I’m John Travise. Coal miner’s kid from West Virginia, Army veteran, fifteen years in cybersecurity. Since April, your neighbor on the SRP Council for District Six.
This whole desktop is me. Click the icons and open what you want. There’s my story and some of what I’ve written in here, plus a way to reach me if something’s on your mind.
My dad mined coal in West Virginia. So I grew up knowing the people who keep the lights on almost never get a say in how it’s run.
I was an Army noncommissioned officer, deployed to combat. Then fifteen years as a cybersecurity engineer — quiet work, the kind nobody notices until it breaks.
Then my power bill started climbing faster than my paycheck, so I read the fine print. 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 our 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 teams from scratch, twice as the first hire. Same instinct that got me the council seat: find what works, then write it down plainly enough that the next person can run it without me. And I don’t dress up the numbers.
Live in District Six, or just curious how the council actually works? Either way, say hi. And if you’re thinking about running for something yourself, that’s the message I most want to get.