An Executive Community 

Led by your Peers

The PDX Technology Forum is an invitation only summit for technology executives from the leading brands in the Portland area. Hosted at the Moda Center, the forum is steered by a leadership team of Technology Executives. These executives are responsible for driving the strategic direction of the forum, ensuring the sessions bring relevant content and maximum value. 

The PDX Technology Forum is part of the PDX Executive Forums, a series of summits created to build a stronger community among brand executives in the greater Portland Metro area. Speakers, topics, attendees and partners are selected through a nomination process and participate by invitation only.  

LEADERSHIP TEAM

The Forum is steered by the Leadership Team. These executives are responsible for the strategic direction of the Forum, and each of the sessions are structured to bring relevant content and maximum value. 

Ken Nagel

EVP, Chief Technology Officer 

Umpqua Bank

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Jenni Doyle

Vice President

Enterprise Applications

KinderCare Education

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Jesper Frederiksen

Chief Information Officer

Mars Petcare

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Michael Hirt

Chief Information Officer

Columbia Sportswear

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Scott Williams

Chief Technology Officer

CD Baby

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Leo Howell

Chief Information Security Officer

University of Oregon

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Arron Privatsky

Director of

Information Technology

Craft Brew Alliance

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Jim Downing

Chief Information Officer

NW Natural

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Jessie Minton

Chief Information Officer

University of Oregon

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Syed Hussain

Chief Information Officer

Oregon Lottery 

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Rob Blaskowsky

Chief Information Officer

Fortive 

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Jeff Maurer

Vice President

Information Technology

Nautilus, Inc. 

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Dan Gaul

Co-Founder &

Chief Technology Officer

Digital Trends

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Bill McBain

CIO

Hanna Andersson

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Damien Francaviglia

Vice President, Technology

& Business Transformation

OMSI

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Tim Meier

Senior Director,

IT | CIO

Lattice Semiconductor

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Srikanth Thiruvallur

Chief Information Officer

Banfield Pet Hospital

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Bob Leek

CIO

Multnomah County

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Abe Lietz

CIO

KinderCare Education

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Dennis Baker

Vice President

 Architecture

KinderCare Education

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John Kochavatr

CIO

PGE

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Lutz Beck

CIO

Daimler Trucks 

North America

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Robert Rice

Vice President,Technology

Portland Timbers

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Casey DeGroot

SVP

Shared Services

Audigy

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Thank You To Our Sponsors

Sponsors are nominated by the forum leadership team and participate by invitation. 

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PDX Executive Forums

The Technology Forum is part of the PDX Executive Forums, a series of invitation only summits for Portland brand executives. 

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