Besides being a football player and a coach and a math teacher, A. JOHN PETERS has had a rich and varied career in the computer industry. In 1969, after playing football for the Omaha Mustangs and teaching in an Omaha high school, John began his career as an actuarial programmer. He soon moved on to doing research in software methodologies, secure network communications and distributed databases. Since 1977, John has been working on the Internet (then known as the ARPANET) and he has also been a District Technical Director, with over 120 geographically dispersed people reporting to him.
Since 1989, he has run the consulting firm, A. John Peters Consulting. In 2001, the company was renamed to OTG-DSS Inc. (This stands for On the Go, Distributed Software Systems). Its main business consists of the creation, testing and installation of software applications in a distributed environment. Users of his system install programs from Local Area Networks (LANs), Intranets, the Internet and Compact Disks. OTG-DSS Inc. also maintains secure Websites for certain customers so their users can maintain, download and keep records of private information and programs.
Mr. Peters created OTG-DSS Inc. to diversify his business to include the creation and maintenance of e-commerce web sites, training of business owners on how they can best use the Internet, and avoid troublesome problems with their computers and computer networks. As part of his training of business users, Mr. Peters taught classes at Central Lakes College on "Securing Your Small Business Network", Advertising Your Business on the Web" and "1-ON-1Training for Creating Your Own Website". He was also the lead adjunct professor of information technology at the MN School of Business in St. Cloud, MN.
In 2003, Mr. Peters was named by Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota as a "Minnesota Entrepreneurial Champion" for using the Internet to promote locally produced goods.
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