Scott Kveton

I’ve been lucky enough to be actively involved with the Software Association of Oregon (SAO) for close to 6 months now. First, I joined the board of directors in January and then just last month, stepped in as the Interim President.

The SAO is in its 20th year of providing great programs, events and benefits. We need a favor. The SAO is working to develop a clearer strategic vision of where the organization should go. This process involves thinking about the role of the organization in a new ways, using new organizational tools.

Please give us a few minutes of your time to share your thoughts and vision for the SAO: http://bit.ly/saotomorrow

After completing the short interactive survey, could you please forward this note onto others who might be interested in this conversation? There are about 50,000 people involved in the software industry in Oregon. We want to reach as many of them as possible. And for this we also need your help.

I’ll be publishing the results of the survey next week and will be sure to share them in as many places as possible.

Thank you.

It was only last week that I was talking about what I was going to be up to next. I’m excited to announce that as of today, I’ll be serving as the interim President of the Software Association of Oregon (SAO) for the next 90 days.

In January I joined the SAO’s board of directors with a very large freshman class of board members. When then-President Harvey Mathews recruited me to join the board last year, he was doing so because of my engagement with the local independent developer and consulting groups here in Portland. I was excited to bring a growing segment of software developers perspective to the board and my first few months on the board have been quite enjoyable as the organization continues to expand its programs.

With Harvey stepping down and me spinning up my own consulting business, the timing seemed right for me to interview for the interim President role and the search committee agreed. I firmly believe there is a great opportunity to link up the experience of current SAO members with that of the entrepreneurial spirit and drive of the independent developer community here in the Northwest.

I’m really looking forward to working with the amazing staff of the SAO to continue its fantastic mission. More to come.