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AcryMed is a development and manufacturing company focused on the introduction of novel medical technologies that help heal wounds and reduce infections. AcryMed supplies a breakthrough antimicrobial silver nanotechnology, branded SilvaGard™, which can coat existing medical devices and make them resistant to infection-causing bacteria. AcryMed’s antimicrobial technology is also used in advanced wound dressings and wound gel sold under the SilvaSorb® brand and licensed for use with other wound healing dressings. Together they encompass the broadest antimicrobial product range in the medical industry. (www.acrymed.com)

aki_logoArmstrong Kendall, Inc. (AKI) provides communications counsel and services to leading technology companies in the semiconductor and software industries. Our business is to deliver superior PR and financial communications strategies and programs to growing firms - both privately and publicly-held - to help them establish strong brands and market leadership. (www. akipr.com)

Attensa - the end goal of RSS technology is tightly wrapped around the promise that less is more. Individuals want more relevant information with less duplication. Businesses want to tap into more of the creativity, wisdom and experience of their employees, teams and partners to solve problems, spark innovation and improve decision-making, while at the same time reducing email overload and communication confusion. By intelligently analyzing information about RSS articles and how readers are interacting with the articles, the Attensa RSS network can deliver more relevant, timely information individuals on the devices they choose and businesses can take advantage of RSS technology to streamline communication with employees, partners and customers. (www.attensa.com)

Barco is a world leader in professional markets, in which it offers display and visualization solutions. Based upon in-depth market knowledge, the company designs and develops solutions for large-screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection.

Currently Barco is active in the markets of medical imaging, defense & security, traffic management, avionics, media, events, digital cinema, presentation, simulation, traffic & surveillance, utilities & process control, broadcasting and textiles & plastics.

Barco is headquartered in Belgium, and The Oregon location is in Beaverton.  The Beaverton site is responsible for the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of high-resolution, high-performance graphics systems for 2D and 3D medical imaging applications including mammography, CT, X-Ray, MRI and Ultrasound.  (www.barco.com)

Blue Lake Publishing designs and publishes the Tessy & Tab Reading Club, a magazine for preschoolers that comes in the mail every two weeks. Their belief is that children can “read” pictures much earlier than they learn to read words. By giving them their own magazine, designed in a picture book format, the Tessy & Tab Reading Club lets young children "read" to their parents and others. The experience of reading the story themselves, along with the positive feedback they receive from their parents, is the key to self-confidence in reading. (www.bluelakepublishing.com)


Centrisoft Corporation enables an enterprise to maximize application security, performance and value through software that delivers three measures of ROI: (1) Front-line security that protects the network from breaches caused by end user activity, including mobile users; (2) Accurate application-level usage monitoring, providing fact-based decision support, and (3) Superior application performance enhancement over existing network bandwidth. (www.centrisoft.com)

Clarity Visual Systems, Inc. is a privately-held company, focused on providing Digital Visual Messaging (DVM) solutions of Business and Consumer Messaging applications. Clarity manufactures digital display products using AP/LCD® and DLP™ technology, and also offers software and other services to enable more effective visual communications to business and consumer audiences resulting in increased sales volumes, more efficient operations, enhanced customer satisfaction and a better corporate image. The company's solutions integrate its award-winning digital displays with content management software tools, and customer support to address the full spectrum of customer needs. (www.clarityvisual.com)

The Commerce Bank of Oregon is dedicated to enhancing local business, professional and nonprofit organizations and the individuals who make them successful, by providing highly customized banking services with its team of seasoned professionals.  We are committed to long-term banking relationships and support of local community nonprofit organizations. (www.tcboregon.com)

 

concero_logoConcero Technology provides distributors of employee benefits insurance with a unique ability to offer their association and member group employers web tools typically only available to larger employer markets. These comprehensive web sites promotes ease in marketing, sales, fulfillment, payment processing, and ongoing eligibility processes for both new and existing customers - developed to meet your specific requirements. (www.concerogroup.com)

CorSource has two divisions: ProDX, Oregon’s largest, locally owned Information technology service companies. Our focus is providing IT and engineering professionals for our clients. Agilis Solutions, taking full lifecycle responsibility for software product development. (www.corsource.net)


