David Porkka

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 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ View Project Outdoor advertising portal that provides tools to help advertisers create and monitor their ad campaigns.​ ​ Utilized: React, Typescript, Tailwind CSS, Shadcn/ui, Vite ​ ​ CyberEdu​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ View Project 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​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ View Project 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