Biography
As Executive Director of NextNW, Lewis oversees a non-profit trade organization evangelizing the creative work and marketing professionals across the Great Northwest. In his spare time, he advises business owners on digital marketing strategies and tactics as a fractional CMO. Lewis speaks internationally, writes for industry publications like SmartBrief and Portland Business Journal and was an adjunct professor at Portland State University for twenty years. He’s founded or co-founded four agencies and two organizations since 1999, including pdxMindShare and SEMpdx in Portland. Lewis volunteers his time with SCORE, teaching a social media workshop since 2017 and has been a board and marketing committee member and is currently volunteer reader for SMART. He’s been named a Top 40 Under 40, Marketer of the Year by AMA Oregon and a Top 100 Digital Marketing Influencer by BuzzSumo.