Map of the local innovation industry.
 Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Portland.
             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.
          
          
          
             Astronomy PhD student at Michigan & Harvard Astrophysics graduate. I had a software engineering internship @ LiveRamp in SF. https://github.com/tomr-stargazer/
          
          
          
             Director of UX at @edmodo
          
          
          
             Software Architect, Learner, Engineer, Developer, Optimizer, Manager, Planner, Implementor, Dreamer, Student (of life), Teamworker.
          
          
          
             Creative Lead, UX  @jawbone. Former Digital Creative Director @grady-britton. Co-founded @twuffer tweet scheduler.
          
          http://daynw.com
          
             Product guru; design enthusiast; gentleman scoundrel. Founded two former startups with just under 1M in private angel investment.
          
          
          
             I design for results.
          
          https://medium.com/designing-for-results
          
             Designer at @sprint-ly. Previously at @appfog.
          
          
          
             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.
          
          
          
             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
          
             Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
          
          http://blog.jess3.com
          
             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
          
          
          
             
          
          
          
             Co-founder of @stayhound, launched Pitch Club Portland, UI/UX professional since 1996 (@webmd, @snapnames, Xerox)
          
          http://youruisucks.tumblr.com
          
             Co-Founder / Creative Director @stublisher-inc  Founder, Mammoth Game Studios. Designer, Blackjacket Studios. Designer, Will Vinton Studios.
          
          
          
             Founder Opal Labs • Studied at @oregon-state-university, @university-of-nottingham
          
          
          
             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
          
             Co-Founder @shopgab • Worked at @sprint, @pureadds
          
          
          
             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
          
             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 @fleck-the-bigger-picture • Worked at @chapman-university-2, @pomona-college-2 • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington
          
          
          
             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
          
             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.
          
          
          
             Product Design Lead at Snapguide. Tofslie Inc. Gif.tv. Gasoline Caps. Creative Direction, Design, Strategy, Montana, Oregon, Fishing, Family, Films, Sports
          
          
          
             My blood bleeds web.
          
          http://log.randallagordon.com/
          
             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
          
             Designer / Android Engineer @stublisher-inc, Interned at @zoic-studios, Worked at @id-tech-camps 
          
          
          
             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
          
             CEO & Founder of Finic Inc. 
          
          
          
             Founder @stand-in . Mobile UI/UX  &  Art Direction.  @piepdx '13. @savannah-college-of-art-and-design '07.
          
          
          
             Co-Founder of Canary, Ambassador of Seasteading Institute, CSO of Aqua Terra Planetary Holdings, Licensee at Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies.
          
          http://www.josiahtullis.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/
          
             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
          
          
          
             Founder @carbon-audio, @bnd • Studied at @case-western-reserve-university, @cleveland-institute-of-art
          
          
          
             Freelance User Experience Consultant • Formerly Senior Product Designer @chirpify, UX Designer @dachis-group
          
          http://lindseyaustinson.tumblr.com
          
             A recent graduate from Georgia Institute of Technology in Computational Media. Strong technology, business, and marketing background. Large pool of skills.
          
          
          
             Designer. Developer. Athlete. Innovator.
          
          
          
             Founder and designer @blueshift • Fake engineer • Studied art and math @columbia-university
          
          http://blueshiftPDX.com/blog
          
             Founded 2 startups • Worked at @intel • Studied at @portland-state-university • Solid grasp of embedded design, SW/HW interfacing, and several prog languages
          
          
          
             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
          
             Master UI Designer. Worked with IDEO, Nokia, Avaya, AT&T, among many others.
          
          
          
             Designer and co founder at Fiender • Worked at @nike as Global Creative Director of Nike SB (Skateboarding) and Nike Snowboarding.
          
          
          
             UX Lead @graphalchemist. Design & Marketing experience with Nike, Ricoh, HP, GENWI & Microsoft.
          
          http://www.katebagoy.com
          
             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/
          
             Software and web developer with strong client-facing and customer service background and broad technical experience.
          
          
          
             Creativization. Foodologist. Outdoorism. Fatherizer. Funkdefier. Rockmageddon. Surreal-Relatavist. Tweetin' u in ur earhole.
          
