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The Software Association of Oregon (SAO) is launching a platform for peer discussion groups called the Leadership Exchange. Through an extensive survey of 300 tech professionals in the community, we heard loud and clear that people were looking for ways to grow professionally in their roles by connecting with peers.

With this in mind, I’m leading the Steering Committee for the CEO Leadership Exchange so if you are interested in joining the group which will meet once a month at different software/tech CEOs / GMs company conference rooms (or hopefully more creative places at some point) from around the Portland Metro area, please sign up online on SAO’s site or email me or DM me on Twitter (@ryanbuch). The point of these peer discussion groups is to gather in a relaxed atmosphere and share tough issues / challenges / burning questions with your peers knowing that it is fully confidential and info stays in the room only.

This model has been unbelievably successful for groups like Starve Ups (co-founded 9 years ago), EO, and SAO’s Startup Exchange has gained a lot of traction over the past year. Many of my peers through Starve Ups have become very close personal friends as well as business partners in other ventures. It took months and years to develop these close ties, but I’m optimistic that the CEO Leadership Exchange (for CEOs/GMs of Portland companies that have or expect to have $5m in annual revenue) will have that kind of valuable connecting power and peer learning over the upcoming months and years.

Read more below to find out about the other Leadership Exchange Groups that are all launching the week of Labor Day in less than 2 weeks!

Leadership Exchange Groups

For Professionals at TECHNOLOGY companies only:

• CEO – Growth Company Executives; CEO, President or top local staff member
• Finance – Executive Financial staff;  CFO or Director of Finance
• Sales and Marketing – Executive Sales and Marketing Professionals;  VP / Manager / Director of Marketing, Sales or Business Development
• StartUp – Technology Entrepreneurs and StartUp Executives  (meets 3^rd Tuesday of the Month)
  

For industry Professionals at ANY company:

• IT – Top IT Leaders;  IT Director or Manager
• Support and Services – Those leading Support or Technical Services
• Technology – Company’s top technology leader;  CTO, VP / Manager / Director of Research and Development or related role