MEDIAN is a solution developed by CrossCurrent, Inc. MEDIAN will lead the revolution in electronic health care transaction processing. MEDIAN is built on the SMARTflow™ platform, a powerful new workflow solution for processing health care transactions. MEDIAN provides high-quality, affordable services that leverage industry standards and today's best technology infrastructure. MEDIAN's patent pending technology enables universal transaction flow between any Payer and Provider. (http://www.crosscurrentinc.com)

Digital World Access has developed a patent pending network-based system to provide a stem to online credit card fraud and enable next generation online banking. (www.digitalworldaccess.com)


Earth Class Mail™ gives individuals and businesses the ability to access their postal mail online from anywhere in the world.  The service is especially attractive to Entrepreneurs and new business startups since it provides a permanent business address that follows them as they grow and move to new locations eliminating the costs and hassle associated with changing their address.  Earth Class Mail provides significant advantages over PO box rental or a generic mail forwarding service and also manages standardized process mail, such as claim forms, invoices, and checks, more efficiently and cost-effectively than ordinary document management and storage solutions. ( www.earthclassmail.com )


The goal of Eid Passport is to be the preeminent provider of vendor compliance verification, identity authentication, state-of-the-art background vulnerability analysis and on-site visual, biometric and wireless validation solutions to security sensitive organizations. EidAccess is located in Beaverton, Oregon. (www.eidaccess.com)

                                                                     EthicsPoint provides a comprehensive, adaptive suite of services that supports the governance needs of organizations across the globe. Combining online ethics and compliance training, hotline/helpline reporting, incident management, and analytical tools, EthicsPoint helps customers manage risks, foster a sustainable ethical culture, and drive business success. (www.ethicspoint.com)

 

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Serving the legal community since 1999, Fios Inc. is committed to helping corporations and supporting outside counsel reduce the costs, risks and time associated with electronic discovery. Fios' IT-enabled discovery management, evidence collection, data processing, document review and production services are based on an in-depth knowledge of litigation and information technology, enabling fast, efficient and legally defensible discovery response. (www.fiosinc.com)

Fortune Technologies creates, manages and maintains reliable, predictable and available Information Technology (IT) systems for small and midsize firms. We integrate IT into businesses to create measurable results. IT may not be core to your business but it does need to be reliable and predictable to maximize productivity. We have more than 20 years of experience working with entrepreneurial and fast-growing companies earned while working for venture firms like Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital and many of their portfolio companies. We apply this knowledge to take care of the pragmatic IT concerns of Pacific Northwest companies. (www.fortunetechnw.com)

Grabaflyer™ is an easy to use, online software application that allows a Realtor® to easily create, manage, and distribute full-color proactive marketing flyers with a single tool. This web-based application allows you to be more productive by simultaneously broadcasting these professional flyers to requesting Realtors and potential home buyers based on criteria they specify (e.g. location, price, number of bedroom/baths and square footage) using the InstAlert™ system. (www.grabaflyer.com)

HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc. was founded on a single premise, to help save lives.   Its dedication to and success in developing products in pursuit of this goal is reflected in large part through the confidence shown by HemCon’s largest customer, the U.S. Army.  Since it was first put to use by the U.S. Army in 2003, the HemCon® Bandage has helped save the lives of over 100 U.S. soldiers.   This proven effectiveness in the field prompted the U.S. Army Surgeon General to issue a mandate ordering each soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan carry at least one HemCon® Bandage and each medic carry at least five.  (www.hemcon.com)


iMove is the leading developer of immersive visual solutions for mission-critical security and surveillance applications.  iMove’s solutions deliver higher resolution visual information and expanded situational awareness using automated features to dramatically enhance mission performance while reducing cost and complexity.  Our solutions are deployed at home and abroad for the prevention of potentially catastrophic incidents associated with critical infrastructure and for intelligence and special operation forces mission planning and training systems. (www.imoveinc.com)


