John Dietz · Career Map

Almost always building my own thing — while doing the work.

Twenty-five years in four overlapping threads. The through-line is the amber band: I've run my own company continuously since 2003 — Integrity Test Solutions, then Kubefirst, now Konstruct — underneath nearly every contract, platform, and product role on this chart. Hover any bar to lift it; click it to jump to the detail.

2001 2005 2010 2015 2020 NOW ▸
Entrepreneurship & company building
ITSIntegrity Test SolutionsFounder & CEO’03–’21
K1KubefirstCo-founder → CEO’21–’24
KOKonstructCEO & co-founder’24–now
Cloud native platform leadership
KSKubeshopCEO of Kubefirst · post-acq.’22–’24
CVCivoDir. Enterprise Cloud Solutions’24–now
Government & defense contracts — delivered through Integrity Test Solutions
ADADP-IMSTest Automation · early careerearly
NGNorthrop GrummanDefense Travel System · founding ITS contract’03–’07
HPHewlett PackardSoftware Architect · Edge’07–’11
NGNorthrop GrummanNG-CCAS (NextGen)’10–’11
ASAmerican SystemsDoD SPOT · perf lead’11–’13
EISEIS · USCISTech lead · 112 systems’12–’13
Enterprise & media platforms
UTGannett / USA TodayDev → Platform Architect’13–’16
RMRemineITS consulting client’16–’21
CSCanda SolutionsITS consulting engagement’14–’19
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