Soren Macbeth

Chief Data Scientist @yieldbot. Co-founder of @stocktwits. I like hacking, startups, dataviz, machine learning, entrepreneurs, building and learning new things.
http://dopeness.org

Jason Seats

Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)

Pete Grillo

CEO @iterasi. Past:Co-founded 3 startups, Successful exit on the first 2 & the 3rd (@iterasi) is growing nicely. On the Boards of a few Portland-area startups.

Steve August

Founder and CEO @revelation-1. Market Research thought leader. Crossfit junkie.
http://www.revelationglobal.com/news

Drew Bernard

Founder and CEO @actionsprout; Independent Angel; Oregon Angel Fund 2009-2013.

Paresh Patel

Founder @payrange, @vendscreen, Courtesy Vending. PhD, MBA. Raised $20MM+. Oregon business person of year. 40 under 40. Recognized vending expert.

Mat Ellis

Founder & CEO, @cloudability. Helped scale @adknowledge, @netblue & @looksmart to critical mass or exit. Worked at @goldman-sachs, Pepsi, @ubs. Master of tea.
http://cloudability.com/blog

Jon Frisby

Technical Co-founder of @netblue ($20MM Series A). Founder of @mrjoy (casual gaming). Technical Co-founder at @cloudability.

Rich Schmelzer

Founder @geopalz, @jibbitz-for-crocs • Investor @precog, @simple-energy, Fellow @nike-accelerator, Founder @iparchive,

Dylan Boyd

Managing Director @techstars - Focused on Vertical Accelerator programs with corporate partners.

Mark Hatch

CEO and Co-Founder of TechShop. Launched 3 Fortune 500 websites: Avery, Kinkos (ecommerce), & HealthNet's benefits ASP. Author, Speaker, MBA, Green Beret.

Marshall Kirkpatrick

CEO of @little-bird, social data mining for targeted marketing and market intelligence. Formerly one of the world's most successful data journalists.
http://getlittlebird.com/blog

Michael Richardson

Cofounder and Senior Director of Product at @urban-airship. Early developer and opened the London offices and served as EMEA Technical Director.

Pat McCarthy

SVP @appnexus • Founder @fantuition • Former VP at @yahoo, @right-media • Studied at University of Oregon
http://conversionrater.com/

Rick Turoczy

Cofounder @piepdx; founder @silicon-florist; cofounder TechFestNW; marketing MedicaLogic (now GE), ProSight (now Oracle), Digimarc
http://siliconflorist.com

Bill Lynch

Co-Founder & Advisor at @jive-software. Grew from 2 people to 600+ and IPO in 2011. Comp Sci degree, passionate about product.

Tim Schwab

Never-ending-wellspring of optimism and ideas, previously CEO @sales-beach and sales, ops, BD, product @life360 @safe-shepherd @aig @travel-guard

Joe Stump

Co-founder of @sprint-ly, @simplegeo, and @attachments-me. Former Lead Architect at @digg.

Robert Kapela

Robert is a serial entrepreneur and active Angel investor. Recent investments; @starsightings, @connect-me, Valant Medical, Revel, @nfluence, etc..

Alan Wizemann

Founder @shopigniter, @eventspace • Intrepenuer at @target-corporation • Advisor and Mentor

Lucas Carlson

CIO at @centurylink, Founder & CEO @appfog, Acquired in June 2013
http://www.craftsmanfounder.com/

Chris Teso

CEO & Founder of @chirpify

Mikalina Kirkpatrick

Co-founder @getlittlebird. Experience in startup operations, product management, strategic planning, staff management

Darin Glatt

CTO and co-founder @mobilerq

Andrew Berkowitz

Founder and Vice President, Product Management at @teamsnap. Strong ability to set and execute product vision across the enterprise. BA @stanford-university University.
http://blogowitz.tumblr.com

John Stromquist

11-year CFO in the tech industry. CPA.

Ty Frackiewicz

C3PO, Co-Founder @onthego-platforms • Studied at @montana-state-university University Technology is my life!
http://www.otgplatforms.com/blog.html

Noah Pepper

Currently Ads @twitter -- Formerly CEO @lucky-sort (Acq. 2013). Love to look at data, build teams, understand markets, iterate on products.

Eli Tucker

Co-Founder of @vizify and alumni of @techstars & @PDXSeedFund. Software developer, entrepreneur, and amateur photographer.

Kevin McCloskey

Founder & CEO at @househappy. A serial entrepreneur and seasoned broker with over 28 years of experience in the real estate industry.

Courtney Couch

Experienced with big data and high availability infrastructure. Notable companies: PersolvoDataSystems, Flowplayer

Matt Wallington

Founder & CTO @cargo. Previously cofounded @cpusage & @gridvid-me-1, launched distributed cloud compute platform at TechCrunch Disrupt. Worked @intel.
http://feedtheinsanity.com

Paul Ford

VP Product & Marketing @sendgrid Entrepreneur, Technologist, Strategist, Startup Advisor, VC Whisperer, Connector of Dots, Marketer & Creator of Cool Stuff

Ryan Fink

CEO, Founder of @onthego-platforms; @fg-angels @portlandseedfund @startup-pdx-challenge-1 company • Studied @azusa-pacific-university

Todd Silverstein

CEO/cofounder of Vizify. Former cofounder of @gemkitty. I make things. Then I make them better.

