BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T020000 RDATE:20190310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190323T214624Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190403T163000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190403T113000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190323T214624Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190323T214624Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250475332 DESCRIPTION:Description \;\nPortland Startup Week begins April 1 (no j oke!)\, and Sila will be hosting a conference in the middle of all the e vents. \;\n \;\nFinnovation PDX is a chance for the FinTech commun ity - its leaders\, employees\, investors\, supporters\, and customers - to come together\, deepen connections\, celebrate wins\, and share less ons and insights. \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nThe event will be broke n up into 4 thought-provoking segments: \;\n \;\nVC &\; Investm ent - How are VCs viewing the rise of FinTech startups\, especially bloc kchain and crypto-specific businesses? \;\n \;\nConsumers - With pioneering companies like Simple leading the way\, how has the consumer experience around banking\, finance\, and FinTech evolved? \;\n \; \nProduct + Engineering - What kinds of tools and resources are changing how FinTech products get made? \;\n \;\nFounders - The experience of building and scaling a FinTech company is radically different than i t was 10 years ago. How are founders changing their approach? \;\n 3\;\n \;\n \;\nFollowing the event please join us at the Portland City Grill (30th Floor of the U.S. Bancorp Tower) for Happy Hour\, and S ila's Beta Launch! \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nAgenda: \;\n \;\ n11:30 - Lunch\, mingle\, grab a seat \;\n \;\n12:00 - Kick off ke ynote with Matt Compton \;\n \;\n12:20 - VC &\; Investment Pane l: The Investor’s Perspective. Featuring moderator Matt Compton &\; p anelists Hope Cochran\, Geoff Harris\, &\; Stephen Green \;\n \ ;\n1:10 - Consumer Panel: Evolution of the Consumer Experience. Featurin g moderator Josh Reich &\; panelists Randy Fernando\, Melissa Geyer\, Andy Van Oostrum\, &\; Amy Pearl \;\n \;\n2:00 - Grab a snack and check out the demo of Sila’s brand spanking new beta! \;\n \;\ n2:15 - Product Panel: FinTech Product Innovation. Featuring moderator S hamir Karkal &\; panelists Ian Collins\, Laura Spiekerman &\; Ange la Angelovska-Wilson \;\n \;\n3:05 - Founders Panel: Scaling a Fin tech Company. Featuring moderator Kasey Jones &\; panelists David Nel sen\, Alexandra Horrigan\, &\; Isaac Hines \;\n \;\n4:10 - Fina l Talk with David Nelsen \;\n \;\n5pm - Finnovation Happy Hour &am p\; Sila Beta Launch Party!!! \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nMeet the Sp eakers &\; Panelists: \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nDavid Nelsen Bum ped \;\n \;\nDavid Nelsen: Founder &\; CEO at Bumped\, David le ads the first ever FinTech company to leverage stock ownership to build one-to-one relationships between brands and their customers. Prior to Bu mped\, David was CEO and co-founder of Giftango\, a digital payments com pany that brought the digital gift card to market for many of the larges t global brands. \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nLaura Spiekerman Alloy&# 13\;\n \;\nLaura Spiekerman: Co-founder &\; CRO at Alloy\, where s he builds APIs for financial services to manage identity verification fr om signup through the life of the customer. Laura also has over 8 years of experience in the financial world\, including advanced work with mobi le payments at Knox Payments &\; Kopo Kopo. \;\n \;\n \;\n&# 13\;\nAndy Van Oostrum Cognigy \;\n \;\nAndy Van Oostrum: VP of No rth American Sales at Cognigy\, a conversational AI platform\, Andy enab les the partner ecosystem and drives client engagement in the categories of both voice and text virtual assistants. Andy is also a digital strat egist\, and largely sits at the intersection of marketing and technology . He worked in the Sitecore ecosystem for 10 years\, and has held board positions at the American Marketing Association\, Portland Advertising F ederation\, and SOLVE. \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nMelissa Geyer Seed \;\n \;\nMelissa Geyer: CXO at Seed\, a business banking startup based in Portland\, Melissa builds and