Porter Bayne

About Porter Bayne

I solve complex technical and product challenges for organizations that need immediate, measurable results. Hands-on Fractional CTO/CPO offering:• Rapid assessment and turnaround of struggling products and platforms• Development of compliant, high-scale systems (including HIPAA, financial regulations)• MVP design-build to launch a new product or feature• Product strategy that drives measurable revenue growth (34% YoY retail, 10% YoY online at World Spice)• Team leadership that increases both quality and velocity I\'ve built solutions handling 1+ billion monthly impressions and revitalized technology organizations across venture-backed startups and Fortune 500 companies. My approach combines technical expertise with genuine empathy - I listen first, then architect solutions that meet real human needs while addressing business objectives. Examples of my work:• Built scalable platforms reaching 65M+ monthly users with 1B+ monthly events• Created a doctor\'s \"second brain\" EHR resulting in 40% improvement in successful insurance claims• Secured exclusive partnership with top-5 global investment bank to provide innovative financial productsAvailable for fractional leadership roles or hands-on development projects that require both technical excellence and strategic vision.

Experience

1. Head of Product

   Sunlight

   Jul 2025 — Present · Durham, NC, US

   Head of Product overseeing digital platform for three different business lines.Designed, coordinated, and developed the rebuild from the ground up for the new Sunlight app. You can think of Sunlight as a combination of Spruce Health + Slack + MyCase, purpose-built for the child welfare system. Sunlight features: • case management• team coordination• document management• real-time messaging in-app and via SMS, segmented by team and case• in-app phone and video calling• enterprise-level role-based access and configuration• multi-organization case collaborationAnd more, all in a unified, HIPAA and SOC2-compliant platform that works on the web, iOS, and Android.Heavy planning and coordination with a multi-step planning process enabled Claude Code swarms to move from product planning, to implementation, to review & testing, with rapid yet coherent development in a under 3 months.

Education

• Marymount Manhattan College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Graphic Design

  2002

• Baylor University

  Religion, Business

  1998 — 2000

Skills

• User Experience
• User Interface Design
• Information Architecture
• Agile Methodologies
• Css
• SEO
• Mobile Devices
• Jquery
• Software Development
• Web Applications
• Start-Ups
• Ruby on Rails
• Mysql
• Javascript
• Usability
• User Interface
• Front-End
• Cms
• Web Development
• Web Analytics
• Html 5
• Interaction Design
• Mobile Applications
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Html5