One Year In

Returning to BSides Portland 2025, I shared the Portland Hacker Foundation's first year of measurable impact.

Presented as Portland Hacker Foundation: Asymmetric Impact Year 1.

Highlights

• Published metrics on funded research, community workshops, and local hiring outcomes.
• Detailed the foundation's public knowledge base, incident response drills, and mentorship tracks.
• Previewed the 2026 roadmap: expanded grant pools, hacker residency program, and cross-city collaborations.

Resources

• Watch Friday's Track 2 recording on YouTube - full track recording; this session was scheduled for 11:00 AM Pacific.
• Conference schedule and session details
• View Slides
• Annual report draft: coming soon