Darren Powderly

Founder CrowdStreet • Worked at @atg-art-technology-group, @teksystems • Investor @manzama • Studied at @university-of-colorado-boulder

Aaron Parecki

Co-founder of @geoloqi, acquired by Esri. Now CTO of @esri R&D Center, Portland
http://aaronparecki.com/articles

Nick Farina

Founder, @meridian and @spotlightmobile. Webby Award-winning designer/developer of mobile apps. Computer Science+HCI, Cornell.
http://nfarina.com

Kiyo Kubo

Founder, @spotlight-mobile and @meridian. Webby Award-winning designer of mobile apps. Computer Science+HCI, Economics, Cornell.

Tom Turnbull

Co-founder of @opensesame. Start-up veteran. JD/MBA. Business development, legal, marketing, and sales.

Joshua Blank

Co-Founder @opensesame, previously co-founded @bluevolt, @elevenwireless, @popart.

Gino Zahnd

Co-founder & CEO of Cozy. Previously founded Seabright Studios, led UX at @flickr, @splunk, and @kosmix.
http://cozy.co/blog

Michael Taus

VP Marketing @abodo. Founder + advisor @crowdstreet @cinephiled @founderspad @aquo @rent.com. Aspiring polymath. Ciderist. Hiker. Skier. Diver. Husband + dad.

Peat Bakke

Interim CTO and Advisor for early stage tech startups.
http://peat.org/

Henry Nothhaft, Jr.

Founder, Board Director & Chief Product Officer @ Trapit

Ken Westin

Founder of @gadgettrak the innovator of mobile tracking and data protection software for laptops, smartphones and other devices.

Patrick Lightbody

Founder of @browsermob (acquired by @neustar) and @hostedqa (acquired by Compuware/Gomez). Eye towards enterprise and productivity software. CS @ @university-of-california-san-diego.

Cuong Nguyen

Eli Rubel

Co-Founder & CEO @glider-acquired-by-fpx (Acq., Feb. 2014). Coffee enthusiast, motorcyclist. Now VP of Products and Innovation at FPX.

Robert Haydock

CEO of Scratch-it. Angel Investor and previous startup founder. Performance Marketing consultant. Founded Scratch-it based on insight made while ad buying.

Andrew D. Nystrom

Nike Global Digital Platform lead, Partnerships & Innovation. Nike Football (Soccer), Red Bull, LA Times/Tribune Co., Lonely Planet alum. Award winning author.

Tim Elliott

Founder at @savvr. Software Engineer.

Nino Marchetti

Editor-in-Chief/Co-Founder at @earthtechling; 15+year Internet veteran; One of first 20 employees at @yahoo.

Dayn Wilberding

Creative Lead, UX @jawbone. Former Digital Creative Director @grady-britton. Co-founded @twuffer tweet scheduler.
http://daynw.com

Jeff Martens

Former Co-fouder & CEO @cpusage, Product Manager @new-relic , Analyst @nike, Strategic Planning @synopsys. Mentor and Advisor.

Mike Lee

Founder FinderLabs, @silver-key-headhunters, Promed Search Firm • Worked at @jivaro

Brad Heller

Co-founder of @revisu. Engineering Lead @cloudability. Love design, business strategy, and innovation. Worked at @webmd, AboutUs, and @jive-software.
http://bradhe.wordpress.com

Maciej Skierkowski

Founder of @factor-io, @launcher-io, Worked at @microsoft, @appfog
http://blog.skierkowski.com

Daniel Reeves

Investor in @appjet aka Etherpad. Cofounder of @beeminder (Portland Seed Fund company).
http://messymatters.com

Deacon Johnson

Dad, entrepreneur, @pixelgarde founder. Worked at @intel, @divx and Musicmatch/Yahoo!

Bob Greenberg

@pixelworks co-founder and former CTO [NASDAQ: PXLW]. Angel investor with Oregon Angel Fund (OAF) and Tech Coast Angels.

Bernd Petak

Consultant. Investment Professional. Advisor. Mentor. Opportunities Evaluated, Innovation Managed, Problems Solved, Ideas Developed Into Businesses.

Justin Thiele

Founder @glider-acquired-by-fpx, @mugasha • Worked at @appsumo, @gadgettrak
http://blog.justinthiele.com

Richard W. Kotulski

Founder Clear Day Creative; VP of Ops at AppFog; Director of Communications at CTL Innovations Lab; BD at Savvis/CenturyLink; Studied at Reed College

Nick James

Software Engineer @riviera-partners

James McDermott

Co-Founder @lytics. CEO @storycode; VP Business Development @webtrends. Corporate attorney at Brobeck Phleger & Harrison.

Kathryn Hough

Going to Epidocus for full stack development, seeking contract marketing / strategy work to help make startups awesome.

Jeff Allen

CEO. Entrepreneur. Product Manager/Engineer. Investor. M&A. 20+ yrs in product management and venture capital. 19 investments, $300m+ raised, $17b value.

Diego Mariño

Founded @abiquo and @ducksboard (acquired by @new-relic)

Kyle Morrow

Product Operations @lytics. Business Operations @cozy. Director of Sales and Marketing @coachbase. Founder of ThirstTees. TechStars @Nike+ Accelerator.
http://kylemorrow.org/

Lauren M Wolff

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

Bjorn Freeman-Benson

Software Psychologist and VP of Engineering for @new-relic; previously Amazon among other startups; PhD from UW Seattle

Koesmanto Bong

Founder @salemarked • Work at @kontagent • Worked at @vidoop, @instantaction

Lauren Wallace

Worked at @apple, @microsoft • Investor @glider-acquired-by-fpx

Dan Fearing

Worked at @demand-media, @activision-blizzard, @velocify • Studied at @arizona-state-university

Graham McFarland

A practicing entrepreneur, knee deep in his fifth start-up. Successfully built, funded and exited multiple companies ranging from $10K to over $10M in sales.
http://cinegif.wordpress.com/

Steve Giannini

Software executive & entrepreneur • President @opal-1 • Founder @alliance-network-group, @alliance-pr • Worked at @cnet-networks, @kpmg, @kpmg Consulting LLC

Tyler Benner

COO—Conscious Box. Physicist—Peregrine Semiconductor—IPO. Founder/CEO—Astra Archery. Author/Publisher—Inside the Archer. '08 Olympic Archery Team—Semifinalist.