Innovation Asset Group, Inc provides a first-of-its-kind solution to the growing challenges and opportunities of effectively managing and valuing intellectual property and other intangible assets (IP). It's keystone product is Decipher™, an innovative software tool that helps businesses maximize the value of these assets. It adds convenience, cost-efficiency and collaboration capabilities to engineering, legal, and finance. (www.innovation-asset.com)

 

Founded in 1994 to develop miniature robotic aircraft for offshore weather reconnaissance, Insitu specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of long-endurance, unmanned, autonomous aircraft systems for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR). Insitu, in partnership with Boeing, is the developer of the ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). ScanEagle UASs are currently deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Global War on Terrorism. (www.insitu.com)

Instantiations, Inc. provides leading-edge software products, services and technologies for Eclipse, Java and Smalltalk. The company offers high-value, high-ROI professional development environments and engineering consulting services that focus on improving software quality and developer productivity. Instantiations is a member of the Eclipse Foundation and offers a line of products for Eclipse, IBM Rational and WebSphere Studio, and MyEclipse. Based in Portland, Ore., Instantiations was founded in 1997 by a team of internationally recognized pioneers in component software technology. (www.instantiations.com).

Jive Software develops award-winning collaboration software that is changing the way people work. Jive Software's products, including Clearspace and Clearspace X, facilitate open collaboration among employees, partners and customers by blending Enterprise 2.0 tools such as blogs, wikis, forums, chat, tagging, files and reputation systems into a single interface. Portland-based Jive Software counts more than 2,000 customers worldwide.

For more information, visit Jive Software online at http://www.jivesoftware.com or Jive Software's developer communities at http://dev.jivesoftware.com and http://www.igniterealtime.org.


Kryptiq provides secure messaging, clinical workflow automation and contract management solutions for streamlining healthcare communications among providers, patients, and payers. Kryptiq adds security and workflow components to the existing email infrastructure to enable trusted transport of health information across organizations and between users and databases. Kryptiq solves real business problems for customers such as Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield, Providence Health System, Legacy Health System, and Michigan State University, by providing increased access to data and automating the movement of health information where and when it is needed. (www.kryptiq.com)

 

Lumencor, a Beaverton, Oregon-based device manufacturer developing novel light engines for the life sciences industry. Lumencor light engines provide high quality solutions for lighting subsystems employed by life science instrument manufacturers, bioanalytical researchers and scientists with a high power, low cost, spectrally pure and stable light source. The units are designed to simply replace today's light subsystems as well as for tomorrow's small, portable analyzers. (www.lumencor.com)

McClenahan Bruer Communications (McBru) is an integrated advertising and PR agency, located in Portland, Oregon, that provides unparalleled business-to-business communications counsel and results-driven tactical programs aimed at brand awareness, lead generation and customer affinity to electronics and IT industry companies. Our integrated programs ensure consistency of message across disciplines and venues, maximize budgets and simplify management. On top of that, McBru has enduring relationships with the technology industry’s top editors, publishers and analysts that we leverage on our clients’ behalf every day. Toss in some knock-your-socks-off creative and you start to see the picture of who we are. Look even closer and you’ll see that at McBru, technology isn’t just our focus — it’s our passion.  That’s part of what makes us better than other agencies that claim to understand technology. Add to that a truly outstanding staff of extraordinarily talented marketing communications professionals and you’ve got an advertising and PR resource that gets the job done for clients, and then some. In fact, exceeding expectations is our favorite thing to do. That and digging ever deeper into the technology. Go ahead and call us geeks – we’ll be flattered. (www.mcbru.com)

Northwest EMC, Inc is a leading electromagnetic compatibility and compliance test facility with labs in California, Oregon and Washington.  Northwest EMC provides complete and cost effective regulatory testing, consulting, and technical support with numerous worldwide accreditations.  Customer service, state-of-the-art equipment, highly automated test methodology, and a skilled professional staff provide our clients with exemplary service and accurate and consistent test data. (www.nwemc.com)

Oregon Energy Works(www.oeworks.com)

 

At Payless Drug Stores, Inc. we know that our customers want solutions to their health care needs. We realize that meeting the challenges of today's long term industry demands expertise with innovative methods and cost containment. Whenever a need or challenge arises, it is our commitment to be the source that you turn to for solutions.  (www.paylessdrug.com)

