# John Travise

> Coal miner's son, Army veteran, cybersecurity engineer, and elected member of the Salt River Project (SRP) Council for District Six. Customer Success leader and hands-on technical builder based in Phoenix, AZ.

This is John Travise's personal site, https://john.travise.net/. The site is a JavaScript desktop ("travise os"), so this file carries the same facts as plain text.

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## Elected Office

John was elected to the Salt River Project (SRP) Council on April 7, 2026, representing District Six for a four-year term. The seat is on the SRP Council. The SRP Board is a separate body. SRP is one of the largest public power utilities in the United States, serving approximately 1 million customers in the Phoenix metropolitan area. As a Council Member, he participates in governance of resource planning, rate structures, grid reliability, and generation portfolio decisions.

## Writing

Full text of every essay: https://john.travise.net/llms-full.txt

- Every Customer Is a Stakeholder (Notes, June 2026): Retiring the 1903 rule that says only landowners get a vote.
- I Am Not An Activist (Indivisible, April 2026): On who gets called normal — and who gets to decide.

## Contact

- Email: john@travise.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jtravise
- GitHub: https://github.com/jotra7
- Location: Phoenix, AZ 85016
- Remote since 2014

## Professional Background

John Travise has over a decade in enterprise B2B SaaS, primarily in cybersecurity. He has built two Customer Success organizations from scratch as a player-coach and has held people management roles for 7+ years.

At Avanan (cloud security startup, grew to $100M+ ARR, acquired by Check Point), he joined as the second CS hire and built the function from 2 to 10. He managed Fortune 500 accounts (T-Mobile, Telefonica, Carnival Cruise Lines) at $8M ARR with 100% renewal. He improved CSAT 40% and CLV 30%. He led CS through the Check Point acquisition across a global organization.

At Lumifi Cyber (MSSP), he managed 25+ accounts with 98% gross retention and 115% NRR. He implemented ChurnZero CSP from scratch: designed the data model, built health scoring from usage telemetry, created renewal forecasting. He identified $400K in expansion pipeline.

At Cofense, he built consulting services from first hire to 8 across 100+ enterprise accounts with 95%+ retention and 40% expansion.

He started his career at FishNet Security (now Optiv) doing hands-on enterprise deployments across Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, and Fortinet platforms.

He also held a Product Owner/Manager role at Agari (email authentication/DMARC) and a Senior Sales Engineer role at Rangeforce (cybersecurity training).

## Military Service

US Army, 1998-2011. Noncommissioned Officer and HUMINT Collection Team Leader. Three Iraq deployments. Security clearance history.

## Technical Projects

### SRP Campaign Platform
Full-stack data and AI platform built for his winning utility council campaign. The stack: Python data pipelines (SQL, ingestion, transformation, fuzzy matching for early-ballot processing), Supabase/PostgreSQL backend, AWS infrastructure, Next.js admin dashboard with analytics, Flutter mobile canvassing app (offline-first), SignalWire RELAY phone bank with PSTN calls and AI-generated voicemails (TTS), and a YOLOv8 computer-vision pipeline that analyzed ~664,000 properties for rooftop solar detection. 100+ volunteers across 10 SRP districts. Built in 60 days at $0 engineering cost using Claude and ChatGPT as primary development tools.

### dns-entree
Go-based DNS automation platform supporting multiple providers (Cloudflare, AWS Route 53, GoDaddy, Google Cloud DNS). Automated DNS record management across enterprise and multi-cloud environments.

## Certifications

CISSP, PCNSE (Palo Alto Networks), NSE4 (Fortinet), CCSA (Check Point), ITIL 4 Foundation, GCIH, CCNA. These certifications are not currently active.

## Technical Skills

- CS Platforms: Salesforce (admin-level), ChurnZero (built from scratch), Catalyst (implementation), Gainsight (familiar), HubSpot
- Cloud: AWS (S3, EC2, Route 53, IAM), Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Supabase, Docker
- Security: Network security (Palo Alto, Check Point, Fortinet), cloud security, email security, MDR, SSO/SAML/OIDC/SCIM
- AI/ML: Claude (daily), ChatGPT (daily), OpenRouter, LLM API integration, YOLOv8, SignalWire TTS
- Development: Python, Go, SQL, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, Git
- Languages: English (native), Korean (conversational)