Aaron Durand is a Sports Marketing Manager and brand partnerships professional based in Portland, OR where he was born and raised.

Aaron also spent a decade cutting his professional teeth in Silicon Valley. During his time in San Francisco he met his wife, Lea, and they relocated to the PNW with an eye on building a family. One amazing son and three dogs later and Aaron + Lea have planted their roots back in PDX.

Prior employers include: adidas America, Birkenstock, Twitter Inc., Jelly, Kamp Grizzly and Gilt Edge Soccer Marketing.

He is a hobbyist film photographer whose work in the field has garnered some fun press over the years and he’s had a zine ready to go to print for nearly a decade. One day. He also enjoys playing soccer, disc golf, board games, video games and is colloquially known as Dude, The Dude, or El Duderino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.