Our Story

Four Rock Paper Coin Employees creating a digital experience for wedding and event professionals.

Our Mission

We’re event industry folks that got frustrated with the outdated grind of contracts, invoices, and payments. We tried for years to find a product that could help us streamline our workflows and weren’t satisfied with anything out there. So in a mission to spend more time on what’s important...

meeting and dreaming with clients ~ collaborating with vendors ~ spending time with our families

We threw our hearts into this project in the hopes it would add some time back in our days. We are so proud of what evolved and hope it’s a game changer for you and your business as well. Please visit our Price Tag page for plan details.

Our Team

We want to revolutionize how couples and event professionals collaborate through an efficient, user-focused digital platform.

A Portland native and founder of Bridal Bliss, INC, Nora is an expert in all things wedding and is the definition of a boss babe. Born to Iraqi immigrants, she was raised in a culture of over the top celebrations and from her beginnings, event planning was in her blood. While leading a team of 30 women who produce upwards of 150 weddings and events each year, Nora noticed a gap in the planning industry and developed Rock Paper Coin, a forum that brings together event professionals and couples to streamline the often daunting contract and invoice process.

When she isn’t busy running Bridal Bliss and Rock Paper Coin, you can find her spending time with her husband and two rambunctious boys, Dylan and Gavin, traveling, grooving through a sweaty spin session, adding sparkle to just about anything, or having a long family-style dinner with her nearest and dearest.

NORA SHEILS

Wedding industry expert and lover of all things events, Elizabeth comes from a large Irish family that jumps on the chance to celebrate any occasion. Joining Bridal Bliss in 2008, she helped open the Seattle branch and is a lead planner in the Portland area. Along with Nora, Elizabeth saw a great need for a technology to help organize the contract and invoice process for both event professionals and couples. In comes the concept for Rock Paper Coin; a game changer in the world of weddings.

Aside from Bridal Bliss and Rock Paper Coin, Elizabeth is a wife–thanks to a blind date set up by Nora, dog-mom to Sheepadoodle Penny, and new mom to a baby boy, August. She too loves quality time with friends and family, a good stout, hikes in Forest Park, and a relaxing beach vacation every now and then.

ELIZABETH SHEILS

Valerie stepped into the wedding planning scene in 2005 when Nora planned the wedding for her nuptials to husband, Ken. With years of experience in the business world, she is no stranger to the role of a leader. Valerie is the Co-owner and CFO of Hydro-Temp Mechanical, Inc. In planning her own wedding and numerous corporate events with Nora the past 13 years, Valerie too saw a need in the industry for a better way to serve couples in the process of signing contracts and paying invoices. Together with Nora and Elizabeth, these women came up with the love child that is Rock Paper Coin.

When she’s not running a company or dreaming up a new one, you can find Valerie spending time with her husband and family, cheering on the Pittsburgh Steelers, traveling the world, or curled up reading a good book next to her cat, Yoda.

VALERIE TROYER

Originally from India, Phani came to the US to pursue her Master’s degree in Computer Science. Since then she has worked in companies like Intel, Nationwide and multiple successful startups where she held executive roles. Her expertise is in software development, Cloud and AI technologies. She wants to combine her technology expertise and business acumen to help female founders build strong technology companies. She has been advising multiple female founded companies in the past few years.

When she is not building and designing software, she is busy playing with her 8 year old identical twin girls and her 2 yr old Godendoodle puppy. She also coaches her twin’s basketball team. She loves staying active with running, hiking and camping(when weather permits) in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

PHANI VADALI

Kelly is no stranger to events – or technology! She was born and raised in Oregon, but discovered her love for events in Arizona where she served as in-house Event Planner for a 12,000-resident community. In 2015, she decided to switch-it-up and went to work for a high-growth, fast-paced digital marketing company in Bend, OR. There, she honed her skills in marketing strategy and helped her clients navigate the ever-changing digital world.

Kelly is thrilled to have made her way to Portland with her Golden Retriever, Wylie, to explore all the "weird" (and incredible!) things the city has to offer. Kelly is a BIG fan of the Bachelor – she’s been watching since the beginning in 2002 – and has an obsession with Dairy Queen blizzards. She is excited to combine her passion for events with her expertise in the technical space and believes Rock Paper Coin is the tool for vendors and clients.

KELLY BEEBY

Charlie is a native Oregonian and current resident of Southeast Portland. A computer nerd from the age of the 3.5 inch floppy disk, he has spent his adult life translating ideas and dreams into more concrete realities, first in the realm of theater production and later in software. When not solving the problems of the universe with computer code, he is an avid reader, cyclist, armchair historian, gamer, creator of bespoke garments, and font of arcane, if dubious, information.

Charlie Peden

Lynsey, a passionate hospitality professional, lover of all things event related. Born and raised in Colorado found her love for events becoming a distinguishing planner in the Rocky Mountains. Having planned a multitude of events such as weddings, fundraisers, galas, social events,and corporate retreats, has decided to bring her talents to the great PNW. She is excited to bring her expertise, customer service zeal, and knowledge of the event industry, to help users get the most out of Rock Paper Coin.

When not fully engrossed in the event world you will find Lynsey jet setting and immersing herself in different cultures. You will never see Lynsey without her dog Neville (yes named after the Harry Potter character Neville Longbottom), avid fan of brunch,thrill seeking adrenaline enthusiast, and hunting down the perfect champagne for any occasion.

Lynsey Walton

Originally from Southern California, Elly has lived in a variety of locales along the Pacific, from Mexico City to San Francisco to Portland. In college, he decided to explore his creative side and attained a degree in Graphic Design. Shortly thereafter, he combined his enjoyment of art with his enthusiasm for science and math by learning to code.

When he is not programming, he can usually be found baking crusty sourdough bread, playing a board game, shooting hoops at a local park, or spending time appreciating the crafts, beer and otherwise, of PDX specialists

Elly Maimon

Our Commitment

We believe events can be beautiful and viable. That's why we work with third party vendors committed to recycling solutions and sustainability. And, here at RPC, we’ve gone paperless–because who doesn’t love the ease of an e-signature and a digital payment? Cheers to saving a tree, one event at a time.

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