Jonathan Porter Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

PorterLogic fixes what your ERP broke in your supply chain - from warehousing and inventory to procurement, orders, and more. Purpose built for supply chain operators, the platform plugs into your existing systems to facilitate all the functions required to bring in raw components, convert them to finished goods, and fulfill the customer order. We help distributors and manufacturers who do their own assembly, kitting, and order fulfillment streamline their operations by hyper-tailoring user interfaces, automating workflows, and connecting systems. As a standalone solution or a bolt-on, PorterLogic’s composable building blocks enable you to adapt quickly, build on what works, and remove what doesn't, without huge disruptions to your operation.Awards our team won: - SupplyTech Breakthrough Startup of the Year (2024) - Supply & Demand Chain Executive Top Supply Chain Projects (2024) - SupplyTech Breakthrough Startup of the Year (2023) - Supply & Demand Chain Executive Top Tech Startup (2023) - Atlanta Startup Awards Scrappiest Startup (2022) - Finalist for Atlanta Startup Awards Best B2B Startup (2023) - Venture Atlanta Showcase Company (2022) - ATDC Accelerate Company (2022)Individual recognition: - Supply & Demand Chain Executive Pro to Know (2024) - CSCMP Emerging Leader (2023)

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Architected and built the entire PorterLogic platform from the ground up, including proprietary composable/low-code workflow engine as well as supply chain operations platform.Directed product strategy and engineering team, plus assisted in various capacities across customer success and sales engineering.Scaled application to successfully process more than 10M transactions per month (and growing), with 100% uptime and zero security incidents since product launch.Led team of more than a dozen, including interviewing and hiring as well as people management.Headed fundraising efforts and successfully raised $1M in venture capital, and subsequently led the board of directors.Followed lean startup strategy from day one, constantly conducting customer discovery and learning/iterating based on customer feedback.Handed over the reins of CEO to my cofounder Anya to allow me to get back to product development in order to provide optimal value to the company.

Worked with clients ranging from startups to a $50B enterprise, architecting and building software products including ERPs, inventory management systems, tax accounting solutions, public websites, and more.Blended business strategy and technical development, leading efforts in customer discovery and user story design as well as system architecture and software engineering.Jumped into multiple industries with no prior experience, quickly learning vertical-specific requirements to create solutions specific to each use case.Products developed for clients: - ERP for grocery and foodservice customers - WMS/IMS for convenience stores - Deferred tax modeling system for regulated utility companies - Tax basis balance sheet automation solution - Real estate development financial assessment system - Medical device inventory tracking solution - Data management and migration tool - Public websites for customers across a wide variety of industries

Honored to be a guest on wide variety of business, supply chain and entrepreneurship podcasts, including:The Digital Supply Chain Podcast with Tom Raftery (June 2023)The New Warehouse Podcast (Ep. 318, Sept 2022; at EDGE 2023, Dec 2023; at Manifest 2024, Mar 2024)High Voltage Business Builders (Feb 2024)Business RadioX (Nov 2022)Let's Talk Supply Chain's Action Items with Dyci (May 2022)Atlanta Startup Podcast (Ep. 153, Jan 2023)Digital Workspace Works (Feb 2024)Manufacturer's Network Podcast (Ep. 2, May 2023)A Seat at the Table Podcast (July 2023)Business Bros Podcast (Dec 2023)PorterLogic Podcast Series: What happens when you click buy? (June 2023)WSB Rocks with Sam Gupta (to be published)Manufacturing Unscripted (to be published)Burn the Ship Podcast (Aug 2021)

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Full-stack engineer responsible for design and development of multiple software products, from user stories and UX design, to engineering, deployment, and testing of solutions.Collaborated with senior leadership team for functional requirement gathering and design, working iteratively to deliver products that effectively met customer needs.Consistently met development timelines and operated autonomously with weekly status reporting, able to deliver results without the need for daily oversight.

Boulder, Co, Us

Led client-side efforts for two Manhattan WMS implementations, including design and development of 10+ custom system enhancements for a $3.4B international apparel retailer.Architected and built software tools for both internal and external clients, including analytics visualization application and test data creation tool, automating manual processes and reducing human effort in certain tasks by more than 90%.Engineered advanced SQL queries and data transformations to achieve customer reporting requirements and deliver complex insights.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Responsible for both sales engineering (prospect demos, proof of concepts/POCs) and customer onboarding (solution architecture, data lake design) for AnswerRocket’s business intelligence and analytics platform.Delivered more than 20 POCs to prospective customers that drove multiple signed contracts (including a $2.4B pharmaceutical client), typically delivered in <1 week as part of the sales process.Architected 8+ data lakes to allow customers to achieve actionable insights, including full ETL pipeline development using advanced SQL and Python.Optimized client delivery processes and reduced turnaround time from 3-5 days to <2 hours.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Led multiple 3-5 person teams on several enterprise WMS implementations, including for one of Manhattan’s largest accounts, a $163B pharmaceutical distributor with more than 20 warehouses.Architected more than 25 software enhancements and system modifications, designing client-specific logic and coordinating between multiple teams to ensure successful delivery.Expanded beyond warehouse management and gained expertise in system integrations to enable faster client implementations with less back-and-forth between teams.

Started in high school and continuing through college, built websites and created marketing collateral for real estate agents and brokers, helping increase traffic to listings and driving sales.Managed technology related to multiple marketing launches, including web development and email campaigns.

Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, De

Worked 4 internship/co-op semesters in the industrial engineering department at Bosch's North Charleston automotive manufacturing facility.Supported production teams with material flow optimizations, engineered labor standards, and ergonomic process design to improve manufacturing efficiency and drive throughput.Owned multiple projects and collaborated with department leaders to achieve outcomes, presenting results to senior plant leadership.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Industrial And Systems Engineering

Minor In Engineering & Business