Chris Porter
Founder & Design Engineer at Made By Porter
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Porter is a founder and design engineer with 10+ years building digital systems that replace manual workflows for startups and small businesses from Los Angeles. He designs and ships websites, apps, design systems and operational processes, blending hands-on front-end engineering with product-focused UX practice. As founder of Made By Porter and former co‑founder of a sustainability-focused design collective, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with a strong aesthetic and systems-first mindset. His background spans early IT support through senior UX and UI roles, giving him rare empathy for both business operations and technical constraints. Chris positions businesses for the "fourth industrial revolution" by automating work and translating brand values into usable, maintainable digital products.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Interactive Media Design, Bachelor of Science Interactive Media Design at The Art Institutes
Github Skills (7)
slim10
middleman10
netlify10
css9
jamstack9
html8
react1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
madebyporter/madebyporter
Sep 2015 - Aug 2021
My website at madebyporter.com. Build with Middleman, HTML & CSS. Hosted on Netlify.
Contributions:217 commits, 57 PRs, 159 pushes in 6 years
middlemancsshostedphotographerwebdesigner
madebyporter/mbp-versa
Nov 2021 - Dec 2023
MBP x Versa Merge
Contributions:8 PRs, 71 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
mergeversambp
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