Alex Scarborough

Founder & CTO @teak • Worked at @cloudability, @garagegames-instant-action, @instantaction. Developer and publisher of social games.

Vidya Spandana

Founder, Principal at Neppalli

Trent Peterson

Founder of AppThwack. Spent 7 years designing and building large-scale system automation frameworks for testing @intel's wireless offerings.

Jake Olsen

Engineer. Technologist. Portland native. Co-founder and CTO of Smart Mocha. Co-founded @platial. Fmr VP of Eng @appfog. Big data @motorola-mobility-inc.

Aaron Gray

Entrepreneur, Product Guy, Team Builder. Founder/CEO @deconstructed. Former VP of User Experience at Thunderhead, Director of Biz Dev at Webtrends.
http://greaterreturns.me

Mike Oliver

Robert Banagale

Founder @gliph • Worked at @bermind, @mentor-graphics • Studied at @babson-college, @oregon-state-university
http://blog.gli.ph

Marcus Estes

CEO at Chroma.

Ryan Williams

Software Developer @teamsnap. Co-founded @networthiq (acquired by @strands in 2008), Founded @lazytweet (sold in 2010).
http://www.webthingsconsidered.com

Patrick Kelly

CEO of Conscious Box. Yogi. Fmr cleantech PE investor and i-banker. Echoing Green Social Investment Council. Competitive amateur golfer.

Scott Krager

Competitive SEO for 7 years. Speaker at SMX, Affiliate Summit. Contributor to Search Engine Journal.
https://blog.serps.com

Joshua Sams

Founder @geniusly (500 Startups) • Investor @engager • CTO @collegefrog • CEO @sprowtt-marketplace (TechCrunch 50) • @harvard-university University

Matt Heitzenroder

Founder @orchestrate

Anne Nichols

Founder @favery • Worked at Norm Thompson Outfitters, @oracle-corporation, @looksmart • Studied at @university-of-california-santa-barbara
http://blog.favery.com/

Kit Cody

CMO @chinook-book • Founder @concrete-media, @trustys-com • VP product @bolt-com • Advisor @aarp, @huddlebot • MS @columbia-university, BA @hampshire-college

Bradley Joyce

If it needs doing, I can get it done. Design / Code / UI / UX / Marketing / Sales
https://grouptalent.com/talent/5039

Matt Hixson

CEO of Tellagence. 8+ years in enterprise software (@tripwire) marketing, operations, strategy, finance. MBA + recovering CPA (@pwc-1)
http://www.thestudyofsocial.com

Alex J. Frazier

Founder at @nextstep-io a @techstars, @nike-accelerator company. Founder at @recbob.

Terry St. Marie

I'm an Entrepreneur & Startup Investor, who loves to write about & practice more human leadership. Co-founder of @sobcon, Prez of @socialmediapdx

Nicholas Asch

Founder @gliph, @caravan • Studied at @concordia-university. Fluent in web infrastructure, MongoDB, Redis, Python, Web front-end and Android.

Kevin Tate

General Partner @upstart-labs Founder @stepchange-group • Investor @second-porch @buuteeq Worked @shopigniter, @dachis-group • Studied at @stanford-university

Tyler Phillipi

Business Co-Founder @cargo, Co-founder & CMO @onthego-platforms, Founded and bootstrapped @cocollage • First startup job employee #28 at @strands

Jonathan Evans

Geeky Pilot. Three-time startup founder. Technologist. Trusted Veteran.

Mauhan M. Zonoozy

Founded @bubbl-3 | @collegecraig | @RangeProductions Invested @YASCapitalPartners | @insite Fellow Studied @GeorgetownLaw @StanfordIgnite Avoids @socks

Misty Denson

Co Founder @nameyourrentnow

Pinky Gonzales

Founder and investor in multiple tech startups ranging from entertainment industry to education. Advisor @ LinkedIn and multi-year mentor at PIE PDX.

Nate DiNiro

Founder VivaPhi, HIBCtv, @code-for-health • Worked at @earth-class-mail, @visual-networks • Studied at @life-university
http://blog.unclenate.com

Ryan Tinker

I've been building websites since I was 9. I can rapidly prototype anything, and I have a good eye for design. I like things that help people live happier and healthier lives.

Joshua Smibert

Director of Content & Growth @roadtrippers Previous: Founder @carbon-ads (acquired by BSA) & @fuel-brand-network (acquired by Design Crowd).

