Rick Turoczy
Cofounder & General Manager at Built Oregon
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolRick Turoczy is a veteran startup builder and community catalyst with over a decade of experience founding and leading Portland's startup ecosystem initiatives, including PIE, Silicon Florist, TechfestNW, and Built Oregon. As Cofounder & General Manager of PIE, he blends hands-on program leadership with marketing and communications expertise to spotlight and accelerate early-stage entrepreneurs. Rick has a longstanding track record of advising boards and regional organizations, translating local networks into tangible support for founders and events. He’s equally comfortable creating stories and platforms—running influential local media and community landing pages that celebrate small wins and surface overlooked startups. His background in English and early career roles in content, marketing, and even collegiate coaching give him a knack for storytelling, community organizing, and practical operational leadership. That mix of cultural stewardship and operator experience makes him a go-to connector for founders, investors, and civic partners across Oregon.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
College Prep, College Prep at Twin Falls High SchoolBA English, BA English at Whitman College
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Github Skills (22)
startup10
mercury10
accelerator10
to-do10
jive10
seccomp9
intel9
jira9
sandbox9
perl9
ruby-on-rails5
rails4
ruby4
jekyll3
hotel-booking2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
piepdx/pie-cookbook
Feb 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:1187 commits, 555 PRs, 386 pushes in 2 years 1 month
coworkingeverythingcoworking-spacelearnedpie
portland-startups/docs
Nov 2014 - Feb 2023
Trying to do a better job of documenting the Portland startup community
Contributions:2 reviews, 101 commits, 187 PRs in 8 years 4 months
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