UI/UX & Art Direction. @piepdx '13. @savannah-college-of-art-and-design '07.
Co-Founder @shopgab • Worked at @sprint, @pureadds
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 Design Lead at Snapguide. Tofslie Inc. Gif.tv. Gasoline Caps. Creative Direction, Design, Strategy, Montana, Oregon, Fishing, Family, Films, Sports
Content Specialist w/Northwest Evaluation Association | Writer | Assessment Designer with interest in games
My blood bleeds web.
http://log.randallagordon.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/
Designer / Android Engineer @stublisher-inc, Interned at @zoic-studios, Worked at @id-tech-camps
Product strategy and design
http://elezea.com/
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
CEO & Founder of Finic Inc.
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
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.
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
UI/UX designer and developer ninja. Able to quickly learn anything and be useful anywhere. www.loganmerriam.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.
A recent graduate from Georgia Institute of Technology in Computational Media. Strong technology, business, and marketing background. Large pool of skills.
UX Lead @graphalchemist. Design & Marketing experience with Nike, Ricoh, HP, GENWI & Microsoft.
http://www.katebagoy.com
Freelance User Experience Consultant • Formerly Senior Product Designer @chirpify, UX Designer @dachis-group
http://lindseyaustinson.tumblr.com
3D graphics pipeline development, Computer vision implementations in film, Team leading, Commercials
Master UI Designer. Worked with IDEO, Nokia, Avaya, AT&T, among many others.
Founder SupplierView, FullUp • Worked at @hewlett-packard, @us-army • Studied at @university-of-colorado-system
Founder @appstyr , @seenuu • Worked at @navex-global • Studied at @university-of-oregon
Studied at @colby-college, @central-st-martins-college-of-art-and-design
University of Washington, Full-Stack Developer; Working as a developer since high school
Founder @carbon-audio, @bnd • Studied at @case-western-reserve-university, @cleveland-institute-of-art
Founder @launch-society • Worked at @wieden-kennedy, @nike • Studied at @syracuse-university
http://lanemusgrave.tumblr.com
Software and web developer with strong client-facing and customer service background and broad technical experience.
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
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/
COO EVDrive, 31 years, 3 tech start-ups, c-level exec, key tech, marketing & operations skills honed in aerospace, powersports, advertzing, simulation to gaming
Designer and co founder at Fiender • Worked at @nike as Global Creative Director of Nike SB (Skateboarding) and Nike Snowboarding.
Creativization. Foodologist. Outdoorism. Fatherizer. Funkdefier. Rockmageddon. Surreal-Relatavist. Tweetin' u in ur earhole.
Founder and designer @blueshift • Fake engineer • Studied art and math @columbia-university
http://blueshiftPDX.com/blog
Designer. Developer. Athlete. Innovator.
Founder @fundchange, User Experience Designer @the-advisory-board-company
Founder of Priority Outfitter
Full Stack Web Developer, iOS Developer, Paramedic, & Founder of Sandspit Designs.
http://www.torstentech.com
Design Director, Senior Experience & Interface Designer, Frontend Developer, Brand Builder & Evolver.
Self-taught graphic and designer, writer, advertiser, consistent innovator. Degree in Marketing, specializing in exceeding expectations.
After studying computer science at UT Austin for the past four years, I have made my way into marketing and fullstack web development.
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/
Designer and MBA candidate with more than four years of experience in the apparel and graphic design industry.
http://www.laura-oclair.com
Founder, CTO @uxibit
Technical writer specializing in template design and eLearning
RIT -> Portland web developer + musician + writer + trans woman. Founder @rcrdbox. Self-proclaimed Blue Mage. Mildly obsessed with rabbits.
https://medium.com/@actualhop
Creatively build useful things for the public good. Master of Urban Planning. Currently building wireless telecom for AT&T.
Designer, Leader, Brand Advocate and motivator
Currently at Orchestrate IO. I enjoy creating incredible products that solve real problems.
Artist, Designer, Developer with business sense and excellent people skills.
http://carrie-carter.com/blog
Former CTO, current web developer and outdoor guide. Wants to be Batman.
Product Dev. Engineer @intel, Former Co-op @landis-gyr • Studied Electrical, Computer, Wireless and Software Engineering at @auburn-university
Worked @nike Fashionista. Curator. Designer. Stylist. Blogger. Culture & Music freak. Runner. Loves digital. Amerikaanse-Nederlander. Fueled by experiences.
http://robinshavemorefun.tumblr.com
Worked at @cks • Studied at @art-center-college-of-design, @srishti-school-of-art-design-and-technology
http://aartivashisht.com/index.php
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.
There is nothing worse than a good idea that never reaches those who make it possible.
