Mike Portman

Hi, my name is

Mike Portman

Web Developer.

About Me

Mike here! Thanks for checking out my website. I am a self taught developer located in Austin, TX. In my previous life I received my bachelors in Political Science at San Jose State and had some years of experience managing local and corporate retail stores.

Fast-forward to today for how long I’ve been there’s not been a day that goes by thinking without me about how happy I decided to switch careers. It was a lot of work learning from scratch but well worth it. I’ve had the privilege of working on sites for local nonprofits up to publicly traded companies.

Some interests outside of work are:

Training and running marathons
Teaching my dog how to be a good boy
Playing old 60’s songs on guitar
Growing veggies in the backyard
Going on long walks with the wife and dog

Click here for my detailed resume.

Where I’ve Worked

Jan ’20 – Present

Lead and created 7 localized versions of our corporate website
Work on two major site rebrands to match new marketing campaigns
Daily page creation and upkeep to 1,500+ pages
Work almost exclusively with custom WordPress theming. PHP, SASS, TailWind, Javascript, JQuery

Mar ’19 – Jan ’20

Developed full scale websites for small businesses to multi billion dollar corporations.
Created sites for internal corporation employees to submit company feedback.
Oversaw the lifecycle of 8 projects from start to finish. All were completed on time while staying under budget.
Developed an app for a corporate event in Washington DC where users can find themselves on a map and the nearest private event.
Build sites with NationBuilder and WordPress universe. Liquid, PHP, SASS, Javascript, JQuery

Sept ’18 – Mar – 19

Created WordPress websites for small businesses.
Used premade themes and website builders like Avada and Divi to create layouts.
Communicated with clients about project statuses and final walkthrough of websites
Managed team to project completions

Some Things I’ve Built

Professional Role

SailPoint Technologies

Working within the marketing department developing and maintaining the corporate site. Look on any page and odds are I have contributed in some way to make it look and work the way it is. Have collaborated with many people around the company to increase Site has been developed on WordPress.

Professional Role

Harris Media

Marketing Agency specializing in political web presence. Worked with congressmen to political groups to grow their public interests. Worked on many sites weekly from creating to updating. Work was primarily in WordPress but also had to learn the coding language Liquid and Nationbuilder.

Professional Role

Mint Design Agency

My first professional role in the new field of web development (Always write a cover letter, it helps!). Maintained and created sites within WordPress with mainly layout builders like Avada, Divi, and Salient.