Jim Harrer

Founder Mustang Software, @eventmingle. Past President of Starbase, @web-associates, @alchemy-solutions. InvestMentor at @venturebox.
http://jimharrer.com/index.php/jim-harrer-ceo-blog/latest?format=feed&type=rss

Brian Conley

Founder @shotlist and @small-world-news. Creator of Alive in Baghdad. Trainer Storyteller Entrepreneur Simplifier InfoSec Arabic Spanish

Beau Buck

Solid entrepreneur with mobile, Internet, gaming, and social experience. Co-founder Pricegrabber, Founder mFlix, Founder Bingo.com, Founder Wiith.met, Founder Ultrashortmedia

John Koenig

Founder of Measureful (@measureful), SwellPath (@swellpath) and Warm Current (@awarmcurrent). Analytics & data viz background. Made in Portland.
http://www.johnpkoenig.com

Lynsey Smith

Insatiable Curiosity + Untamed Passion. Ideas + innovation fanatic.
https://www.vizify.com/misslynsey

Michael Long

Serial Entrepreneur

Pat Wilson

Founder & CEO @teak • Worked at @garagegames-instant-action, @instantaction • Studied at @rochester-institute-of-technology

Mara Zepeda

Founder @switchboard-1 Studied at @columbia-university and @reed-college-1. Class of 2103 @piepdx Connector. Maker. Storyteller. Extrovert.
http://blog.switchboardhq.com

Scotty Iseri

Founder of FUNDA, Critically acclaimed producer and game designer.
http://scottyiseri.com

Scott Torborg

Founder Crowd Supply, @cart-logic. Hardware engineering and online retail background. MIT EECS 2007.

Justin Smith

http://about.me/JustinColeSmith http://www.linkedin.com/in/smithjustin http://www.EfficiencyInteractive.com http://www.PayPerOffer.com
http://www.PayPerOffer.com

Alexis Peterka

Co-founder of @stayhound, launched Pitch Club Portland, UI/UX professional since 1996 (@webmd, @snapnames, Xerox)
http://youruisucks.tumblr.com

George Huff

Founder Opal Labs • Studied at @oregon-state-university, @university-of-nottingham

Andrew Saunders

Integrated Marketing & Content Solutions Executive at CAA (@creative-artists-agency). Featured in Wired, Fast Company and Banff Media Festival.
http://www.andrewsaunders.com

David Dyer

Founder and CEO of @proxy. Co-Founder and Chief Strategist for Manifesto. Former clients include @apple, Gap, @microsoft, and Chevron.

Anthony Carroll

Co-founder + CTO, @spotsi. Spend my time with @project-529. Spent last decade in startups.

Kris Pennella

Product strategy & business operations consultant. Fmr COO OSS B2B tools & services co. Built, boot-strapped & sold manufacturing co. Entrepreneur. Fearless.

Aaron Hockley

Photographer (small business + startups: people & stories). Writer. Founder of WP Photographers. Founded WordCamp Portland.
http://www.aaronhockley.com

Steven Wagner

CEO of @dealer-ignition and Dealy, Strong sales and Marketing, Product Development and Architecture.
http://saasceo.me

Stephen McLaughry

From @ibm-research to European banking software to international prediction markets, I've been building high-profile software systems for 15 years.

Alex Howell

Co-Founder and CEO @incomparable-things • @techstars @nike-accelerator • Dual Masters at University of Texas

Nik Blosser

CEO/Co-founder of Chinook Book (Celilo Group Media). Experienced media executive. Chairman of Sokol Blosser Winery.

Nick Park

Co-Founder of @IncomparableCo - Nike+ / TechStars Accelerator Fellow - Wisconsinite - Explorer

Rory Reiff

Founder @fleck-the-bigger-picture • Worked at @chapman-university-2, @pomona-college-2 • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington

Lucas Manfield

Worked at @xatori, @recargo • Studied at @stanford-university

MacKenzie Stout

Founder @ConnectCannabis, @OrganicsDeliver, @GridWideNews & @OpenTechSource ⁞ Business Intelligence | Online Community Development // Crowdsourcing
http://organicventures.wordpress.com/

Andy Rosic

Founder of @player-01. Team lead for @apple retail's EasyPay solution. Led tech team to NAS:GOAM merger with Verizon/Hands-On to form NAS:PRPL ($100M+).

Bryan Sims

Founder of Lendalytics. Chairman at brass MEDIA Inc.

Laura Temel

Adam Ware

CEO at @swellpath. Board member at @measureful. Analytics geek turned CEO.
http://adam-ware.com

Charles Smith

Founder & President @dlvr-it. Experienced start-up executive and entrepreneur. Founder Pheedo, Email Shopping Network (acquired by eUniverse / News Corp.)

Dan Lipert

Founded Techno Garden, The Ministry of Apps, and currently Hyperlayer. Web and mobile developer with focus on next-gen technologies. Former DoD.

Ian Lyman

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).

John Wolosek

Founder of @brickstr. 25+ years of business.

Josiah Tullis

Co-Founder of Canary, Ambassador of Seasteading Institute, CSO of Aqua Terra Planetary Holdings, Licensee at Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies.
http://www.josiahtullis.com

Michelle Rowley

Chief Culture Strategist at Cultivate & Co. Founder of Code Scouts. Passionate community organizer. 1 of 7 Entrepreneur Mag Women to Watch 2014.

Kevin Eagan

Serial corporate entrepreneur, advisor, investor. Co-founder Sidewalk.com (sold to Ticketmaster), eHome (merged with Windows Division), MS Online Stores.

Rob Elam

Energy, tech and sustainability entrepreneur & executive. CEO Propel Fuels.
http://www.robelam.com

Bethany Londyn

Catalyst & CEO of @fitaddikt. Founder @shopaddikt • Studied at @portland-state-university

Hal Newton

Founder of PageMutant and WholeBrain. Balance business skills and technical knowledge.
http://blog.halnewton.com

Nate Angell

Doorman leading growth Little Bird. Raised by wolves. Friend to cheese.

Tim Barkow

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

Karin McKercher

CEO, Indie Vinos. Serial intra-/entrepreneur. Strong business/marketing/legal background. Creative, solutions-oriented, fiercely determined, committed. MBA/JD.

