Jason Putorti
Executive Director at Resistbot
Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolJason Putorti is a multidisciplinary product and design leader who has spent two decades building civic tech and consumer products, currently serving as co-founder and Executive Director of Resistbot Action Fund where his SMS-driven platform has mobilized over 9.5 million people and delivered 30+ million letters to officials while demonstrably boosting voter turnout. A longtime startup builder and early design hire—first designer at Mint and founder of Votizen—he blends hands-on UX craft, product strategy, and nonprofit operations to scale high-impact, measurable interventions. He’s held unique roles across venture and startups (including Designer-in-Residence at Bessemer and key design work at AngelList and Brigade), proving adept at turning limited resources into widely adopted products. Based in Saint Petersburg, FL, Jason pairs technical training in computer science with an MFA-focused design approach, bringing both analytical rigor and creative systems thinking to civic engagement.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Candidate, Design and Technology, Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Candidate, Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design - The New SchoolComputer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS, Computer Science, Mathematics, BS, Computer Science, Mathematics at University of PittsburghComputer Science, Computer Science at Union CollegeNiskayuna High School
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Github Skills (66)
yaml10
csv10
json10
scraper10
python9
scalable8
messaging8
react7
tweet6
linkedin-api6
django6
e-mail6
html6
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twitter6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
putorti/people
Aug 2020 - Mar 2025
Curated information on all state legislators & governors.
Contributions:3 PRs, 69 pushes, 41 branches in 4 years 7 months
governorsendpoint-securityzmodemlegislatorssolaris
putorti/congress-legislators
Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
Members of the United States Congress, 1789-Present, in YAML/JSON/CSV, as well as committees, presidents, and vice presidents.
Contributions:11 pushes in 1 year
csvcongressmemberscsv-jsonjson
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