I’m John Travise — a coal miner’s son, an Army veteran, a cybersecurity engineer, and your newly elected neighbor on the SRP Council for District Six.
This little desktop is me. Click around the icons and open whatever you like — there’s a bit about my life, some things I’ve written, and an open door if you want to talk.
My dad mined coal in West Virginia. I grew up knowing that the people who keep the lights on rarely get to decide how things are run — and that showing up matters more than being loud.
I served as an Army noncommissioned officer and deployed to combat. Then fifteen years as a cybersecurity engineer — the careful, unflashy work of making complicated systems actually work for the people who depend on them.
Then my electric bill kept climbing faster than my paycheck, and I started reading the fine print. I didn’t like what I found. So my wife and I did the most normal thing in the world: we ran for the board that sets the rates — and we won.
Mostly about why wanting normal things shouldn’t be radical. Click one to read it.
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Fifteen years in B2B software building Customer Success operations — twice from the very first hire. Same instinct as the council seat: figure out what works, write it down so others can run it, stay honest about the results.
Neighbor in District Six? Curious about the council? Thinking about running for something yourself? That last one’s my favorite email to get.