Chad Kruse

Creator of products & new markets. Sideline hacker. BizDev/product/COO @ @greengoose, @cloudengage-1, @bonanza. Early career @intuit and @saic in CorpDev & strategy.
http://www.chadkruse.com

Thomas Worley

Founder @DADO Labs • @Tater Tot Designs • Worked at @digital Blue, @intel • Studied at @oregon State

Elliot Chong

Designer / Developer hybrid. Full stack developer. Fortune 500 marketing agency veteran. Nike+ alumni.
http://blog.elliotjameschong.com/

Nathan Taggart

@launchside builds web-based businesses. They underwrite the projects they work on by providing deeply reduced development costs in exchange for royalties.

Tory Adams

Founder Game Clash • Worked at @portland-state-university-1

Gene Anderson

Gene brings 10+ years of experience as CEO, team leader, and digital strategist, as well as high level management expertise.
http://exploringopportunity.blogspot.com/

Adam Arthur Bier

Founder of Bier Legal, P.C. High-touch, efficient corporate and IP counseling and deal execution for entrepreneurs, technology companies, investors, and foreign businesses in the U.S.

Vitaly Rizhkov

CEO & Founder of Finic Inc.

Mandy Schuler

Founder Tater Tot Designs, Dado Labs • Worked at Digital Blue, FCI Electronics, Scientific-Atlanta • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology

Gavin White

Big, playful presence. Clarity. Purpose. Vision. Well-connected. Knows things about stuff. Solves problems.

Ted Sindzinski

Experienced digital marketer (brand / social / ecommerce). Past founder.

Trent Bigelow

Co-Founder @forsure-labs • Worked at @hp, @windstream-technologies-2 • Studied at @university-of-southern-california

Justin Lewis

Partner/ Director of Digital, @instrument
http://www.justinmlewis.com

Niko Hughes

Student @PSU | Marketing & Creative Strategy @cargo

Kat Bobbitt

Founder @stand-in . Mobile UI/UX & Art Direction. @piepdx '13. @savannah-college-of-art-and-design '07.

Emanuele Tozzato

Someone once said I am a very competent Ruby Artisan
http://italianmondays.com

Jeremy Krall

Co-Founder @fling (@socialblend) Previously: @dachis-group, @cisco, @pure-digital-technologies, @razorfish (@microsoft), @symantec, @langoo (acq @verisign)

Cl. Alex. Chien

Inventor, "Med-Surg Onshoring" (pat. pend.). Project leader $50MM ILEC COs. Leading Wall St. analyst Cable-Modem 1.0. MBA, UNC-Chapel Hill. U-Mich. award.

Maggie Vail

Co-Executive Director at @cash-music. A nonprofit building open source digital tools for artists.

Asa Miller

Founder @stand-in

Trent Nevills

Founder of Amplifier Capital. Hedge Fund manager of $6b+ in assets and two top ranking tech funds. Now private equity, start-up funding and strategic advisory.

Paul

Startup Founder

Dan Coe

Founder and CEO of BlkDot. Leading through design and product vision. Background in e-commerce and UX for category-leading brands.
http://theblkdot.tumblr.com/

Carter Truong

Founder Tabrific • Brand, Consumer and Market Strategist. Big Brand (Nike, Microsoft, Coke, Unilever) and Start-Up (Umbria - sold to McGraw Hill) experience.

Naveen Valeti

Founded and managing VRN JOBS LLC, a technology & management consulting firm based in Portland Oregon. I bring around 9 years of tech & mgmt consulting experience.

Alyson Jones

Visual + Web Designer; Co-founder of Stone Table LLC; Co-founder of @cucune, @forrage.
http://www.alysonjonesstudios.com/blog

Chris Skaggs

Founder of @myreplaylive. Business development and investment manager for a start-up hedge fund & @morgan-stanley. Avid soccer fan, competitive coach & player.

Edwin Tofslie

Product Design Lead at Snapguide. Tofslie Inc. Gif.tv. Gasoline Caps. Creative Direction, Design, Strategy, Montana, Oregon, Fishing, Family, Films, Sports

Josh Aller

CEO, co-founder at @spot-metrix

Isaac Woodrow Schild

Founder @scion-staffing, @s-f-frozen-film-festival-501c3

P. Mark Anderson

I'm the CTO of @spot-metrix, makers of SpinCam and 3DAR

Ben Hoskins

Melissa Brandao

CEO of Rogue Rovers. EV veteran. Ag tech and Ag data geek. Strong Sales and Marketing background, launched more than 10 businesses globally.

Jimmy Douglas

Co-founder @trakt-tv
http://jimmydouglas.me

Imuetinya Teddy Okonokhua

Founder Statisma • Worked at @intel Capital, @intel • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology, @university-of-notre-dame

Erik Howard

Robin Weirich

Branch Manager at Cascade Pacific Home Loans a division of Pinnacle Capital Mtg

Don Park

maker, builder, dreamer

Sergei Malovanyi

CEO of @re-mondes Inc, team of web and mobile developers, front-end engineers and designers.
http://blog.re-mondes.com

Edgar Navas

Founder CLIQA, @disashop-usa • Worked at @the-nafta-group • Studied at @sda-bocconi-school-of-management, @texas-state-university-san-marcos

lee muhl

CEO of @bonzerdarg. Co-founded 4 funded startups. Worked at Growthink, Pollock, Bloom & Dekom, LLP and @icm in media financing. @university-of-california-los-angeles Law, JD.

Douglas Perednia

VP at Asta Ltd. Entrepreneur, author and physician with considerable experience with for- and non-profit start-ups. Former researcher for the NIH.

Mark Tishenko

CEO of @edge-it-group. Founded @celestial-products (Acquired by Anlekus Investments), Killing the baby monitor.

zacharyjeans

Keep it Simple: Mobile, Social, & Cloud. I am the Founder of @tourizing, a Brand Engagement Company that is strongly aligned with @salesforce & @marketingcloud
http://www.kred.com/zacharyjeans

David Heller

Founder SupplierView, FullUp • Worked at @hewlett-packard, @us-army • Studied at @university-of-colorado-system

Steve E. Tice

COO EVDrive, 31 years, 3 tech start-ups, c-level exec, key tech, marketing & operations skills honed in aerospace, powersports, advertzing, simulation to gaming

Jacob Irwin

Co-founder and CEO @kimerick-technologies
http://jacobirw.wordpress.com/

Jason White

Managing Director, Wieden + Kennedy Shanghai. Former Nike Global Account Director at W+K Portland.

Steve Gray

Founder @pacific-emotion-telegen-systems • Studied at @purdue-university

Allison Deverman Vietor

Babson MBA, design ethnographer, IP and business strategist, extensive experience in international development and entrepreneurship in emerging economies

Scott Fouser

CEO at @gruntworks Inc. Co-founder and Advisor at LeaseEasy. 20+ years in the real estate business. Built @realnet to $70M/yr. Inc. 500 twice #298 & #89. YPO
http://gruntworksusa.com/category/blog/

Marc Lamoureux

Entrepreneur. Serial startup enthusiast in the Mobile Software/Telephony space, as employee, executive and founder: Microcell, Clearnet, WordLogic Systems, SAI.

Stephen A. Ridley

Founder Tally • Worked at @simple, @mcafee-inc • Studied at @tennessee-state-university
http://www.dontstuffbeansupyournose.com

Christian G. Warden

Doing force.com and mobile development right now. Previously built CMS, spam filtering, CRM, and BI systems.

Salih Waritu

Founder @appstyr , @seenuu • Worked at @navex-global • Studied at @university-of-oregon

Tyler Foreman

Founder and co-CEO/CTO at @mojalink-1. First startup was angel funded and successfully exited. Product showcased by Obama. Worked at @intel and Agilent.

Bryan Geraldo

COO at @bitharvest

Patrick Triato

Founder @carbon-audio, @bnd • Studied at @case-western-reserve-university, @cleveland-institute-of-art

Sam Beck

Founder and designer @blueshift • Fake engineer • Studied art and math @columbia-university
http://blueshiftPDX.com/blog

Travis Rush

Founder Sightbox

Jesse Richardson

CCO and Co Founder of @conscious-box. Editor in Chief of Organic Soul; @university-of-california-los-angeles
http://www.organicsoul.com/

Derek Wyatt

Copywriter & Digital Marketing Strategist to startups and early stage entrepreneurs encouraging growth through marketing.

Troy Ylitalo

Co-Founder, CEO of Period Paper. Founder, former CEO UXIBIT, Inc.

Justyn Baker

Founder Vonsor. Seasoned intrepreneur with Expertise in online content licensing, delivery technology with over $15mil in revenue from long term partnerships.

Nicholas Gilman

Founder @kimera-systems; Founder @TessComm, Inc.; Executive @kimera-systems; Int'l Business Development @instantiations

Tucker S. Meager, ND

Founder of NaturaeSoft. Naturopathic Physician, @bastyr-university 2001, Owner @two-rivers-natural-health Clinic. Treasurer of the COAND

Razaik Singh

Founder @survis • Works at @intel • Studied at @university-of-michigan

Susan Clare

Founded @longshot-apparel-2. Entrepreneurially bombastic & insightful. Devoted to connecting the dots between companies, consumers and the real world.

Thomas Rheingans

Dan Evans

Ben McMaster

UX/UI designer and developer and co-founder @vimify. Previously: development lead at Hooky Interactive, lead front-end developer for NikeTeam.com
http://blog.vimify.com

Sutton Stern

Founder: @policros & @mirror-realms. Mgmt experience at PeopleSoft. Consulting Clients: Nikeid, NIKERUNNING.com, Nikestore.com, TurboTax.com, Starbucks, Sybase.
http://www.mirrorrealms.com/blog

Nicholas Aliabadi

First tech startup in high school. Computer Science WWU, iTunes U. MeowTime Founder.

Jonas Jones

English and Politics Major Ithaca College, Restructured Basis Inc. 2M-120M, Founded Boys to Men Mentoring Group, CEO Bear Brewing Inc.

Darren Stowell

CEO ActivEd. Strong background in business and impacting lives through K-12 education.

Janice Levenhagen-Seeley

MBA Willamette University, Computer Engr Oregon State. Founder of trovi, ChickTech. Passionate about making a difference.

Rick Sheinin

Co-Founder @fomo-media • Studied at @claremont-graduate-university, @chapman-university Professional Wanderer

Raymond Goeser

Founder S.U.I.T.S Initiative • Studied at @oregon-institute-of-technology, and is currently running a music production company.
http://suitsprogram.blogspot.com

Ryan Rabideau

Founder @rentstory • Worked at @fisher-investments • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park

Beth Mercante

Founder Over 40 Females, @ludian-llc • Worked at @grubb-ellis, @aig-investments • Investor @over-40-females • Studied at @university-of-washington

Roheet Kakaday

MD Candidate at OHSU; Interdisciplinarian and tech enthusiast; Author of The Biopsy; UCSD Chuao Scholar; Always looking to make a difference.

Hannes Schmied

Founder of IIS New Media Labs, Co-Founder of CardSkid

Matthew Mangus

https://www.vizify.com/matthew-mangus

True North

Recovering Army NCO, Military Recruiter and Personal Trainer. Co-Founder & CEO of BeFit Portland, Partner & Public Figure of Mrs. Britt's Soup, Thru-Hike Junkie
http://www.cdausa.wordpress.com

Zia Word

Co-founder Lialina, Fewe.st, AFTR & Guerrilla Gameshow. Worked with large brands bringing digital to life. Tech, Creative, Growth hacking, Marketing & business

Jaime R. Wood

Taught for 14 years at the middle school, university, and community college level. Founded a charter school in Colorado at age 24. Passionate about education.
http://incitedcrowdfundingeducation.tumblr.com/

Chris Zelenka

CoFounder @free-range-labs-inc - Previous operations at TENSV a start up incubator - consulting for mobile, health, and retail companies

Nick Kassab

Experienced real estate professional Nick Kassab acts as Senior Associate Broker at Portland, Oregon-based Capacity Commercial Group, LLC.
http://nicholaskassab.wordpress.com/

Stephen Johnson

President of @illinois-clean-fuels, a plant that will make diesel and jet fuel from biomass & coal; Founded hedge fund (327.84% return net of fees in 5 yrs)
http://www.cleancoalfuels.com/blog/

John Thorbeck

Founder for Lead Time Optimization (LTO)™ for global speed-to-market capabilities for retailers and brands. CEO, entrepreneur and Harvard MBA.

Dusti Arab

Writer + Speaker. Coffee shop owner. Successfully Kickstarted a book. Overcame PPD, suicide attempt, and more to change the way moms connect to each other.

Sean Rudford

Tom Heckmann

Founder Fitugo. Health and Fitness startup. Finance background (Relational Investors, LaBranche and Co.,Heckmann Corp., PCI Partners)

John Martin

Designer and co founder at Fiender • Worked at @nike as Global Creative Director of Nike SB (Skateboarding) and Nike Snowboarding.

JB Fearn

Studied at University of Oregon

Rajesh Krishnan

Founder/ CTO @belTowr-financial. Founder @survis, Worked at Intel. Full stack development engineer with management experience

Nicholas Erler

15 years of sales and marketing experience. Worked at Google, Ricoh and Océ.

Paul Peterson

Founder Volta Volare' Corp. • Worked at @merrill-lynch • Studied at @university-of-minnesota-twin-cities

Candace Terry

Founder Breaking Language Selvedge Solution • Worked at @united-states-navy • Studied at @university-of-kentucky

Nat West

Hard cider geek, recovering IT/software director. I attended the most prestigious cidermaking class in the US, made cider for six years and sold a tech company.

Amelia Pape

It's the least I can do, to see the world with open eyes.
http://amiecuisine.tumblr.com/

Max Aguirre

Co-Founder of Know eSports. Studied Philosophy and ECE at Portland State University.

Shams Barnhart

Founder @fomo-media • Studied at @university-of-oregon

Michkael Baker

Cultural Systems Engineer-Celebrating Social Entrepreneurship,Creative Innovation, Promoting Business, Building Community.

Jonathan Mann

Founder @sublime-learning • Studied at @arizona-state-university

Brendan Ward

Social good extraordinaire, looking to work for and with exceptional, idealistic startups.

Joshua Knotts

Marketing Director - Sage Harbor Investments. MBA - @liberty-university University. B.A. Advertising/PR University of S. Indiana. Founder JRK - Properties (bubble burst).

Brett Perkins

CEO Of @powder-puff-extreme; NFL Free Agent; 2x Minor League Football 1st Team All-American & Tight End of the Year; Team USA Football Captain.

Terry Bean

Terry Bean studied at @university-of-oregon --- President and CEO of Bean Investment Real Estate --- Human Rights Activist
http://beinbean.com

Didip Kerabat

Co-founder On the Plates. Senior developer and DevOps. • Worked at @kongregate, @goldstar • Studied at @UO
http://didipkerabat.com

Marco Buhlmann

Dedicated, internationally-educated entrepreneur and business developer specialized in high growth, technology driven companies.

David Molina

CEO of @bilingualhire; Former @USArmy Captain; Amateur programmer.
http://davidcmolina.tumblr.com/

Aman Dhaliwal

Co-Founder Skillgaroo • Studied at @university-of-british-columbia

Liza Tapp

Founder, Soul Collaborative, Portland, OR.

Joe Novello

Experienced nurse; experienced entrepreneur; experienced nurse entrepreneur. Led his last startup to exit and is on to the next.
http://hct2co.blogspot.com

Adam Koller

Principal Director at @marah-creative. Design and develop digital projects as an integrated team member for startups.
http://www.marahcreative.com/blog/

Andrew Clayton

Founder @fomo-media • Studied at @chapman-university

Mark Dilson

Producer/Editor of The Portland Pick. New Media Communications major from Oregon State University.

Chris Aplin

Web Designer @ Seattle Pacific University  • Worked at @placefull-inc

Matt Murphy

Founder/CEO of Proper Course & Co. • Studied at @florida-state-university • Heavy advertising background (automotive)

Joel Serino

Founder at @sproutcamp Accelerator (now Focal Shift). Editor at Large at @Thinq4Yourself. Growth Hacker at @Simflofy. Hacking the planet.
http://thinq4yourself.com

Minot Frye

Founder/CEO, E|CON Building Systems; inventor 49F Energy Investment System; founder Anthem Partners; former SVP Global Strategy, Zurich; I'm always right.
http://blog.e-con.us/

Josh Gates

Studied at @oregon-state-university

Larry McKenzie

Android Developer @globant, @ebay, Founder @my-world-news . Broadcast Professional & Self-taught Developer. Android, iOS, RoR, Javascript, HTML5 & CSS3.

Rhyan Reid

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.

