Finding that an English degree built a great personal library but didn’t really put bread on the table, Doug took up a career in the contracting business and honed his business experience along the way. After 30 plus years, he has picked up the reins of Parthenon’s business department to work with the nuts and bolts of the business side of things as the Operations Manager. His proudest achievements include rearing four successful children (including the president of Parthenon Software) and convincing his wife to stay married to him for more than 45 years.

Larry graduated from Southern Oregon University with a BS in Physics, and now leads the software testing group at Parthenon Software. His previous work has included stand-alone kiosks, embedded software for aerospace, and more. When not leading the QA Team, he’s hiking or playing tabletop games at home.

Ben is a python/javascript/PHP/C++ programmer, who recently moved to Portland from Fairbanks, Alaska. Most of his free time is spent finishing up his UAF Computer Science graduate thesis, working on various open source projects, and other geeky pursuits (mostly games of all sorts). He enjoys working on projects that pose complex challenges, especially ones that require learning new technologies and software.

Brandon is a full stack developer that specializes in back-end development. He gained his appreciation for development when he started making games in elementary school. He spends his free time with his wife and daughter, gardening and building out passion projects.

Family man, musician, motorcycle enthusiast, and reformed bartender and restaurateur, Jerud found his home in the tech industry here at Parthenon. He is a full stack software developer with a proclivity for JavaScript who found a love for code while attending training at Portland’s Alchemy Code Lab.

Steven earned his degree in computer science at WSU Vancouver, and now enjoys being a developer at Parthenon Software. He enjoys tinkering with mechanical machines, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and spending time outdoors. Steven enjoys thinking about out of the box solutions for whatever he’s doing.

With a fresh BS in Computer Science from University of Washington in hand, Justin has decided to embark on his programming journey with Parthenon so he may further sharpen his frontend skills. He enjoys dancing, decorating, and dueling in his free time, as well as game nights with friends.

Exxon is a marine corps veteran, and father of 2 awesome kids. He enjoys programming his off time working, and on random projects like a pokedex clone application. He enjoys watching any weird SciFi movies he can find, and likes trying to 3d print designs he finds on the internet.

Jacob is a full-stack developer with a BS in computer science and a background in the humanities. He focuses on building reliable, data-driven applications using Python, JavaScript, and Kotlin. When not writing code, he’s usually reading a book, hitting the gym, or going for a hike.