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
I design for results.
https://medium.com/designing-for-results
If it needs doing, I can get it done. Design / Code / UI / UX / Marketing / Sales
https://grouptalent.com/talent/5039
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
Founder Opal Labs • Studied at @oregon-state-university, @university-of-nottingham
Designer at @sprint-ly. Previously at @appfog.
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.
Astronomy PhD student at Michigan & Harvard Astrophysics graduate. I had a software engineering internship @ LiveRamp in SF. https://github.com/tomr-stargazer/
Designer at @hootsuite | snowboarding, coffee, pixels & pens
http://cozycashew.com
Currently: @upworthy , UX Happy Hour in Portland. Previously: @okcupid Labs + @billshrink. Product design, user experiences, front-end coding.
Co-founder of @stayhound, launched Pitch Club Portland, UI/UX professional since 1996 (@webmd, @snapnames, Xerox)
http://youruisucks.tumblr.com
Co-founder & CEO of Cozy. Previously founded Seabright Studios, led UX at @flickr, @splunk, and @kosmix.
http://cozy.co/blog
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.
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
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
Software Architect, Learner, Engineer, Developer, Optimizer, Manager, Planner, Implementor, Dreamer, Student (of life), Teamworker.
Director of UX at @edmodo
Creative Lead, UX @jawbone. Former Digital Creative Director @grady-britton. Co-founded @twuffer tweet scheduler.
http://daynw.com
Visual + Web Designer; Co-founder of Stone Table LLC; Co-founder of @cucune, @forrage.
http://www.alysonjonesstudios.com/blog
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
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.
Award-winning cartoonist turned interactive developer, traveling the world speaking about web animation.
http://www.rachelthegreat.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
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/
Product Design Lead at Snapguide. Tofslie Inc. Gif.tv. Gasoline Caps. Creative Direction, Design, Strategy, Montana, Oregon, Fishing, Family, Films, Sports
CEO & Founder of Finic Inc.
Founder @fleck-the-bigger-picture • Worked at @chapman-university-2, @pomona-college-2 • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington
Summary: 3 years of web development experience from the entire spectrum. Highly motivated individual with start-up and government experience.
Worked at @xatori, @recargo • Studied at @stanford-university
My blood bleeds web.
http://log.randallagordon.com/
Product strategy and design
http://elezea.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
Co-Founder @shopgab • Worked at @sprint, @pureadds
Designer / Android Engineer @stublisher-inc, Interned at @zoic-studios, Worked at @id-tech-camps
Founder @stand-in . Mobile UI/UX & Art Direction. @piepdx '13. @savannah-college-of-art-and-design '07.
UI/UX designer and developer ninja. Able to quickly learn anything and be useful anywhere. www.loganmerriam.com
Content Specialist w/Northwest Evaluation Association | Writer | Assessment Designer with interest in games
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.
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
Software and web developer with strong client-facing and customer service background and broad technical experience.
Founder and designer @blueshift • Fake engineer • Studied art and math @columbia-university
http://blueshiftPDX.com/blog
data scientist interested in experience and context, aka small data
Freelance User Experience Consultant • Formerly Senior Product Designer @chirpify, UX Designer @dachis-group
http://lindseyaustinson.tumblr.com
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 and co founder at Fiender • Worked at @nike as Global Creative Director of Nike SB (Skateboarding) and Nike Snowboarding.
3D graphics pipeline development, Computer vision implementations in film, Team leading, Commercials
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 @carbon-audio, @bnd • Studied at @case-western-reserve-university, @cleveland-institute-of-art
Founded 2 startups • Worked at @intel • Studied at @portland-state-university • Solid grasp of embedded design, SW/HW interfacing, and several prog languages
Founder @appstyr , @seenuu • Worked at @navex-global • Studied at @university-of-oregon
COO EVDrive, 31 years, 3 tech start-ups, c-level exec, key tech, marketing & operations skills honed in aerospace, powersports, advertzing, simulation to gaming
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
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
Creativization. Foodologist. Outdoorism. Fatherizer. Funkdefier. Rockmageddon. Surreal-Relatavist. Tweetin' u in ur earhole.
Studied at @colby-college, @central-st-martins-college-of-art-and-design
Designer. Developer. Athlete. Innovator.
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/
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
Full Stack Web Developer, iOS Developer, Paramedic, & Founder of Sandspit Designs.
http://www.torstentech.com
Artist, Designer, Developer with business sense and excellent people skills.
http://carrie-carter.com/blog
Founder of Priority Outfitter
Design Director, Senior Experience & Interface Designer, Frontend Developer, Brand Builder & Evolver.
RIT -> Portland web developer + musician + writer + trans woman. Founder @rcrdbox. Self-proclaimed Blue Mage. Mildly obsessed with rabbits.
https://medium.com/@actualhop
Former CTO, current web developer and outdoor guide. Wants to be Batman.
