Ryan Buchanan, President & CEO

Ryan Buchanan, CEO and founder of eROI, started the company in November 2002. He has six years of email marketing, web and e-commerce experience and frequently speaks about email marketing, social networking, and web marketing-related issues at venues such as American Marketing Association, Innotech, Portland Ad Federation, and local entrepreneurial groups. He has also been published in notable industry publications like iMedia Connection, DM News, and eMarketer. He has led the growth of eROI from a couple employees at its inception to a full team of e-marketing experts, creatives, technical, account, and sales teams and has driven 720% growth from 2003 – 2006 to earn eROI a spot as an Inc. 500 company. Through Buchanan's leadership, eROI was the only small, young company to be recognized as one of the Most Admired Companies in Oregon by a Portland Business Journal survey of 2,000 CEOs in the state. He serves as the President of the Board of the Portland Advertising Federation and also serves on the Board of Friends of the Children, Software Association of Oregon, Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, and Starve Ups - a Portland entrepreneurial organization. He is on the Advisory Board for the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN). Buchanan was named as the Portland Business Journal’s ’40 Under 40,’ an award that recognizes city leaders under 40 years old. He was also named by Oregon Business magazine as one of “the 50 Great Leaders for Oregon - 50 who fix it,move it, build it, change it and get it done right.”