John Hartman

Current

CTO at neutralSpace
Instructor - Social Media & Web 2.0 (WM316) at Portland State University
President at Feedia

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Past

Technical Evangelist at Digital Universe Foundation
Software Engineer at ManyOne Networks
Sr. Network Engineer, Webmaster at Evergreen International Aviation

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Education

Art Institute of Seattle
University of Oregon
USAO

College of Santa Fe

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Recommended

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Connections

225 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

John Hartman’s Summary

I was very fortunate to have had family that owned a computer store in 1981 which seeded my technology journey. From desktop to server and all the topology in-between I have worked the full spectrum of Information Technology. I have been working with connected networks since before the web existed.

Inspired by Rheingold and Lanier I had a stint as a Virtual Reality consultant back in the mid 90's. The world was not ready for VR on the consumer end and I moved into my other passion at the time this little thing called the World Wide Web.

I worked with Intel early on beta testing some of the very first "web" servers and developed what I have to guess were some of the very first Intranets. I ran a consulting firm prior to the dot bomb and then took an offer I could not refuse from one of my clients that I was doing Y2K consulting for.

Lately I was working on a project that is trying to change the world by creating the Digital Universe. "The Digital Universe aims to be the definitive repository of human knowledge online." I ended up as the Technology Evangelist for the Digital Universe Foundation (DUF) where I worked with major scientific organizations and universities to create next generation vetted internet content and a customized Media Wiki implementation called the Encyclopedia of Earth.

This was an amazing project to work with but the itch of entrepreneurialism in me needed to be scratched and thus I stepped back from the DUF and started my own company around social media and this new web 2.0 space. I also wanted to jump into the metaverse space and extend my experience from projects like creating a prototype for 3D data visualization of information about the Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster in 2004 and present that data overlaid onto a globe in web browser. Looking at platforms like Second Life, Google Earth and others to start developing what some are referring to as web 3.0.

John Hartman’s Specialties:

Futurist, Producer, Teacher, Media Strategist, Technologist, Entrepreneur and Metaverse Wanderer.

* XML, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax, DHTML, VRML
* Mapping and GIS, RDF OWL and Metadata structures
* PostgreSQL, MYSQL, MSSQL,
* Social Networking and new media guru
* Video and Audio Production
* OSS evangelist
* Transmedia
* Machinima

John Hartman’s Experience

CTO

neutralSpace

(Internet industry)

August 2008 — Present (4 months)

Developing technologies, strategies and creating tools that free people’s time management from the constraints of a single device, operating system or corporate network. Helping people, social groups, and organizations come together in new and interesting ways by making it easier to share activities and coordinate time with one another. Our mission is to do for calendar sharing what email did for messaging.
Instructor - Social Media & Web 2.0 (WM316)

Portland State University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

May 2008 — Present (7 months)

Whether it's called Social Media, New Media or Internet Media it all comes back to the interactive and collaborative nature of the new web application platform that is referred to as Web 2.0. Social and viral, this iteration of the internet has changed the way we interact on and with the web. Understanding these changes and the new models is crucial. Did you know that social media drives as much traffic to websites as all the major search engines combined? If you care about search, you should care about social media.

http://sesweb.ses.pdx.edu/pdc_cat/details.cfm?id=WM316
President

Feedia

(Online Media industry)

August 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)

Feedia is at its core a media consulting firm that crafts strategies, envisions stories and produces media content. Be that content on the web, mobile, IPTV the Metaverse or any of our transmedia touch points. We are very good at looking around corners and are helping major brands and Fortune 500 companies understand the coming Mediascape. A Final Cut Studio shop we can take the story and mold it into a finished product that we then can transcode to appropriate format for the distribution plan. We understand the value of evergreen content and help to assure any strategy crafted is looking to the future. We have crewed up for productions on a sound stage, animated and produced for virtual worlds, scripted campaigns and shot viral video work for clients like Toyota, HP, Intel and Cricket as well as many other smaller organizations
Technical Evangelist

Digital Universe Foundation

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

February 2006 — August 2006 (7 months)

“The Digital Universe aims to be the definitive repository of human knowledge online.” At the DUF I worked with major scientific organizations and universities to create next generation vetted internet content. As the liaison between universities, institutions and the DUF, I evangelized the concepts and solutions we developed through public speaking at conferences and events. We developed Semantic Web strategies and helped design and evolve the Digital Universe from a customized Mozilla browser to a browser independent platform using Dojo Ajax framework and a customized Media Wiki implementation called the Encyclopedia of Earth. I participated in the development of 3D data visualization of information data sets overlaid onto the earth and other planets displayed within the Mozilla browser. I was responsible for researching, designing and implementing a creative asset management strategy using open source solution.
Software Engineer

ManyOne Networks

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

October 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 5 months)

Worked with software group to bring data sets into PostgreSQL as well as designing and implementing a creative asset management strategy using open source solutions. Worked with Sr. Architects to devise portal development structures for integrating stewarding tools in XUL, Java Script, PHP and other web languages. Worked on meta data strategies for the Digital Universe with our partner organizations using ISO and Dublin Core as frameworks layout RDF and OWL Semantic Web meta data structures.
Sr. Network Engineer, Webmaster

Evergreen International Aviation

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)

December 2000 — February 2004 (3 years 3 months)

I was the Sr. Network Engineer for an international company with 30 subsidiaries where my team modernized the network. I managed people on projects with large budgets in extremely high stress environments. I was responsible for entire corporate network including LAN, WAN, and Internet presence. I researched, proposed, and implemented new technologies as well as maintained legacy systems. On my recommendation we crafted solutions working with major vendors to implement large scale infrastructure overhaul for an antiquated network. During my tenure I worked with government agencies and major corporations on a litany of projects in the IT space. Through my experience in the military I developed a good understanding of the use of proper channels and the process of dealing with red tape.

John Hartman’s Education

Art Institute of Seattle

Multi-Media and Video Production 1997 — 1998
University of Oregon

Bio-Chemistry 1993 — 1995
USAO

Education 1989 — 1990
College of Santa Fe

Theater Arts 1988 — 1989

Additional Information

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John Hartman’s Interests:

Futurist topics, New Technologies, Virtual Environments, Music

John Hartman’s Groups:

2008 Board of Directors Cre8Con (Revitilizing Portland Creative Conference) Chairman Speaker Selection Comity
OMPA, IEEE Computer Society, SDNI (Founder), MSDN, NUI, PACUG, Noise Squad, POSSE, SEMPDX, Portland Social Media, Inverge, PixelCorps

2004 Board of Directors The Michael King Smith Kid’s Fund - Business Manager