1. Ducks Flying North to PDX April 29, 2015 from 5:30 to 6:30 Mike Smith, Assistant Director, Alumni Engagement UOAA Linda Favero, Program Director, Alumni Career Services

2. Questions Who is from PDX? Who is moving to PDX? What do you want to do in PDX? Where do you want to work?

3. PDX Culture

4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Top 10 Employers

5. Fastest-growing business 1.2. 5. 6. 15.18.

6. Largest Nonprofits 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 19. 20. 21. 23.

7. Portland Development Commission Clusters www.pdc.us

8. Athletic & Outdoor Nike Icebreaker Horny Toad (Nau) Adidas Keen Yakima Nautilus Ziba Columbia Sportswear Dunderdon Benchmade Pendleton Danner/LaCrosse Leatherman Castelli NOTABLE REGIONAL FIRMS

9. Clean Technology Ch2M Hill PECI Solaicx Sera Architects Gerding Edlen Vestas David Evans & Associates SolarWorld Brightworks Northwest Suzlon Wind Energy Corp. Enxco Energy Trust of Oregon SoloPower NOTABLE REGIONAL FIRMS

10. Advanced Manufacturing Boeing Precision Castparts Corp. Daimler Trucks N.A. ESCO Corporation Oregon Iron Works Blount Inc. Gunderson Rail Services Sapa Profiles Columbia Steel Casting Co. Evraz Inc. NMHG Holding Corp. NOTABLE REGIONAL FIRMS

11. Software AboutUs Auto Desk Digimarc Elemental Technologies Fios Fuse Insight Google Harlan Financial IBM Imagebuilder, Inc. Intel Iovation Jama Software Jan Rain Jive Software Kryptiq Learning.com McAfee Mentor Graphics Monsoon OpenSourcery Puppet Labs Rumblefish Sage Software Shop Igniter Springbook Survey Monkey Symantec Thomson Reuters Tripwire, Inc. Urban Airship Viewpoint Construction WebMD Webtrends, Inc. Zapproved NOTABLE REGIONAL FIRMS

12. Types of Jobs Financial analyst Human Resources, Training and Labor Specialist Computer Systems Analyst Information Security Analyst, Web Developer and Computer Network Architect Marketing Research Analyst and Marketing Specialist Management Analyst Child, Family and Social Worker

13. Mike’s Story

14. Finding Jobs

15. Duck Resources

16. Other Portland Resources + Events PdxMindShare Portland Connect Portland Business Alliance Green Drinks – sustainable businesses Mac’s List – nonprofits CNRG-Portland Athletic and Outdoor Young Professionals UO Sports Product Management Technology Association of Oregon Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Portland Business Journal Oregon Business Magazine Oregonian

17. Questions, Contacts and Prizes Mike Smith Email: mjsmith@uoregon.edu LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/findyourgrind Linda Favero Email: lfavero@uoregon.edu LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lindafavero