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.

Steve August

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

Dylan Boyd

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

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.

Drew Bernard

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

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

Pat McCarthy

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

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

Jason Seats

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

Lucas Carlson

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

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.

Paresh Patel

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

Michael Richardson

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

Rick Turoczy

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

Rich Schmelzer

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

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.

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

Nick Farina

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

Ryan Fink

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

Aaron Parecki

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

Tom Turnbull

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

Matt Wallington

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

Darren Powderly

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

Courtney Couch

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

Gino Zahnd

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

Chris Teso

CEO & Founder of @chirpify

John Stromquist

11-year CFO in the tech industry. CPA.

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

Noah Pepper

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

Todd Silverstein

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

Ty Frackiewicz

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

Eli Tucker

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

Paul Ford

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

Kiyo Kubo

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

Darin Glatt

CTO and co-founder @mobilerq

Mikalina Kirkpatrick

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

Joshua Blank

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

Kevin McCloskey

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

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

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.

Daniel Reeves

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

Henry Nothhaft, Jr.

Founder, Board Director & Chief Product Officer @ Trapit

Justin Thiele

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

Jeff Martens

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

Cuong Nguyen

Nino Marchetti

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

Ken Westin

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

Bernd Petak

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

Michael Taus

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

Tim Elliott

Founder at @savvr. Software Engineer.

Deacon Johnson

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

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.

Peat Bakke

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

Bob Greenberg

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

Dayn Wilberding

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

Eli Rubel

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

Maciej Skierkowski

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

Mike Lee

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

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.

Steve Giannini

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

Kathryn Hough

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

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.

Vidya Spandana

Founder, Principal at Neppalli

Tyler Benner

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

Trent Peterson

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

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

Alex Scarborough

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

Jeff Allen

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

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/

Dan Fearing

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

Koesmanto Bong

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

Lauren Wallace

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

Kyle Morrow

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

Diego Mariño

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

Bjorn Freeman-Benson

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

Nick James

Software Engineer @riviera-partners

James McDermott

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

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

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

Nicholas Asch

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

Joshua Sams

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

Bradley Joyce

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

Matt Heitzenroder

Founder @orchestrate

Kit Cody

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

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

Kevin Tate

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

Robert Banagale

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

Patrick Kelly

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

Mike Oliver

Misty Denson

Co Founder @nameyourrentnow

Alex J. Frazier

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

Mauhan M. Zonoozy

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

Ryan Williams

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

Marcus Estes

CEO at Chroma.

Tyler Phillipi

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

Scott Krager

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

Anne Nichols

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

Jonathan Evans

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

Matt Hixson

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

Lynsey Smith

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

George Huff

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

Beau Buck

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

Nate DiNiro

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

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

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

Scotty Iseri

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

John Koenig

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

Anthony Carroll

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

David Dyer

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

Brian Conley

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

Justin Smith

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

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

Joshua Smibert

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

Alexis Peterka

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

Scott Torborg

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

Michael Long

Serial Entrepreneur

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.

Pinky Gonzales

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

Pat Wilson

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

Nik Blosser

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

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+).

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).

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

Aaron Hockley

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

Laura Temel

Rory Reiff

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

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

Dan Lipert

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

Charles Smith

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

Kris Pennella

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

Lucas Manfield

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

Nick Park

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

Steven Wagner

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

Bryan Sims

Founder of Lendalytics. Chairman at brass MEDIA Inc.

MacKenzie Stout

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

John Wolosek

Founder of @brickstr. 25+ years of business.

Adam Ware

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

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.

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

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/

Elliot Chong

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

Kevin Eagan

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

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

Rob Elam

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

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

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.

Tory Adams

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

Nate Angell

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

Karin McKercher

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

Justin Lewis

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

Mandy Schuler

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

Thomas Worley

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

Trent Bigelow

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

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.

Chris Skaggs

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

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.

Edwin Tofslie

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

Emanuele Tozzato

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

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.

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/

Josh Aller

CEO, co-founder at @spot-metrix

Alyson Jones

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

Kat Bobbitt

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

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.

Ben Hoskins

P. Mark Anderson

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

Maggie Vail

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

Niko Hughes

Student @PSU | Marketing & Creative Strategy @cargo

Jeremy Krall

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

Paul

Startup Founder

Isaac Woodrow Schild

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

Asa Miller

Founder @stand-in

Don Park

maker, builder, dreamer

Steve Gray

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

Erik Howard

Jason White

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

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

Edgar Navas

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

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.

Sergei Malovanyi

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

Robin Weirich

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

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.

David Heller

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

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

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

Jimmy Douglas

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

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/

Mark Tishenko

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

Allison Deverman Vietor

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

Jacob Irwin

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

Imuetinya Teddy Okonokhua

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

Nicholas Gilman

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

Salih Waritu

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

Justyn Baker

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

Travis Rush

Founder Sightbox

Susan Clare

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

Thomas Rheingans

Sam Beck

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

Christian G. Warden

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

Nicholas Aliabadi

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

Dan Evans

Bryan Geraldo

COO at @bitharvest

Razaik Singh

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

Troy Ylitalo

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

Derek Wyatt

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

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.

Tucker S. Meager, ND

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

Patrick Triato

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

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

Jesse Richardson

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

Beth Mercante

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

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/

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/

Sean Rudford

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/

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

Matthew Mangus

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

Rick Sheinin

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

Roheet Kakaday

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

Tom Heckmann

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

Janice Levenhagen-Seeley

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

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

Chris Zelenka

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

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.

Darren Stowell

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

Jonas Jones

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

Ryan Rabideau

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

John Thorbeck

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

Hannes Schmied

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

Michkael Baker

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

Marco Buhlmann

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

Aman Dhaliwal

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

Shams Barnhart

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

Brendan Ward

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

Candace Terry

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

Nicholas Erler

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

Rajesh Krishnan

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

Max Aguirre

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

JB Fearn

Studied at University of Oregon

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/

Joshua Knotts

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

Didip Kerabat

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

David Molina

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

Terry Bean

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

Jonathan Mann

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

John Martin

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

Paul Peterson

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

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.

Larry McKenzie

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

Clement James

Founder of Skyslip

Jason Collingwood

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

Adam Koller

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

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

Benoît Barberousse

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

Joel Serino

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

Mark Dilson

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

Chris Aplin

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

Andrew Clayton

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

JB Beyer

Lead Consultant
http://timetopivot.com

Matt Murphy

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

Ryan J MacPherson

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

Sarah Tripp Stephan

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

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.

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/

Liza Tapp

Founder, Soul Collaborative, Portland, OR.

Josh Gates

Studied at @oregon-state-university

Zach Smith

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

Rami Kassab

Adam Parry

Design Founder @gift-gather

Dan Wakefield

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

Nilofar

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

Ryan Rebo

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

Catherine Nikolovski

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

B. Scott Taylor

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

Cody Cox

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

Huan Meng

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

Jesse Scott

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

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/

Mark Grimes

find me @neddotcom

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.

Karen Hellweg

Graham Keavney

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

Henry Hiltner

Jill Scott

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

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

Corey Rust

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

Jeremy Johnson

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

Eric Weymueller

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

Erick Jorgensen

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

Umer Ejaz

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/

Tim Chereck

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

M A R I J A N A

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.

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.

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.

Julien Coulon

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

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/

Gary Walter

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

Sylviane Norris

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

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

Peter Francis MD

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

Gary Coe

http://garycoe.tumblr.com/

TJ Banick

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

Kris Watson

Founder @lumous

Jeremiah Kastner

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

Justin Hoey

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