Phoseon is a privately held company founded in 2002. Our main business is the development, sales, and support of innovative Semiconductor light systems for industrial applications. At the core of our development lies a patent pending technology for efficient, flexible, scalable semiconductor-based light sources. This technology in turn enables us to design cost effective, high performance solutions in areas such as inspection, imaging, curing and cleaning applications for our customers worldwide.  (www.phoseon.com)


Portland Monthly is unlike any other city magazine ever launched in metropolitan Portland. Since debuting October 1, 2003, it has become the most-read magazine in Portland, reflecting the city's vitality and giving voice to its most active residents. Portland Monthly entertains and informs readers with compelling articles, dynamic photography and a design that is both eye-catching and bold. From penetrating news features to profiles of noteworthy Oregonians, from coverage of the latest lifestyle trends to comprehensive dining and entertainment listings, Portland Monthly seeks to serve and enrich the lives of all residents of the Portland metro area.  (www.portland-monthly.com)

Saber’s sole focus is to partner with federal, state, and local government entities to more effectively achieve their goals by improving their business processes through enterprise software solutions. Saber’s reputation in helping to save costs, improve business process quality, significantly increase productivity and efficiency, and create satisfying experiences for citizens and staff is well documented. 

As a testament to the performance of our solutions and project delivery model, customer referrals and repeat customers are Saber’s primary source of business generation.  The Saber team has formed deep customer relationships with state and local governments in more than 44 states and two U.S. Territories in the areas of Unemployment Insurance and Labor, Election Reform, Public Retirement, Health and Human Services, Motor Vehicles/Transportation, and Technology Services.  We look forward to supporting these relationships as the public sector continues to enhance citizen services and meet federal guidelines. (www.sabercorp.com)

Sabrix provides a complete solution for all financial applications that require the determination, calculation and reporting of U.S. sales and use tax and international value added taxes.The Sabrix Application Suite and Sabrix Tax Research enable companies to lower the total cost of tax compliance through the centralized management of indirect taxes. (www.sabrix.com)

ShiftWise Automated Staff Management puts an end to the paper chase: a time consuming, chaotic and costly process that defines supplemental medical staffing. With just the click of a mouse, ShiftWise lets you fill your supplemental medical shifts through an efficient and "real-time," web-based staff management system. (www.shiftwise.net)

 

SVB Financial Group provides diversified financial services to emerging growth and mature companies in the technology, life science, private equity and premium wine markets. Through its focus on specialized markets and extensive knowledge of the people and business issues driving them, SVB Financial Group provides a level of service and partnership that measurably impacts its clients' success.  Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., the company offers its clients commercial, investment, merchant and private banking, as well as value-added services using its knowledge and networks. (www.svbank.com)

Steamers Asian Street Bistro is a quick-service restaurant concept that brings together tasty Asian street food favorites all under one roof. Chinese steamed dumplings and buns are served hot from bamboo steamers. Wok-fried Thai noodles are piled high right in front of your eyes. Vietnamese salad rolls & sandwiches are dipped and devoured.  Currently located in downtown Portland at Pacwest Center and Lloyd Center mall. (www.steamerscorp.com)

TechTracker drives computer stability across the global desktop computing environment through a network of software support Websites. IT administrators, developers and end-users collaborate on the TechTracker Network to solve technology problems. (www.techtracker.com)

 

 

Teseda is developing solutions for testing complex integrated circuits at a drastically lower cost than traditional testers. Teseda provides low-cost testing solutions using a new paradigm based on Design For Test (DFT) technologies. (www.teseda.com)

Tripwire is the leading provider of configuration audit and control solutions that enable enterprises to reduce operational risk and gain control over IT systems. With Tripwire software, you ensure the security of your systems, instill accountability for change, gain visibility across your enterprise and increase the availability of critical IT infrastructure.(www.tripwire.com)

Verinform Systems has the first comprehensive, web-based system for managing and reporting residency training and Graduate Medical Education programs, completely accommodating the special needs of each of those programs, and effortlessly consolidating all the summary GME data for an entire teaching institution. (www.verinform.com)

Zurimedia (www.zurimedia.com)