Summary
John Teeter is a seasoned technology strategist and entrepreneur with 14 years of experience building open, community-centric systems that advance sustainable urban and energy infrastructures. As partner at Skylight Digital and founder/CIO roles at URBAN.SYSTEMS and Maalka, he focuses on scalable integration, sustainability metrics, and open integration for smart cities. A Presidential Innovation Fellow alumnus and former NIST computer scientist, he blends public-sector policy insight with hands-on technical leadership in open source energy stacks via EnergyOS. John’s work emphasizes leaving durable, shareable systems for future generations—often advancing progress through public collaborations rather than proprietary lock-in. Based in Idaho, he pairs an MS in Electrical Engineering and a BS in Mathematics with decades of experience turning civic and community initiatives into production-ready platforms. Notably, he has repeatedly used niche communities (from endurance sports to municipal stakeholders) as real-world testbeds for emergent internet and sustainability technologies.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Electrical Engineering, MS, Electrical Engineering at University of Idaho
BS, Mathematics, BS, Mathematics at Idaho State University