scales customer experience-driven FinTech support teams. She also worked previously at consumer bank Simp le\, where she served as Director of Customer Relations for the startup as it launched. \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nGeoff Harris Flying Fish \;\n \;\nGeoff Harris: Co-Founder &\; Managing Partner at Flyi ng Fish\, a Venture Capital firm based in Seattle. Geoff also serves on the Seattle Angel Board of Directors\, a non-profit with a mission of ed ucating both entrepreneurs and potential angel investors\, and is heavil y involved in promoting angel investing within Seattle in an effort to g row the funding ecosystem for local startups. Prior to his work in inves ting Geoff spent 15 years at Microsoft in Engineering Leadership and Exe cutive Leadership positions. \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nAlexandra Ho rigan Aspiration \;\n \;\nAlexandra Horigan: Founding team member &\; VP of Strategic Initiatives at Aspiration\, a socially conscious financial firm. Prior to Aspiration\, Alexandra spent half a decade on W all Street in sales\, and as a broker for Intercontinental Exchange and Cantor Fitzgerald. Alexandra is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder\, a former competitive skier\, and most importantly\, a mom to two boys. \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nAmy Pearl seedpay \;\n 3\;\nAmy Pearl: Director of Community Develpment at seedpay\, a financia l services social enterprise that leverages blockchain technology to str engthen communities. Previously Amy was founder and CEO of Hatch Innovat ion\, where she helped launch new local investing laws to promote commun ity capital. She believes in working upstream to develop new tools for p ositive disruption. \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nMatt Compton Oregon V enture Fund \;\n \;\nMatt Compton: General Partner at Oregon Ventu re Fund\, Matt's been an active startup investor and advisor in Oregon f or the past decade. Previously he held various product\, partnership\, a nd marketing leadership roles at Yahoo! during their rapid growth period from 2002 to 2007. In 2008\, he began investing with the Oregon Angel F und\, and has also served on the boards of several early and growth stag e companies\, including Jama and Simple Financial - currently Matt is on the board of REI. \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nIsaac Hines Sila \; \n \;\nIsaac Hines: Co-founder &\; COO at Sila\, Isaac also has 20 years of experience in the energy sector\, where Isaac served as financ e director and general manager and oversaw upwards of $200m in projects. \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nAngela Angelovska-Wilson Sila \;\n 3\;\nAngela Angelovska-Wilson: Co-founder &\; CLO at Sila\, Angela al so plays a major role in the world of blockchain technology regulations as a lawyer at DLx Law in New York City. She has an extensive wealth of experience in law\, and serves as a CCO for Digital Asset Holdings LLC.& #13\;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nShamir Karkal Sila \;\n \;\nShamir Karkal: Co-founder &\; CEO at Sila\, Shamir was also co-founder of Si mple\, a Portland-based bank that is digital-only\, with no physical bra nches. He also managed the development of Open APIs at BBVA and was an E ntrepreneur in Residence at the Omidyar Network. \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nKasey Jones BetterGrowth \;\n \;\nKasey Jones: Founding pa rtner at BetterGrowth\, a growth strategy agency that helps early-stage B2B companies accelerate revenue growth. Kasey also has extensive experi ence in sales and marketing in Portland\, having worked at Keboola\, Pos tano\, and Good Data. \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nRandy Fernando: Man aging Director at Acorns \;\n \;\nHope Cochran: Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group \;\n \;\nIan Collins: Senior Product Desi gner at Acorns \;\n \;\nJosh Reich: Co-Founder &\; former CEO a t Simple \;\n \;\nStephen Green: Director of Operations at PENSOLE \n\nTags: startups\, Fintech\, software\, engineering\, developers\, pro duct\, venture capital\, investment\, scale a business\, operations\, pr oduct management\, consumer experience\, banking\, finance\, technology\ n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250475332 URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finnovation-pdx-tickets-58379978086?aff= calagator SUMMARY:Finnovation PDX - Portland's first annual FinTech conference LOCATION:Bumped Inc. in the Big Pink! 111 SW 5th Ave\, 3rd Floor: 111 SW 5th Ave\, 3rd Floor\, Portland OR 97204 United States SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190417T142523Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190520T203000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190520T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190417T142523Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190504T035648Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250475451 DESCRIPTION:Join us for NewTech PDX on the 3rd Monday of (usually) every month. Portland has one of the most vibrant tech communities in the cou ntry\, and the more we support our tech ecosystem\, the more we'll all e xperience and create together! \;\n \;\nJoin us to learn about the cool and amazing technologies being developed by Portland companies. Ev ent volunteers are welcome! Let us know if you'd like to volunteer. \ ;\n \;\nEntry to the event is $10 - $20 online\, or $25 at the door: Buy Tickets \;\n \;\nAgenda \;\n5:30pm - Doors Open / Buffet / Drinks / Get to know your community \;\n7:00pm - Event Begins! 3\;\n \;\n- Community Announcements: Events\, Jobs\, etc. (20 seconds /ea) \;\n \;\n- Pres. #1: Tip McMahon &\; Flynn McEchron of Rap .Coach \;\n- Pres. #2: Alex Wick of Cascadia Carbon \;\n- Pres. #3 : Jason Bennett of Unna \;\n- Pres. #4: Yalda Moshiri and Shahrzad Vo ssoughi of SaF \;\n \;\n8:30pm - After-Party at Yard House\n\nTags : tech\, meetup\, portland\, NewTech PDX\n\nImported from: http://calaga tor.org/events/1250475451 URL:http://NewTechPDX.com SUMMARY:NewTech PDX - May 20th LOCATION:Bumped Inc. in the Big Pink! 111 SW 5th Ave\, 3rd Floor: 111 SW 5th Ave\, 3rd Floor\, Portland OR 97204 United States SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190827T152509Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190917T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190917T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190827T152509Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190827T152509Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250476073 DESCRIPTION:Announcing the new MIT Enterprise Forum\, Portland\, Oregon C hapter! \;\n \;\nTopic: Digital Transformation and the Future of B usiness \;\n \;\nDid you know that: \;\n \;\n97% of consumer s search online to find a local business? \;\n46% of Google searches are seeking local information? \;\n88% of consumer local business sea rches on a mobile device result in a call or visit to the business withi n 24 hours? \;\n \;\nThe digital age rewards change and punishes d oing nothing. It is no longer\, “If it ain’t broke\, don’t fix it.” How are companies adapting to the changed (and changing) world\, being the d isrupters rather than the disrupted? \;\n \;\nJoin us to hear four dynamo panelists how their companies drive digital transformations and how they successfully digitally transformed their businesses. From SEO/S EM to mobile native and electronic transactions we will discuss the tren ds and findings that shape the future of business. \;\n \;\nSchedu le: Tuesday\, September 17\, 2019 \;\n5:30 PM Doors open / Enjoy a ho sted bar with beer and wine (21+ must show ID) \;\n6:30 PM Program be gins \;\n8:00 PM Program concludes \;\n \;\nPanelists include:& #13\;\n \;\nJohn Jerome\, Founder\, and CEO\, Jerome\, Bruhn &\; A ssociates \;\n \;\nMike Barrett\, Co-founder\, and CRO\, Unosquare \;\n \;\nJason Thane\, Co-founder\, GenUI \;\n \;\nTracy Pe trie\, Researcher\, OHSU \;\n \;\nMark Neuhausen\, Technologist\, and Angel Investor (moderator) \;\n \;\nWe look forward to seeing there! \;\n \;\nCheers\, \;\nMIT Enterprise Forum NW\n\nTags: D igital Transformation\, panel\, discussion\, software\, engineering\, ma rketing\, MIT\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250476073 URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-transformation-and-the-future-of -business-pdx-chapter-tickets-65849558803?aff=ebdssbdestsearch SUMMARY:Digital Transformation and the Future of Business LOCATION:Bumped Inc. in the Big Pink! 111 SW 5th Ave\, 3rd Floor: 111 SW 5th Ave\, 3rd Floor\, Portland OR 97204 United States SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR