# Jonathan Porter

Jonathan Porter is a founder, product leader, and full-stack engineer. After the acquisition of his last startup, he's now working on his next companies.

## Hi, I'm Porter

Entrepreneur. CPTO. AI nerd. World traveler.

## In his own words

"Porter's ability to design and develop efficient and effective software has enabled our creation of multiple products over the last two years. His technical expertise spans multiple industries, and his support and service to his customers is second to none."

— Stephen Strang, Cofounder & CTO, Lucasys

## Companies I've built

### CorgiMaps

Founder, Head of Product & Engineering

Connecting brands to the future of agentic commerce. Start selling via AI in 5 minutes.

https://www.corgimaps.com

### PorterLogic

Founder, CEO/CPTO

Supply chain operations platform built on our composable workflow engine. Acquired by Lucasys in 2025.

Acquired.

https://www.porterlogic.com

### Porter Software

Embedded CPTO

Custom software design and dev, leveraging agentic development and our proprietary AI build kit.

https://www.portersoftware.com

### Kumquat

Founder, Head of Product & Engineering

The first travel app built for every step of the journey. Brainstorm, plan and go all in one place.

https://www.gokumquat.com

## By the numbers

- Lines of code written: 4,500,000
- Years of experience: 13.0
- Companies acquired: 1

## Background

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Current city | Amsterdam, NL |
| Previous city | Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Hometown | Tucker, GA, USA |
| College | Georgia Tech |
| Major | Industrial Engineering |
| Minor | Engineering & Business |

## Lines of code written per year

Lines of code written per year, since 2008.

| Year | Lines |
| --- | --- |
| 2008 | 20,000 |
| 2009 | 10,000 |
| 2010 | 15,000 |
| 2011 | 30,000 |
| 2012 | 45,000 |
| 2013 | 50,000 |
| 2014 | 30,000 |
| 2015 | 70,000 |
| 2016 | 80,000 |
| 2017 | 120,000 |
| 2018 | 140,000 |
| 2019 | 200,000 |
| 2020 | 220,000 |
| 2021 | 280,000 |
| 2022 | 400,000 |
| 2023 | 670,000 |
| 2024 | 870,000 |
| 2025 | 1,250,000 |

## Visited cities by country

Cities visited, grouped by country.

| Country | Cities visited |
| --- | --- |
| United States | 60 |
| Netherlands | 15 |
| Switzerland | 8 |
| Cayman Islands | 6 |
| Germany | 6 |
| France | 4 |
| Belgium | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 3 |
| Sint Maarten | 3 |
| Italy | 2 |
| Bahamas | 2 |
| US Virgin Islands | 2 |
| Mexico | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 2 |
| Poland | 2 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Bonaire | 1 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 |
| Saba | 1 |
| England | 1 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 |

## Trips per year

Trips taken per year, since 2005.

| Year | Trips |
| --- | --- |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 |

## Book list

A few favourites. The full list lives at [/book-list.md](https://www.jporter.io/book-list.md).

- Building a StoryBrand — Donald Miller
- Lean Startup — Eric Ries
- The Mom Test — Rob Fitzpatrick
- Obviously Awesome — April Dunford
- The Startup Owner's Manual — Steve Blank, Bob Dorf
- Traction — Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares

## Are you looking for an agentic development partner?

[Get in touch](https://www.jporter.io/contact)

## More pages

- [About](https://www.jporter.io/about.md) — Jonathan Porter's story, from building websites at 15 to founding and selling PorterLogic.
- [Get in touch](https://www.jporter.io/contact.md) — How to reach Jonathan Porter and book a 30-minute call.
- [Experience](https://www.jporter.io/experience.md) — Jonathan Porter's work history and education — startups, product leadership, and supply chain technology.
- [Book list](https://www.jporter.io/book-list.md) — Books that shaped how Jonathan Porter thinks about startups, leadership, and technology.
- [Site map](https://www.jporter.io/sitemap.md) — Every page on jporter.io available as Markdown.
- [Glossary](https://www.jporter.io/glossary.md) — Definitions of the supply chain, startup, and AI terms used across this site.