Justis Peters

Current

• Founding member at Scavenja
• Independent Consultant at IVC
• Founder at Total Home Integration

• Independent Consultant (Self-employed)

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Past

• Independent Consultant at DASH Systems
• Software Developer at Oculan
• Project Manager at DASH Systems

• Project Coordinator at Inacom
• Technician at Bayer
• Store Manager at Babbages
• Purchasing Manager at JDI Computer Systems

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Education

• Appalachian State University

Connections

133 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website

Justis Peters’s Summary

Experienced IT consultant, reinventing myself as a visionary leader and innovator.

Objective: Improve the world through the application of creativity, emerging technologies, and entrepreneurship.

Accepting clients who:
- Place value on my creative thinking and involve me in solving real and important problems.
- Care more about usefulness and quality than price and timeline.
- Like the phrase, "Work smarter, not harder."
- Want 1-10 weeks of my time.
- Usually need me less than 20 hours a week.
- Allow me to delegate highly technical responsibilities to their employees, my employees, or subcontractors.
- Accept that long term support will be provided by someone other than me.

Courting angels and VCs who:
- Share my values.
- Understand that our chemistry and compatibility are as important as our profit potential.
- Will sign a fair and flexible NDA to see my ideas.
- Want a driven starter, not a marathon runner.
- Will give me a chance if I want to run the marathon, too.
- Put their money where their mouth is.

Courting employers who:
- Have an intrapreneurship program with a proven track record.
- Want to see me transition quickly from their existing initiatives to my own.
- Will tailor the position to my potential.
- Possess the same qualities I look for in angel investors (see above).

Justis Peters’s Specialties:

Home automation, audio/video, consumer electronics, hardware, software, networking, security, software architecture, systems architecture, network design, high availability, clustering, redundancy, object oriented programming, OOP, OOA&D, Java, TCP/IP, HTML, refactoring, process improvement, project management, requirements management, and requirements analysis.

Justis Peters’s Experience

• Founding member

  Scavenja

  (Computer Games industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 month)

  Scavenja is a scavenger hunt which blends online and offline elements to create a unique and fun game that you play with your camera or cameraphone. See our website (http://scavenja.com/) for examples of recently played games and prizes that you may win. The early squirrel gets the nut!

• Independent Consultant

  IVC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2006 — Present (2 years)

  - Built 2 HA clusters of web servers, with redundant load balancers, for 2 different customers.
  - Designed and implemented Xen virtual machines, giving each developer a precise replica of the production environment.
  - Built 2 Xen hosts.
  - Investigated and cataloged candidates for PostgreSQL clustering, replication, and load balancing.
  - Built an authentication bridge between OpenACS and Java.
  - Integrated JasperReports so that it can be used from the OpenACS templating engine.
  - Developed an alternative to JasperServer, which is immutable, lightweight, and highly scalable.
  - Migrated many code repositories from CVS to SVN.
  - Performed numerous systems administration duties.
  
  Technologies: TCL, OpenACS, AOLserver, Pound, Heartbeat Linux-HA, VMware, Xen, SuSE SLES 9, SuSE SLES 10, BASH, RPM, Java, Tomcat, JasperReports, JasperServer, JasperAnalysis, Mondrian, OLAP, SSH, Subversion, SVN, CVS.

• Founder

  Total Home Integration

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

  September 2005 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  - Designed and installed custom A/V and home automation systems in residential settings.
  - Performed structured wiring installation in new construction.
  - Designed, installed, and opened an 800 sq ft showroom.
  - Attended many training sessions and trade shows.
  - Participated actively in many industry forums and helped other CIs (custom installers) troubleshoot issues.
  - Provided technical support and warranty repairs for existing customers.
  
  Technologies: television, surround sound, distributed audio, distributed video, media libraries, lighting control, HVAC control, motion sensors, contacts, relays, touchscreens, infrared, RS-232, WiFi, ZigBee, PoE, TCP/IP, structured wiring, Control4, Xantech, Harman-Kardon, Yamaha.

• Independent Consultant

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1992 — Present (16 years)

  - Developed a custom database application for the All American Daylily Selection Council, which collected data from field sites across the nation and provided statistical insight to the selection panel.
  - Provided support for dozens of desktop and laptop computers.
  - Configured and secured small networks.
  - Provided emergency support for MS SQL Server.
  
  Technologies: MS Access, MS SQL Server, Paradox, ObjectVision, Pascal, VBA, Desktops, Laptops, PDAs, WiFi, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu Linux, PHP, HTML

• Independent Consultant

  DASH Systems

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2004 — April 2006 (2 years)

  - Took over development of and finished a touchscreen application that used AJAX and DHTML to track location of life-critical equipment in healthcare contexts.
  - Developed a custom eCommerce web application for a customer who had outgrown their existing cart and catalog. New version had inventory management, shared inventory with the B&M storefront, synchronized with QuickBooks Enterprise Edition, and integrated directly with a point-of-sale system.
  - Developed a public website for a health education non-profit.
  - Converted dev team from ColdFusion/Access to Tomcat/PostgreSQL.
  - Trained developers on Java and OOP, maintained Eclipse environments, configured developer workstations.
  - Performed project management, requirements gathering, and analysis for most large projects.
  - Provided advice, support, and occasional development on smaller projects.
  
