Scott Kveton, CEO - Urban Airship

Scott Kveton is the CEO of Urban Airship, a mobile services platform provider in Portland, Oregon. He is widely recognized as an expert on mobile app strategy and cloud infrastructure. He speaks frequently on app monetization, engagement and the developer ecosystems around the various mobile platforms.

Under Kveton's leadership, Urban Airship has added customers, employees and accolades at a rapid pace. The company powers some of the most successful brands in mobile, including ESPN, Tapulous, Groupon, dictionary.com, msnbc.com and Newsweek. Urban Airship's flagship offerings-push notifications and in-app purchase-help apps gain success by increasing user engagement and delivering a path to monetization. As of March, the venture-backed start-up has delivered billions of push notifications across the Apple, Android and Blackberry platforms while enabling more millions of in-app mobile transactions.

Prior to co-founding Urban Airship, Kveton had more than a dozen years of experience building technology, developing business strategy and leading engineering teams with companies including Amazon.com, Rulespace, JanRain and Vidoop. He also co-founded the Open Source Lab (OSL) at Oregon State University. OSL was instrumental in helping several open source projects grow into mainstream usage, including the Mozilla Foundation, the Linux Kernel and Drupal. In recognition of his work at OSL and with the OpenID Foundation, Scott was named Red Herring's list of '25 Titans in waiting' in early 2007 and Information Week's 'Change Agents' in December 2005.

Ryan Hildebrand

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Adam Ware, Managing Partner - SwellPath

Adam is a seasoned web veteran. He began his career as the first developer hired at Lucy in the .com heyday. He then transitioned into a web-marketing role, spending time as a web analytics consultant for WebTrends, and in director and VP roles at a few ecommerce and web-based organizations.

Adam is a Chicago native. He has a B.S. from Willamette University and an M.B.A. from Portland State University. He spends his free time surfing, geeking out on web apps, and Tweeting.

Kurt Huffman

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Peter Rachor, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Program Manager - University of Portland

Peter Rachor is an instructor and director of commercialization and entrepreneurship programs at the University of Portland.  These programs include the joint University of Portland/OHSU Technology Entrepreneurship Commercialization (TEC) graduate program, and the nationally recognized Entrepreneur Scholars program.   He also leads Portland's Inner City Entrepreneur e200 program in partnership with the Small Business Administration.  Previously, he was Director, Venture Development at the University of New Mexico, responsible for creation of more than ten start-up enterprises from technologies developed through various research programs.  While there he launched UNM's Lobo VentureLab, a business accelerator that assisted early stage technology companies.  He has also worked with Los Alamos National Laboratory, assisting inventors, entrepreneurs and technology transfer staff in patent licensing, market assessment, and venture formation.   Peter served as President of New Mexico Bio, that State's bioscience industry organization, and on advisory boards of the New Mexico Economic Development Department , TVC Equity Capital Symposium, Coronado Venture Forum, and the Los Alamos Regional Tech Transfer Group. 

Mr. Rachor previously founded or co-founded three technology ventures, and held international management positions with several telecommunications companies including Lucent Technologies, British Telecom, and Verizon Communications.   As a result, has had had the opportunity to live and do business on four continents

Peter holds a BA in Finance from Michigan State University and often serves as a mentor, coach or advisor to early stage and emerging companies, assisting entrepreneurs, students, and scientists.

Brantley Shumaker

Brantley Shumaker works with the Intellectual Property group and focuses his practice primarily in the areas of patent prosecution and intellectual property litigation. Mr. Shumaker has prosecuted patent applications in a variety of disciplines, including electrical, medical (e.g., surgical instruments, injection technology), mechanical (e.g., toys, drilling equipment, alternative energy), and business methods. Mr. Shumaker focuses particularly on prosecution of patents in computer hardware and software-related technologies, including computer networking, telecommunications, cloud computing, and security. He has also litigated and prepared licensing agreements in the areas of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secrets. Prior to joining Schwabe, Mr. Shumaker was an associate at Kolisch Hartwell, PC.

Mr. Shumaker has been an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon Law School since 2009, where he teaches Licensing of Intellectual Property. He is a member of the Pro Bono Committee for the Oregon State Bar for the years 2010-2011. Mr. Shumaker is also a member of the Oregon State Bar, the Marion County Bar Association, and is an Eagle Scout. 

Jenny Villalobos

Jennifer Villalobos is an graduate student at Oregon State University pursing a MBA in Clean Technology Commercialization. She is currently the president of OSU Students in Free Enterprise, a nationally ranked international student entrepreneurship organization.  She is also a graduate teaching assistant for the Austin Entrepreneurship Program at OSU helping to develop a foundation of entrepreneurial skills for freshman students. She serves as one of 12 student ambassadors in the nation for the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance helping student entrepreneurs gain access to resources to move their ideas toward commercialization.