Keith Porcaro
Senior Lecturing Fellow at Small Scale
Carrboro, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKeith Porcaro is a lawyer-technologist and Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law with 11 years of experience building participation into complex socio-technical systems. He blends legal training (JD, Duke) and international development background (BSFS, Georgetown) with hands-on roles that straddle academia, policy, and mission-driven startups, including fellowships at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center and leadership as CTO/General Counsel at Social Impact Lab. Based in Carrboro, NC, he advises and teaches on governance, technology policy, and inclusive design, translating legal frameworks into practical tools for civic engagement. His work often focuses on making layered institutions more accessible and accountable, drawing on experience running Small Scale to prototype community-forward interventions. Notably, he pairs classroom scholarship with operational experience, signaling an ability to move ideas from theory to tangible systems.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BSFS, International Politics / International Development, BSFS, International Politics / International Development at Georgetown UniversityCary AcademyJD, Law, JD, Law at Duke University School of LawCertificate, Mandarin, Chinese Development, Certificate, Mandarin, Chinese Development at Harbin Institute of Technology
Spanish, Chinese, English
Github Skills (23)
editor9
electron9
vscode-extension9
typescript9
vscode9
remote-control8
visual-studio8
visual-studio-code8
microsoft8
streaming7
assembly6
remote-desktop5
data-services4
open-data4
exchange3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
digitalpublic/digitalpublic.github.io
Jan 2017 - Mar 2020
Digital Public site
Contributions:1 PR, 50 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
keithporcaro/personal_page
Jul 2016 - Apr 2023
Contributions:42 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 9 months
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