Worked at @tecace-software, @nintendo, @indiana-university • Studied at @indiana-university, Bloomington
Worked @nike Fashionista. Curator. Designer. Stylist. Blogger. Culture & Music freak. Runner. Loves digital. Amerikaanse-Nederlander. Fueled by experiences.
http://robinshavemorefun.tumblr.com
Technical writer specializing in template design and eLearning
Creatively build useful things for the public good. Master of Urban Planning. Currently building wireless telecom for AT&T.
Product Dev. Engineer @intel, Former Co-op @landis-gyr • Studied Electrical, Computer, Wireless and Software Engineering at @auburn-university
Currently at Orchestrate IO. I enjoy creating incredible products that solve real problems.
After studying computer science at UT Austin for the past four years, I have made my way into marketing and fullstack web development.
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.
Self-taught graphic and designer, writer, advertiser, consistent innovator. Degree in Marketing, specializing in exceeding expectations.
Designer, Leader, Brand Advocate and motivator
Founder, CTO @uxibit
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/
Founder @fundchange, User Experience Designer @the-advisory-board-company
Maker of playful experiences.
http://minkette.wordpress.com/
Recent graduate from University of Oregon. B.F.A. degree in Industrial/ Product Design '13. Fast-learner. Hard-worker. Team-player. Great-attitude.
I am attracted to projects that challenge my mind and seek elegant solutions
Strategist & Designer of digital experiences. Experience designing for Nike, Microsoft, Dell, startups, nonprofits, and anyone needing functional beauty.
Creative Director/Designer available for freelance work. Living in Portland, Oregon.
Freelance Software Developer & Product Designer
Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience research, Product Dev. & Design experience. B.A. Biological Psychology
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.
Once IT professional, now technical overseer. Able to take the big picture, and tell you how to build it right.
User experience designer and strategist with more than 9 years of experience across a variety of industries and platforms.
There is nothing worse than a good idea that never reaches those who make it possible.
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
Over ten years experience helping businesses, governments and NGOs achieve unique solutions through design, user testing, analytics and front end development.
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/
Web Designer @ Seattle Pacific University • Worked at @placefull-inc
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
I offer clear and effective interactive design solutions.
Worked at Razorfish • Freelance Art Director • Studied at Colorado State University • CuddleUp Co-Founder
Current Portland State University student in Computer Engineering with Sales and Management experience
Interaction Designer
Worked at @daimler, @intel , @oregon-state-university University • Studied at @oregon-state-university
http://www.jasonganub.com
I'm curious and I love helping build things. Strong background in design, business development and operations.
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.
VP of Engineering, BSEE & MBA
Design Founder @gift-gather
Art school scientist, humanist, digital draftsmen. Developing future tense software solutions, up and down the stack.
Designer, Artist and Musician.
Experience designer and strategist
UX designer and I/A at Roboboogie. Specializing in user-centered design, information architecture. Educated in fine art, design, web development and psychology.
Creative Director at Simple Focus, a boutique user experience agency. UI/UX designer, front-end developer, and Rails enthusiast.
Portland State Graphics Design Major; Filmed Sacramento Kings and Elk Grove School District promotional material; 4 years of graphics design experience
http://[email protected]
Art director, project manager, photographer, graphic/web designer. Worked at FLIR Systems and OSU Foundation. Lead designer on M&A and grassroots initiatives.
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.
Founder & COO of LandApart. Designer and Problem Solver by nature.
UX Passion. UI Mastery.
Graphic Designer, BA Portland State, Cofounded internet prowrestling company, Launched analog service review product.
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
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.
Jack-of-all-trades learning approach to design theory, web development, technology, art, and life in general. Whitespace doesn't have to be white...
Creative Director @conscious-box. Miami Ad School Europe; Art Direction, Copywriting, Strategic Planning. Invented the Tie T-shirt.
http://www.bj0rn.com
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/
Responsive web designer/developer. Worked at @people-power, @webstract-marketing • Studied at @the-art-institute-of-california-san-diego
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.
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.
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
I make things from scratch, with code, pixels, color and sound. Developer // Designer // Musician
Front End Web Developer and Video Game Enthusiast
Hybrid graphics guy and programmer.
http://www.zentrail.com
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, UI/UX designer, work at Barclaycard on Bespoke Offers
Designer + front-end developer with in-house and agency experience. Mentor @designlab.
Worked at @hot-studio
Graphic Designer and Front-End Developer who believes in the marriage of clean design and the latest technology.
Strategic creative marketing talent with design skills.
Good Design = Good Business.
Treehouse Student; Learned multiple coding languages in four months, dedicated to learning more and contributing to a team;
Freelance web and user experience designer.
Interactive Designer in Portland, OR.
I was a HackStar at TechStars.
I like patterns, code, and humans. I can see the future.
http://jacksongariety.com/#journals
Founder of Hintme.com, Vice President of Marketing, Art Director, Small Business Owner. Team Builder and Coach
Founder of Brayhaus, a app/game startup. Art director, animator, and digital designer. Marketing and branding specialist.
Senior Stylist at Bishops; Expertise in the beauty industry and sales; Web Development and Design Student with AAS in Multimedia;
Traveler, adventurer, artist, designer, human.
User Experience Architect
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
Project Manager II, Planning and Asset Management
Arts Management and Instigation.
All user input is tainted by default.