People
Meet 1453 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Portland's tech scene.
Pinky Gonzales
Founder and investor in multiple tech startups ranging from entertainment industry to education. Advisor @ LinkedIn and multi-year mentor at PIE PDX.
Tore C. Steen
Co-founder and CEO at CrowdStreet. Worked at @janrain @earthlink, @webtrends • Studied at @duke-university, @Notre Dame
Andrew Saunders
Integrated Marketing & Content Solutions Executive at CAA (@creative-artists-agency). Featured in Wired, Fast Company and Banff Media Festival.
Jason Grigsby, ☁4
Mobile Strategist, Co-Founder of CloudFour.com and MobilePortland.com, Co-Author of Head First Mobile Web http://bit.ly/hf-mw, reality-based community member
Matt McIlwain
Investor @tastemaker
Diego Mariño
Founded @abiquo and @ducksboard (acquired by @new-relic)
Ran Raviv
Founder @from-estee-s-kitchen • Worked at @iberdrola, @ormat-technologies • Studied at @mit-sloan-school-of-management, @university-of-buckingham
Jenn Lynch
Venture Partner at @portlandseedfund, founder & partner at @upstart-labs, formerly of @kronos-incorporated and @yahoo. @columbia-business-school School 2003.
Justin Thiele
Founder @glider-acquired-by-fpx, @mugasha • Worked at @appsumo, @gadgettrak
Chris Teso
CEO & Founder of @chirpify
Matt Hixson
CEO of Tellagence. 8+ years in enterprise software (@tripwire) marketing, operations, strategy, finance. MBA + recovering CPA (@pwc-1)
Joshua Smibert
Director of Content & Growth @roadtrippers Previous: Founder @carbon-ads (acquired by BSA) & @fuel-brand-network (acquired by Design Crowd).
Garrick Schmitt
Managing Director, Experience & Platforms and Razorfish San Francisco Office. Pragmatic futurist; design strategist; ; sporadic AdAge contributor.
Ken Westin
Founder of @gadgettrak the innovator of mobile tracking and data protection software for laptops, smartphones and other devices.
Michael Taus
VP Marketing @abodo. Founder + advisor @crowdstreet @cinephiled @founderspad @aquo @rent.com. Aspiring polymath. Ciderist. Hiker. Skier. Diver. Husband + dad.
Drew Smith
Angel Investor. Extensive investing, corporate development, and strategy experience in senior roles at @intel-capital, McKinsey, and Tripwire.
Gregg Cochran
At Techstars building Powered By Accelerators with Nike/Disney/Barclays/Sprint/RGA/Kaplan.
Dan Hon
Interactive Creative Director at Wieden + Kennedy
Danielle Alexander
Growth and Innovation Consultant
Nick LaFond
Connecting great Ideas with Money.. @WasteLessLiving @Empress_Secret VC @nlfventures | Investor | Entrepreneur | Startup Advisor | War Veteran | Thought Leader
Aaron Parecki
Co-founder of @geoloqi, acquired by Esri. Now CTO of @esri R&D Center, Portland
Tim Schwab
Never-ending-wellspring of optimism and ideas, previously CEO @sales-beach and sales, ops, BD, product @life360 @safe-shepherd @aig @travel-guard
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.
Eric Doebele
Seed and growth stage investor, advisor, and board member.