On My Way to Grady Britton I Met eROI

There was an epic party last night to celebrate the incredible 38-year advertising career of Frank Grady, King at Grady Britton (no really, that’s his official title).


The wine flowed, the food sated and the family, friends and colleagues of King Frank were in high spirits.


That part was excellent.


But the most excellent part took place before I even got to the party.


Living within two miles of the Grady Britton office, I decided to ride my bike to the party.


If you’ve ever been to this industrial area, you’ll know that bike racks are in short supply. So it was when I arrived.


Luckily though, just as I had paused to consider whether or not I should lock my bike to a Stop sign, another cyclist rode up, hopped his bike over the curb and rode in the direction of the party.


I called after him:


“Where are you going to put your bike?”


“Are you going to the party?” he asked.


“Yeah!”


“Oh, then we can just bring them up. I’ve been here before and it’s totally cool.”


Sweet.


He held the door for me and we entered the building.


As we crested the stairs, there was a server at the top who offered us wine and/or beer.


Awkwardly, but with grace, we both took a glass of red wine while simultaneously navigating our bikes into the elevator.


“Cheers,” we said.


This nice man showed me where to park my bike and he introduced himself as Ryan.


I spoke with him again later in the evening and he told me he worked for eROI. I already knew a few people who worked for eROI so this was exciting for me to meet another one.


He mentioned what his title was at eROI, but I didn’t catch it over the music and the chatter.


I left the party close to 8pm and when I got home, I went to the eROI website to read a little bit more about him.

Ryan Buchanan, CEO
Ryan was named by Oregon Business magazine as one of the ’50 who fix it, move it, build it, change it, and get it done right.’

Yep.


That was the guy.


Like I said: the most excellent part.