Creative Director/Designer available for freelance work. Living in Portland, Oregon.
Worked at Razorfish • Freelance Art Director • Studied at Colorado State University • CuddleUp Co-Founder
Freelance Software Developer & Product Designer
Once IT professional, now technical overseer. Able to take the big picture, and tell you how to build it right.
I offer clear and effective interactive design solutions.
Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience research, Product Dev. & Design experience. B.A. Biological Psychology
User experience designer and strategist with more than 9 years of experience across a variety of industries and platforms.
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.
Web Designer @ Seattle Pacific University • Worked at @placefull-inc
Over ten years experience helping businesses, governments and NGOs achieve unique solutions through design, user testing, analytics and front end development.
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.
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
Maker of playful experiences.
http://minkette.wordpress.com/
Australian designer —by way of London —en route to San Francisco. Looking for full time opportunities.
http://mrkylemac.tumblr.com/
Recent graduate from University of Oregon. B.F.A. degree in Industrial/ Product Design '13. Fast-learner. Hard-worker. Team-player. Great-attitude.
Illustrator at RainyIsle. Focused on colorful, detail-intense quirky illustrations for billion-dollar companies (KU) and single freelance clients.
http://www.rainyislesketch.blogspot.com/
Seasoned manager, Javscript Junkie, UI/UX, data visualization, and rich multimedia apps
I am attracted to projects that challenge my mind and seek elegant solutions
Portland State Graphics Design Major; Filmed Sacramento Kings and Elk Grove School District promotional material; 4 years of graphics design experience
http://[email protected]
Design Founder @gift-gather
Art director, project manager, photographer, graphic/web designer. Worked at FLIR Systems and OSU Foundation. Lead designer on M&A and grassroots initiatives.
Designer, data nerd and social media lover.
Worked at @daimler, @intel , @oregon-state-university University • Studied at @oregon-state-university
http://www.jasonganub.com
Designer, Artist and Musician.
Graphic Designer, BA Portland State, Cofounded internet prowrestling company, Launched analog service review product.
Front end developer and UX designer, primarily in Ruby on Rails environments; worked at Barclay Card. In love with responsive design.
VP of Engineering, BSEE & MBA
I'm curious and I love helping build things. Strong background in design, business development and operations.
UX Passion. UI Mastery.
Interaction Designer
Current Portland State University student in Computer Engineering with Sales and Management experience
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.
Art school scientist, humanist, digital draftsmen. Developing future tense software solutions, up and down the stack.
Founder & COO of LandApart. Designer and Problem Solver by nature.
UX designer and I/A at Roboboogie. Specializing in user-centered design, information architecture. Educated in fine art, design, web development and psychology.
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.
Creative Director at Simple Focus, a boutique user experience agency. UI/UX designer, front-end developer, and Rails enthusiast.
Experience designer and strategist
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
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/
Worked at @hot-studio
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
Hybrid graphics guy and programmer.
http://www.zentrail.com
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
Designer + front-end developer with in-house and agency experience. Mentor @designlab.
Publisher & Founder at The Forking Path, Alumni of Joystick Labs in 2010 with Inari. Ran successful Kickstarter campaign with 350% of funding goal.
Front End Web Developer and Video Game Enthusiast
I am a Portland based developer who is passionate about using technology, code and design to create meaningful and memorable experiences.
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.
Never stop learning.
Specialties: A combination of creativity and strategic thinking.
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
Graphic Designer and Front-End Developer who believes in the marriage of clean design and the latest technology.
Principal of McTiernan Software Services, LLC; Formerly Chief Architect of Loyalize and Director of Engineering at Viggle.
Jack-of-all-trades learning approach to design theory, web development, technology, art, and life in general. Whitespace doesn't have to be white...
I make things from scratch, with code, pixels, color and sound. Developer // Designer // Musician
Founder of Brayhaus, a app/game startup. Art director, animator, and digital designer. Marketing and branding specialist.
Project Manager II, Planning and Asset Management
Strategic creative marketing talent with design skills.
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
Traveler, adventurer, artist, designer, human.
Freelance web and user experience designer.
Senior Stylist at Bishops; Expertise in the beauty industry and sales; Web Development and Design Student with AAS in Multimedia;
Treehouse Student; Learned multiple coding languages in four months, dedicated to learning more and contributing to a team;
Interactive Designer in Portland, OR.
Founder of Hintme.com, Vice President of Marketing, Art Director, Small Business Owner. Team Builder and Coach
Arts Management and Instigation.
All user input is tainted by default.
Good Design = Good Business.
User Experience Architect
Creative Strategist
I was a HackStar at TechStars.
I like patterns, code, and humans. I can see the future.
http://jacksongariety.com/#journals