Portia Burton
AI Solutions Architect at The New Mainstreet
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPortia Burton is an AI Solutions Architect with 14 years of experience designing practical automation that frees leaders from recurring operational work, currently building systems at The New Mainstreet to reduce manual follow-ups and workflow drift. A founder who scaled niche ventures—from technical documentation consultancy Document-Write to blockchain education and data-audit services—she blends product-minded engineering with clear communication. Her open-source contributions include full‑stack work on the influential dat project, where she improved CLI tooling and data-store interactions, reflecting a comfort with distributed data and developer ergonomics. Portia’s background spans web engineering, blockchain development, and academic tooling (including Dockerized research environments), giving her a rare mix of developer, educator, and entrepreneur perspectives. Based in the Raleigh-Durham area, she pairs hands-on implementation skills with a people-first approach—summed up by her GitHub motto: “Code and People.”
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
University of CologneBA, Biological Anthropology, BA, Biological Anthropology at Hampshire CollegeSaunders High School
English, Chinese
Github Skills (14)
command-line-interface10
nodejs10
javascript10
command-line10
cli10
synchronize9
synchronization9
data-synchronization9
synchronized9
jtest8
testing8
jes8
jestjs8
git7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
dat-ecosystem/dat
Aug 2014 - Oct 2014
:floppy_disk: peer-to-peer sharing & live syncronization of files via command line
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:12 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Portia contributed to the command-line interface (CLI) of the `dat` project, a peer-to-peer file sharing and synchronization tool. They implemented new CLI commands related to blob management (blobs get, blobs put), and the `rows` command for interacting with the underlying data store. These changes involved modifications to the `cli.js` file, the implementation of the command-specific logic within the `bin` directory, and related test updates. Furthermore, the commits demonstrate fixing and adjusting existing functionality to improve the user experience of the CLI.
dat-protocoldiskactive-projectsmore-infosharing
pkafei/Dat-Python
Oct 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:63 commits, 1 comment, 1 issue in 2 months
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