Manoj Garg

OSC, Oregon Startup Center, offers several programs designed to help entrepreneurs and business owners succeed. From strategic planning, mentoring, and seed funding to in-house residency programs and virtual incubation programs. You will build relationships and gain the knowledge you need to take your business to the next level.

OSC, Oregon Startup Center, offers several programs designed to help entrepreneurs and business owners succeed. From strategic planning, mentoring, and seed funding to in-house residency programs and virtual incubation programs. You will build relationships and gain the knowledge you need to take your business to the next level.

Want to Change the World? Get started in your own community. Whether you are working, parenting, in school or retired, Hands On Greater Portland can help you connect to the type of volunteer opportunity that meets your schedule and interests. Hands On values volunteer service as a powerful force for change and believes that service raises awareness of community needs and provides a platform for action.

VIE are C-suite management consultants who serve as interim or fractional technology leaders to help our clients improve organizational performance and operational efficiency. VIE is a group of C-level executives, all with at least 25 years of management experience and at least 15 years in these roles. Technology Value Gap 21st Century businesses realize every business-critical function relies on the strategic use of technology. Yet most have been slow to adjust Systems and IT to keep pace. When information systems are out of phase with strategic objectives, we call this the “technology value gap”. The technology value gap appears in many symptoms and forms: • Falling behind in industry leadership / Missing market opportunities • Runaway software and project costs • Unprepared to address compliance, security, and disaster related risk • Business critical information managed off-systems in spreadsheets • Technology team is out-of-step with the rest of the organization We lead your team to adopt better methods for Systems that create transparency and better outcomes – bridging the gap between strategy and execution. VIE delivers business technology leaders to your executive team. We participate in whatever role works best, including interim or fractional contributors. We bring deep expertise in technology and business process planning across a range of disciplines. Our focus is 100% on our clients’ success. We have been working since 2005 to help over 100 clients. VIE clients range from government, education, non-profit, healthcare and charitable organizations to financial services companies to large multi-national manufacturing and logistics companies. Clients have had needs ranging from interim IT leadership, IT assessments, IT strategy and roadmap development, enterprise application leadership, interim CIO services, project-rescue leadership, and executive training and development. Are you ready to bridge the technology value gap? Contact us to get started

Portland State University is Oregons urban research university located in the heart of downtown. It is ranked as one of the nations "Top 10 Up-and-Coming"​ universities by U.S. News & World Report. PSU offers more than 60 undergraduate and 40 graduate programs in fine and performing arts, liberal arts and sciences, business administration, education, urban and public affairs, social work, engineering and computer science. PSU offers more than 226 bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees. The 50-acre downtown campus—with the motto "Let Knowledge Serve the City"—places students in a vibrant center of culture, business and technology. This allows students to participate in internships and community-based projects in these fields as well as education, social services, and government. Portland States award-winning University Studies curriculum provides small class sizes and peer mentoring for all first-year students and culminates in Senior Capstones, which take students out of the classroom and into the field, where they utilize their knowledge and skills to develop community projects. The University has taken aggressive steps to enhance the student experience and campus life, with new student housing and a comprehensive recreation complex and remodeled science and performing arts facilities. Portland State also has bolstered academic and career advising and orientation programs and created new programs to support students. Sustainability—initiatives that balance environmental, economic and social concerns—is incorporated throughout the curriculum and across the campus.