Our information technology experience

180one is pleased to announce our recent partnership with Columbia Sportswear and the resulting hire of their new Senior Director of Investor Relations As a leader in the global active lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment industry, Columbia Sportswear Company has assembled a portfolio of brands dedicated to connecting active people with their passions. In addition to the Columbia brand, Columbia Sportswear Company also owns the Mountain Hardwear, SOREL, and prAna brands. Founded in 1938 as a small hat company in Portland, Oregon, Columbia Sportswear Company today has grown into an industry icon with $3 billion in annual sales. As a global company, its brands are now sold in approximately 90 countries. Based in Portland, Oregon, the company is dedicated to making no-nonsense apparel, footwear, and accessories to keep consumers warm, dry, cool, and protected, no matter what. Defined by its innovative gear, Pacific Northwest heritage, irreverent spirit, and family business ethos, Columbia’s products continue to gain worldwide recognition, enabling them to unlock the outdoors for everyone. Congratulations to Columbia Sportswear and the 180one Search Team on a successful executive placement!

180one is pleased to announce our recent partnership with CDSG and the resulting hire of their new Chief Financial Officer CRU Data Security Group (CDSG) is a leading innovator and manufacturer of industrial-grade flash storage, secure storage products, and removable secure data solutions. With its OEM partners, CDSG supports security-conscious customers worldwide, including government agencies, military organizations, and corporations of all sizes. The company’s portfolio includes highly secure solid-state drives (SSDs), removable SSDs, disaster-proof storage devices, and forensic investigation tools. These purpose-built solutions are engineered to deliver the highest levels of security, durability, and performance, ensuring mission-critical data is protected whether operating at the edge, in the field, or behind the firewall. In 2025, Seattle-based private equity firm Pike Street Capital made a strategic investment in CDSG to accelerate growth through product innovation and targeted acquisitions. Congratulations to CDSG and the 180one Search Team on a successful executive placement!

180one recently partnered with new client Galois Inc. to select Robert Wiltbank as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer . Founded in Portland in 1999, Galois applies revolutionary mathematical, computer science and engineering approaches to solve critical problems in software security, safety, privacy and performance. Prior to joining Galois, Wiltbank was a professor at Willamette University’s Atkinson Graduate School of Management , where he taught entrepreneurship courses and ran the Willamette Angel Fund . His research focuses on strategy-making under uncertainty and entrepreneurial expertise, particularly as they relate to growing new organizations. Wiltbank also co-authored The Catalyst: How You Can become an Extraordinary Growth Leader , selected by Business Week as one of the best books on innovation and design in 2009 . He recently received the prestigious Hans Severiens Award , honoring leaders who advance the angel investment industry and the role of angel investing in expanding entrepreneurship. As CEO, Wiltbank will focus on Galois’s strategic direction, team development and commercialization efforts and report directly to the Board of Directors. Read the full press release on the Galois blog here . Congratulations to Galois on this critical hire!

180one recently partnered with the University of Portland to select Paul Disbury as the school’s new Director of IT Infrastructure. Disbury comes to the University of Portland from Knowledge Universe's KC Distance Learning (KCDL) division, where he served as Director of Platform Management for Learning Technologies and managed all technology functional platforms across the organization. He also successfully implemented an enterprise VMWare framework for production, staging and test environments, as well as sponsored a data center consolidation project to streamline the organization’s data and application infrastructure. As Director of IT Infrastructure, Disbury will manage system administration, operations, network services, servers, storage, data centers and more for UP, a top-ranked Catholic university with nearly 4,000 students. Congratulations to UP on this successful hire!