  Technologies: Java, JSP, Servlets, Struts, OJB, PostgreSQL, Velocity, Linux, CVS, DHTML, Javascript, AJAX, Tomcat, Eclipse

• Software Developer

  Oculan

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)

  October 2001 — May 2004 (2 years 8 months)

  - Developed new code across our suite of appliances for network monitoring, IDS, and vulnerability scanning.
  - Refactored significant quantities of code, to help speed new development.
  - Designed and implemented secure licensing and provisioning for our server appliances, including keypair cryptography of license information.
  - Demonstrated object-relational mapping techniques and evangelized their value. Implemented Apache's OJB.
  - Optimized queries and provided team support for PostgreSQL.
  - Implemented the RT request tracker for our helpdesk.
  - Built and maintained a custom CRM to serve the needs of our channel partners.
  - Assisted with migration to SalesForce.com.
  - Helped create training curriculum and delivered it, via WebEx, to customers and channel partners.
  
  Technologies: Java, JSP, Servlets, Tomcat, JMX, JDBC, OJB, PostgreSQL, Apache, PHP, MySQL, Perl, Red Hat Linux, BASH, Ant, Vim, SNMP, TCP/IP, WMI, XML, Castor, Keypair cryptography, SSH, SSL

• Project Manager

  DASH Systems

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2000 — October 2001 (1 year 7 months)

  - Managed project to relocate to new office, including acquisition and installation of workstations, servers, phone system, and network infrastructure.
  - Developed custom templates for SOW (statements of work), LOI (letters of intent), and change management documents.
  - Performed estimating duties for all custom development projects over $10K.
  - Wrote SOW for every project.
  - Managed a distributed development team, with a typical project load of 2 major projects and 5-10 minor projects at any given time.
  - Contributed to development efforts when deadlines were tight.
  - Developed multiple shopping cart and catalog applications.
  - Acted as senior systems engineer for a hosting network for hundreds of clients.
  
  Technologies: ColdFusion, PHP, Red Hat Linux, CentOS, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, IIS, Exchange, ASP, FrontPage, Apache, Shorewall, PF.

• Project Coordinator

  Inacom

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years)

  - Compiled and analyzed workload resource planning across 250 IT projects to be completed at BB&T during 2000. Presented findings to senior management and created analysis scenarios on demand.
  - Developed custom Microsoft Access application for BB&T, to track project information.
  - Developed custom modifications to Microsoft Project for BB&T.
  - Coordinated project details, as it pertained to IT equipment and services, of relocating of 200 Bayer employees to a new campus.
  - Managed migration of client access to legacy mainframe applications at Bayer, implementing a TN3270 client for Windows.
  - Prior to promotion, performed technician duties at Bayer. See below for details.

• Technician

  Bayer

  (Public Company; Consumer Electronics industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years)

  - Diagnosed and repaired a wide range of deskside issues.
  - Coordinated with systems engineers to solve server configuration and account administration issues.
  - Configured network printers and network scanners.
  - Repaired many HP LaserJet printers.
  - Replaced parts in Dell workstations and laptops.
  - Loaded OS image on new workstations and configured software for target user.
  - Walked users through complex MS Office tasks over the phone.
  - Performed basic diagnosis over the phone, to speed resolution.
  - Maintained accurate notes on each client ticket.
  
  Technologies: Dell, HP, 3Com, Palm, Windows NT Workstation, Windows NT Server, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SMS.

• Store Manager

  Babbages

  (Retail industry)

  1996 — 1998 (2 years)

  Managed a retail store (Software Etc) that sold computer software, computer books, and video games in North Hills Mall, located in Raleigh, NC.
  
  - Managed a staff of 5-10 employees, depending on season.
  - Greeted every customer with a smile and a helpful spirit.
  - Performed all interviewing, hiring, supervision, and firing.
  - Managed employee schedules and task assignments.
  - Did basic bookkeeping, managed safe, made bank deposits.
  - Received inventory, stocked shelves, returned retired titles.
  - Performed regular inventory audits, cash audits, and timesheet audits.
  - Coordinated promotional displays and featured sales.

• Purchasing Manager

  JDI Computer Systems

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

  1992 — 1994 (2 years)

  - Selected components for the PCs we built in-house.
  - Nurtured relationships with distributors and kept tabs on component prices and software prices.
  - Kept adequate parts in stock and negotiated with distributors for good deals.
  - Built some of the custom PCs for our customers.
  - Performed diagnostics and repairs on customer equipment.
  - Greeted customers who entered retail store.
  - Provided advice to customers wanting a new computer.
  - Rang up sales.
  
  Technologies: DOS 5.0, Windows 3.1, Lantastic, PC Workstations

Justis Peters’s Education

• Appalachian State University

  Computer Science, Linguistics, Interdisciplinary Studies 1994 — 1996

Additional Information

Justis Peters’s Websites:

• My Website

Justis Peters’s Interests:

entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, visionary leadership, job creation, microfinance, location shifting, time shifting, telecommuting, quality of life, human resource innovations, results-only workplace, ROW, crowdsourcing, open source, peer review, security, privacy, freedom, innovation, semantic web, web 2.0, web 3.0, folksonomy, social tagging, social networks, webs of trust, digital democracy, home automation, home health care

Justis Peters’s Groups:

Integration Pros, Raleigh Neighborhood College, Farsta Kickers, LinkedIn Live, Twitter

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•    Tweeple member
•    Agile RTP (ARTp) member

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