Zach Smith

Worked at @providence-health-and-services • Studied at @washington-state-university

Jason Collingwood

CTO at @launchside.com connecting users to cool new websites and apps.

JB Beyer

Lead Consultant
http://timetopivot.com

Benoît Barberousse

Founder @skillsesh • Worked at @real-leather-design, @lane-technical-college-preparatory-debate-team • Studied at @depaul-university

Eric Wiler

Founder @martell-tv • Studied at @western-michigan-university I've worked at Republic Pictures, Golden Girls, Castle Rock, Happy Madison, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rue McClanahan

Ryan J MacPherson

Founder and CEO of Ealasaid Interactive, storyteller, husband & father, coffee snob, STEAMpunk

Clement James

Founder of Skyslip

Sarah Tripp Stephan

Be Good. Do Good. SVP at @pyramid-communications.

Nilofar

Business blog writer with a passion for creation and management of web content and building online brand presence.

Henry Hiltner

Graham Keavney

Founder: @itsybid (launched Sept 2010). Co-Founder: Surftix. B.S. - Marketing & Ad Management

Karen Hellweg

Jesse Scott

Over a decade of web development experience including custom e-commerce, large scale content management, and business infrastructure projects.

Corey Rust

Founder & CEO of EnviJet, @envi-footwear • Worked at @intel, @horizon-air • Studied at @eastern-oregon-university

Peter Herring

trovi is my 3rd company; very strong marketing/branding background. Given today's social world, I now believe that companies guided by a multi-stakeholder operating system are best positioned to thrive in the new marketplace reality

Adam Parry

Design Founder @gift-gather

B. Scott Taylor

Founder Green Endeavor Inc. • Worked at @3m, @mfs-communications

Dan Wakefield

E-Commerce Entrepreneur. Founder & Managing Partner at @yardrents. Enterprise E-Commerce Consultant (Hasbro, PetSmart, Kroger/FredMeyer, Kohls & Nike).

Mark Grimes

find me @neddotcom

Jill Scott

Jill Scott Founder - Professor Sam, Experience in sales, social media marketing, web and app design, e-commerce

Cody Cox

Founder / CEO of SkyJuke • Former Human Intelligence Collector in US Army • Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan • Worked at US Consulate in Iraq

Catherine Nikolovski

Founder of Hack Oregon. Founder of CuddleUp. Market Development Director at Portland Code School.

Jeremy Johnson

Mobile Project Manager @forix & Freelance writer. Interested in mobile, music, photography, frisbee & food. As well as many other things.

Ryan Rebo

I make things from scratch, with code, pixels, color and sound. Developer // Designer // Musician

Rod Cook

Founder and owner of Alpine Auto Body, Rod Cook now has three thriving locations in the city across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon.
http://rodcookportlandoregon.tumblr.com/

Jay Peterson

Founder of a quant hedge fund & computer-assisted drug design lab. AI. Making sense of information in a chaotic world. San Francisco, Portland, Seattle.

Huan Meng

Founder @civva. CS, CGI, Video Game, Interactive Media Development, Fashion & Luxury.

Rami Kassab

Erick Jorgensen

Founder Mortgage and Boutique Construction companies. Served in US Navy Triathlete

Julien Coulon

Co-founder and General Manager at @cedexis-2
http://www.cedexis.com/blog

Umer Ejaz

Sylviane Norris

President & Secretary of @hyaqu, Inc. 2011. Malagasy Traveler Extraordinaire

Eric Weymueller

CoFounder @contentai-studios. Successful backstory @ intersection of consumer-facing media and emerging technologies.

Mike Dimeo Portland

For more than 20 years, real estate broker Mike Dimeo of Portland, Oregon, has demonstrated keen industry acumen and a high capacity for sales.
http://mikedimeoportland.wordpress.com/

Tim Chereck

Founder of Hintme.com, Vice President of Marketing, Art Director, Small Business Owner. Team Builder and Coach

Shaven Hippie

Shaven Hippie produces a Do It Yourself Maternity Panel Kit and Maternity Sewing Patterns that save new moms to be hundreds of dollars on maternity clothes.

M A R I J A N A

Gary Coe

http://garycoe.tumblr.com/

Justin Hoey

CEO of @everyday-paradise. Marketer for @autodesk Manufacturing, BMX Film Maker, Self Made.
http://about.me/justinhoey

TJ Banick

Technical Recruiter at Jobspring Partners. Aspiring Journalist. Freelance Web Developer.

Jeremiah Kastner

previous experience includes working for companies such as Adobe, @yahoo, HP, Extensis, and Siemens

Kris Watson

Founder @lumous

Jen Procter, CHt., M.NLP, HCHI

Owner of Portland Dog Runner, Inc, Oregon's first dog running service. Pet care professional, Hypnotherapist and Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis Instructor.

Will Glass

Founder of Drink Deck LLC. We've created a print and digital media concept for foodies and bar enthusiasts for travel in top food and drink destinations.

Peter Francis MD

Studied at University College London, U. of London. President and Founder of Pacific Ophthalmology Consulting.
http://peterfrancis1.wordpress.com/

Bee Local

Bee Local produces micro-batch artisan honey in unique neighborhood varieties. Like wine each has its own taste profile. Raw, healthy and delicious.
http://www.beelocal.com/blog

Gary Walter

Savinglives, one conversation at a time - speaking up for those without a voice.
http://www.daddytude.com

Simon King

Current: Founder/CEO of @wordspreadz. Dir of Dev: Portland SW, VP BusDev: NetActive, MD: Renaissance SW, President for Korean consumer company: Treksta.
http://blog.wordspreadz.com/