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Idea Mensch

Featuring people with good ideas from all over the Internet.

People tagged to be from Oregon.

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Jim Zahniser – Seasoned Skeptic, Communications Professional

With experience that began with his first “real job” as a daily newspaper reporter and moved through PR agencies, independent consulting and in-house positions, Jim Zahniser has a well-earned ...
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John Koenig – Gen Y Business & Social Entrepreneur

John Koenig is an experienced digital marketing consultant, specializing in search engine marketing, social media, web analytics and usability. He has worked in-house at both search marketing and interactive ...
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Thubten Comerford – CEO of Social Potency, Avid Idea Igniter

Thubten grew up in Malibu, California in the 1970s surrounded by 
celebrities. His classmates included Charlie Sheen, Chris Penn, Rob
Lowe, Dean Cain, Robert Downy, Jr., Holly Robinson Peete and ...
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Tim O’Leary – Author, Blogger and CEO of R2C Group

Tim O’Leary the co-founder and CEO of The R2C Group. Since founding the advertising agency with his wife Michelle Cardinal in 1998, The R2C Group has catapulted ...
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Ben Herman – Founder of Mad Fish SEO & Mad Fish Elements

Ben Herman is an Oregon native, who’s lifelong appreciation and interest in technology led him to a the career in online marketing, and web development, and ultimately to build ...
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Ken Westin – Founder/CEO of ActiveTrak and Security Innovator

Ken is currently the Founder and CEO of ActiveTrak Inc. a leading innovator of mobile endpoint security software for laptops, mobile phones and portable storage devices. Prior to ...
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Kent Lewis – President/Founder of Anvil Media & Formic Media

As President of Anvil Media, Inc., Kent Lewis is responsible for managing operations, marketing and business development to achieve the search engine marketing agency's mission: ...
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Aviv Hadar – Owner/Founder of Think Brilliant and SoulPancake

In 2007, Aviv Hadar founded Think Brilliant Media Studios in Portland, Oregon. The group is easily one of the most talented and innovative teams to hit the technology ...
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Katy Kippen – More ideas than time

As a young girl, Katy had more ideas than time to work on them; the same is true of Katy today. Katy spent much of her youth overseas with her military ...
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Chris Logan: Entrepreneur, Lover of skiing, wine and technology

Chris is the Founder and CEO of ccSync, a service that provides groups of mobile and non-mobile coworkers real-time short messaging that is instant, private and continuous - plus one-click ...
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Shawna Harch – Shaping Thought With Words 


Although she originally wanted to design the next artistic masterpiece, Shawna Harch ended up with her fingers on the keyboard. She thanks her mother, who spent many years as an ...
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Shawna X. Huang – Visual Stimulator

Shawna X. Huang's claim to the title “Visual Stimulator” stems from her desire to engage people with thought-provoking work. She believes art is meant to be shared – and that ...
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Spencer Helm – Internet Marketer Realizing His Father Was Right

Spencer was born in the metropolitan and international cultural capital of Billings, Montana. Desperate to show young Spencer ‘how the other half lives’, his parents put an emphasis on traveling ...
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Darick Dang – Designer, web developer, student of life

Darick Dang is a graphic designer, web developer, professional pianist, thinker, biologist, fashion enthusiast and music connoisseur. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Darick's ultimate dream is to put Portland on ...
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Robert Moss – Copywriter, ex-cinematographer, storyteller

Robert got into advertising by accident. As a cinematographer on music videos, documentaries, low budget features and spots, Robert's connections at Panavision as well as at post-production facilities were eager ...
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Cecilia Doan – Real-Life Walking, Talking, Blogging, Fashion Girl

Cecilia is a full-time student, but not your typical. Mature beyond her years and generally in sky-high heels, you can't overlook a gal like Cecilia. Instead of house parties, top ...
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Ryan Wines – Indie music thought leader and occasional heretic

Born three weeks overdue and weighing in at nearly 10lbs at birth, Ryan made a big impact early on, giving his poor mother nearly 24 hours of intense labor. Since ...
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John Stepleton – Innovator, Entrepreneur, Steward

John Stepleton provides insight so others are better able to see what is possible.  A serial entrepreneur and 3-time Inc. 500 Growth Company owner, John’s unique experience and perspective sheds ...
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Adam Steffen – Brand fanatic, strategic thinker, scotch aficionado

Adam was born and raised in the great state of Montana by two busy executives. He lived in great American cities throughout Montana such as Chinook, Great Falls, Whitefish -- ...
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Will Johnston – Entrepreneur and Owner of Growandmake.com

Long time entrepreneur involved with multiple startups and Silicon Valley Fortune 500 companies. Successfully launched multiple websites and products for a variety of Internet and e-Commerce businesses. Love to innovate, explore new ...
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Evan Davies – Idea Mensch, Online Marketer, Fly Fisherman

Growing up outside of Milwaukee, WI Evan doesn’t stray far from the hard-working and personal work ethic that the Midwest is known for. With an internal driving ambition for ...