          
          
             COO EVDrive, 31 years, 3 tech start-ups, c-level exec, key tech, marketing & operations skills honed in aerospace, powersports, advertzing, simulation to gaming
          
          
          
             3D graphics pipeline development, Computer vision implementations in film,  Team leading, Commercials
          
          
          
             data scientist interested in experience and context, aka small data
          
          
          
             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
          
          
          
             University of Washington, Full-Stack Developer; Working as a developer since high school
          
          
          
             Studied at @colby-college, @central-st-martins-college-of-art-and-design
          
          
          
             Founder @launch-society • Worked at @wieden-kennedy, @nike • Studied at @syracuse-university
          
          http://lanemusgrave.tumblr.com
          
             Self-taught graphic and designer, writer, advertiser, consistent innovator. Degree in Marketing, specializing in exceeding expectations.
          
          
          
             Currently at Orchestrate IO. I enjoy creating incredible products that solve real problems. 
          
          
          
             Founder, CTO @uxibit
          
          
          
             Full Stack Web Developer, iOS Developer, Paramedic, & Founder of Sandspit Designs.
          
          http://www.torstentech.com
          
             Worked @nike Fashionista. Curator. Designer. Stylist. Blogger. Culture & Music freak. Runner. Loves digital. Amerikaanse-Nederlander. Fueled by experiences.
          
          http://robinshavemorefun.tumblr.com
          
             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.
          
          
          
             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/
          
             Worked at @tecace-software, @nintendo, @indiana-university • Studied at @indiana-university, Bloomington
          
          
          
             Founder @fundchange, User Experience Designer @the-advisory-board-company
          
          
          
             Worked at @cks • Studied at @art-center-college-of-design, @srishti-school-of-art-design-and-technology
          
          http://aartivashisht.com/index.php
          
             Design Director, Senior Experience & Interface Designer, Frontend Developer, Brand Builder & Evolver.
          
          
          
             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
          
             Product Dev. Engineer @intel, Former Co-op @landis-gyr • Studied Electrical, Computer, Wireless and Software Engineering at @auburn-university
          
          
          
             Artist, Designer, Developer with business sense and excellent people skills.
          
          http://carrie-carter.com/blog
          
             Designer, Leader, Brand Advocate and motivator
          
          
          
             Former CTO, current web developer and outdoor guide.  Wants to be Batman.
          
          
          
             Designer and MBA candidate with more than four years of experience in the apparel and graphic design industry.
          
          http://www.laura-oclair.com
          
             Creatively build useful things for the public good. Master of Urban Planning. Currently building wireless telecom for AT&T.
          
          
          
             Founder of Priority Outfitter
          
          
          
             There is nothing worse than a good idea that never reaches those who make it possible.
          
          
          
             Over ten years experience helping businesses, governments and NGOs achieve unique solutions through design, user testing, analytics and front end development.
          
          
          
             Recent graduate from University of Oregon.  B.F.A. degree in Industrial/ Product Design '13.  Fast-learner. Hard-worker. Team-player. Great-attitude.
          
          
          
             Web Designer @ Seattle Pacific University  • Worked at @placefull-inc
          
          
          
             I offer clear and effective interactive design solutions.
          
          
          
             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
          
             Freelance Software Developer & Product Designer
          
          
          
             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.
          
          
          
             Strategist & Designer of digital experiences. Experience designing for Nike, Microsoft, Dell, startups, nonprofits, and anyone needing functional beauty.
          
          
          
             I am attracted to projects that challenge my mind  and seek elegant solutions
          
          
          
             Seasoned manager, Javscript Junkie, UI/UX, data visualization, and rich multimedia apps
          
          
          
             Maker of playful experiences.
          
          http://minkette.wordpress.com/
          
             Worked at Razorfish • Freelance Art Director • Studied at Colorado State University • CuddleUp Co-Founder
          
          
          
             User experience designer and strategist with more than 9 years of experience across a variety of industries and platforms.
          
          
          
             Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience research, Product Dev. & Design experience. B.A. Biological Psychology
          
          
          
             Illustrator at RainyIsle. Focused on colorful, detail-intense quirky illustrations for billion-dollar companies (KU) and single freelance clients.
          
          http://www.rainyislesketch.blogspot.com/
          
             Australian designer —by way of London —en route to San Francisco. Looking for full time opportunities.
          
          http://mrkylemac.tumblr.com/
          
             
          
          
          
             Once IT professional, now technical overseer. Able to take the big picture, and tell you how to build it right.
          
