John M. Knight
Technology leader. Storyteller.
I lead the engineering programs behind connected products — three decades spanning IoT and cloud architecture, AI‑assisted systems, and cross‑functional product delivery at companies like Whirlpool, Delta Faucet, and Kidde, with 15 patents in connected devices along the way. Off the clock I build in the open: dozens of open‑source projects spanning applied AI, real‑time telemetry, and full‑stack platforms — designed, shipped, and operated end to end.
The other thread of my life is narrative: I write historically inspired fiction and hard science fiction, because the best products and the best stories are built the same way — with structure, empathy, and a little wonder.
Crafting stories that inspire
My debut novel, The First Tiki Bar on the Moon, is a hard science‑fiction story about building a warm place in a cold frontier. More fiction and narrative nonfiction is on the way through my independent imprint, John M. Knight Publishing.