No one has led so much change in our industry as our rockstar drummer of the band
A quick recap of John’s history from the beginning of AutomatedBuildings.com and some of his contributions to the industry
Please join me in thanking John for giving us all a lifetime of change and wish him only the best in his retirement.
2000 – John Petze, VP of Product Development Andover Controls Corporation
Ethernet is the information connectivity utility, and this makes Ethernet running TCP/IP the protocol to bet on for open systems going forward.
2004 – John Petze, President & CEO, Tridium, Inc.
Mr. Petze has over 20 years of experience in the facilities automation industry, having served in a variety of senior technical and management positions with manufacturers of automation hardware and software. He is a cum laude graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass., an associate member of ASHRAE, a member of the Association of Energy Engineers, and a Certified Energy Manager. He is a frequent speaker at industry trade events and has authored numerous technical papers and articles for industry publications.
2006 – Acquisition of Tridium by Honeywell
Sinclair: Why did Honeywell acquire Tridium?
Petze / Petock: Honeywell made the investment because it believes in our technology, people and business potential. The company believes in the vision and technology that has been guiding Tridium for the past 10 years. With Honeywell, we are in a good position to accelerate our vision and expand our growth. Furthermore, there are significant opportunities to implement the Niagara Framework and our technology across several lines of businesses within Honeywell’s operating units.
2010 – John Petze. Former CEO of Tridium joins a new software startup www.skyfoundry.com focused on analytics.
John Petze, C.E.M., has over 25 years of experience in building automation, energy management, and M2M, having served in senior-level positions for manufacturers of hardware and software products including Andover Controls, Tridium, and Cisco Systems. At SkyFoundry (www.skyfoundry.com) he joins Brian Frank, co-founder and chief architect of Tridium’s Niagara Framework, as they look to bring the next generation of information analytics to the “Internet of Things”.
2012 – How It Came About: Haystack Connect started from discussions between numerous SI’s and vendors over the course of 2012 who felt that there was a need for a different type of event focused specifically on the people implementing systems and driving new solutions for facility owners.
How to Build a Haystack The history of Haystack is chronologically documented by AutomatedBuildings.com
2013 – John Petze, Principal, SkyFoundry founding volunteers of the Project-haystack.org
John Petze, C.E.M., is a partner in SkyFoundry, the developers of SkySpark™, an analytics platform for building, energy, and equipment data. John is one of the founding volunteers of the Project-haystack.org initiative. John has over 25 years of experience in building automation, energy management, and M2M, having served in senior-level positions for manufacturers of hardware and software products. At SkyFoundry he rejoins Brian Frank, co-founder and chief architect of Tridium’s Niagara Framework, as they look to bring the next generation of information analytics to the “Internet of Things”.
2020 – Monday Live! A weekly discussion group for the Smart Building industry
Haystack Connect 2022
is organized and produced by the Project Haystack Organization—an open-source community of people and companies who share the vision that a connected, collaborative community can move the industry forward in ways that no single supplier can! The event builds on the inspiration and mission of the community to address the challenges of making smart device data work seamlessly across applications of all types through the adoption of a standard approach to semantic modeling of equipment systems and their data.
John Petze
Founding Board Member, Project Haystack
Partner & Co-Founder, SkyFoundry
John Petze is a Partner and Co-Founder at SkyFoundry, the developer of SkySpark™, an analytics platform for smart device and equipment data. John has over 30 years of experience in automation, energy management, and M2M/IoT, having served in senior-level positions for manufacturers of hardware and software products including President & CEO of Tridium, VP of Product Development for Andover Controls, and Global Director of Sales for Cisco Systems Smart and Connected Buildings group. He is a member of the Association of Energy Engineers and a Founding Board Member of Project Haystack.
