DAVID PORKKA
DEVELOPER-| github.com/dporkka | davidporkka.com/portfolio
SUMMARY
Results-driven Developer with over 8 years of experience developing user-friendly, responsive
websites and applications. Proficient in various technologies, notably JavaScript, Typescript, React,
Node.js, Python, HTML, and CSS, with a focus on front-end development, user interface design, and
API integrations.
SKILLS
• Web Development • Web Design • UX Design • UI Design • Testing • Figma • HTML • CSS • Tailwind
• Javascript • Typescript • Node.js • Expess.js • Next.js • React • Python • PostgreSQL • SQL • MongoDB
• AWS • Google Cloud Platform (GCP) • Azure • Cloud Computing • Docker • Git • REST APIs, GraphQL
• WordPress • Wix • Squarespace • Shopify • E-Commerce • Headless CMS • Static Site Generators
• Problem Solving • Technical Writing • Leadership • Agile Project Management • Time Management
EXPERIENCE
Senior Web Designer & Developer — Starting Gate Marketing
December 2023 – Current
Starting Gate Marketing is a top-ten, 5-star-rated Web Design Agency in Atlanta. They offer
everything from web design and e-commerce solutions to advanced coding and digital marketing.
• Developed over 30 websites for the best-rated Wix web design agency in Atlanta
• Designing fully responsive custom websites for clients
• Optimizing website designs to improve conversion rates
• Assist the SEO team with on-page and technical SEO improvements
Web Operations Manager — SignBird
June 2021 – January 2024
SignBird is a marketing agency that provides outdoor advertising companies with web development,
web design, and photography services.
• Developed and optimized over 35 websites for outdoor advertising companies
• Designed website templates that reduced project development time by 10 hours
• Lead the transfer of SignBird’s web design portfolio after our acquisition by Outdoor Link
• Surpassed client expectations by providing great customer service and excellent value
Full-Stack Developer — Nulango
November 2019 – June 2021
Nulango is a web application that helps people quickly learn a language by sharing translations of
popular languages' most common words and sentences.
• Designed and developed a global web application with 11 languages from scratch
• Added the ability to change the interface depending on users’ target and native language
• Utilized React, AWS Amplify, GraphQL, Cloudfront, Route53, and S3 to
provide a performant, scalable, secure infrastructure
Frontend Developer — Spin Group
June 2019 – November 2019 (Contract）
Spin Group is a web development agency in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that creates websites for
non-profit and for-profit businesses.
• Built and maintained over 15 websites for business owners and digital agencies utilizing WordPress,
HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, and FTP
• Wrote informative yet easy-to-understand technical articles and documentation with the
WordPress content management system
LANGUAGES — English (Native), Portuguese (B2 Level), Spanish (B1 Level), Mandarin (A2 Level)
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Biology — University of Wisconsin–Madison
Associate of Arts & Sciences — University of Wisconsin–Waukesha
CERTIFICATES
Certified Hubspot CMS Developer — University of Wisconsin–Madison
CertifiedWix Studio Designer — Wix
PERSONAL PROJECTS
Adspace Portal
November 2019
June 2024
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Outdoor advertising portal that provides tools to help advertisers create and monitor their ad
campaigns.
Utilized: React, Typescript, Tailwind CSS, Shadcn/ui, Vite
CyberEdu
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Opensource cyber security education platform template that allows users to filter based on course,
cost, and difficulty level.
Utilized: React, Typescript, Tailwind CSS
Business Search Pro
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Searches Google Maps for businesses without websites and returns a list of these businesses with
their contact information. Built this to find web design leads.
Utilized: Python, Google Maps API, Javascript, HTML, CSS