          
          
             Interaction Designer interested in improving peoples' lives.
          
          
          
             Experience designer and strategist
          
          
          
             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.
          
          
          
             Creative Director at Simple Focus, a boutique user experience agency. UI/UX designer, front-end developer, and Rails enthusiast.
          
          
          
             
          
          
          
             Current Portland State University student in Computer Engineering with Sales and Management experience
          
          
          
             UX Passion. UI Mastery.
          
          
          
             Interaction Designer
          
          
          
             Portland State Graphics Design Major; Filmed Sacramento Kings and Elk Grove School District promotional material; 4 years of graphics design experience
          
          http://[email protected]
          
             Designer, Artist and Musician.
          
          
          
             Art school scientist, humanist, digital draftsmen. Developing future tense software solutions, up and down the stack.
          
          
          
             Designer, data nerd and social media lover. 
          
          
          
             Founder & COO of LandApart. Designer and Problem Solver by nature.
          
          
          
             Worked at @daimler, @intel , @oregon-state-university University • Studied at @oregon-state-university
          
          http://www.jasonganub.com
          
             VP of Engineering, BSEE & MBA
          
          
          
             Design Founder @gift-gather 
          
          
          
             Graphic Designer, BA Portland State, Cofounded internet prowrestling company, Launched analog service review product.
          
          
          
             I'm curious and I love helping build things. Strong background in design, business development and operations.
          
          
          
             Front end developer and UX designer, primarily in Ruby on Rails environments; worked at Barclay Card. In love with responsive design.
          
          
          
             UX designer and I/A at Roboboogie. Specializing in user-centered design, information architecture. Educated in fine art, design, web development and psychology.
          
          
          
             Art director, project manager, photographer, graphic/web designer. Worked at FLIR Systems and OSU Foundation. Lead designer on M&A and grassroots initiatives.
          
          
          
             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/
          
             Jack-of-all-trades learning approach to design theory, web development, technology, art, and life in general. Whitespace doesn't have to be white...
          
          
          
             Principal of McTiernan Software Services, LLC; Formerly Chief Architect of Loyalize and Director of Engineering at Viggle.
          
          
          
             PNCA BFA Graduate, Entrepreneur, eBay UX Employee, Wedding Invitation Designer, Blogger, Crafter
          
          http://www.nimbidesign.com
          
             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
          
          
          
             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.
          
          
          
             Front End Web Developer and Video Game Enthusiast
          
          
          
             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.
          
          
          
             Never stop learning.
Specialties: A combination of creativity and strategic thinking.
          
          
          
             Designer + front-end developer with in-house and agency experience. Mentor @designlab.
          
          
          
             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
          
             Responsive web designer/developer. Worked at @people-power, @webstract-marketing • Studied at @the-art-institute-of-california-san-diego
          
          
          
             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
          
             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.
          
          
          
             
          
          
          
             Graphic Designer and Front-End Developer who believes in the marriage of clean design and the latest technology.
          
          
          
             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
          
          
          
             Project Manager II, Planning and Asset Management
          
          
          
             BFA Visual Communications from Arizona; Honorable Senior Award; Graduated Magna Cum Laude; Design Intern at Caliber Group
          
          
          
             Interactive Designer in Portland, OR.
          
          
          
             Washed up jogger who enjoys sitting behind a computer and staring off into an oblivion . . . wait what was the question?
          
          http://multitouchup.com
          
             
          
          
          
             Freelance web and user experience designer.
          
          
          
             Strategic creative marketing talent with design skills.
          
          
          
             Senior Stylist at Bishops; Expertise in the beauty industry and sales; Web Development and Design Student with AAS in Multimedia;
          
          
          
             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
          
          
          
             Traveler, adventurer, artist, designer, human.
          
          
          
             
          
          
          
             Arts Management and Instigation.
          
          
          
             All user input is tainted by default.
          
          
          
             
          
          
          
             Treehouse Student; Learned multiple coding languages in four months, dedicated to learning more and contributing to a team;
          
          
          
             Good Design = Good Business.
          
          
          
             Founder of Brayhaus, a app/game startup. Art director, animator, and digital designer. Marketing and branding specialist.
          
          
          
             User Experience Architect
          
          
          
             Creative Strategist