Editing John Poindexter (section)

==Defense contractor work==
From 1988 to 1989, Poindexter was senior scientist at Presearch, Inc., which had primarily been involved with defense studies and analysis. Faced with anticipated defense budget reductions, Poindexter joined the firm to develop new commercial enterprises. He designed and developed hardware and software for the prototype of a digital real-time imaging system to be used for physical security of high-value facilities. It was used to obtain a contract for a nuclear power plant security system.

From 1990 to 1996, Poindexter was the chief designer and programmer for TP Systems, Inc., a software development firm that he co-founded to specialize in commercial software for the [[IBM]] [[personal computer|PCs]] and compatibles. Development included a [[symbolic debugger]] for [[Computer multitasking|multi-tasking environments]], a [[Bulletin board system|BBS]] communications program, and numerous utility programs.

From 1993 to 1996, Poindexter served as a consultant to Elkins Group, a business alliance with [[Electronic Data Systems]] (EDS), that developed the Elkins Interactive Training Network (EITN), a satellite-based training delivery system. Poindexter was the chairman of the Maritime Advisory Committee and a member of Elkins' board of directors. He also provided advice on strategic planning.

From 1996 to 2002, Poindexter served as senior vice president for SYNTEK Technologies, a small high-technology firm with contracts in domestic and international defense and commercial business. Poindexter gave high-level advice on management and directed information systems projects (for example, [[Defense Advanced Research Project Agency]]'s [[Project Genoa]]).

In 2000, he joined the board of [[Saffron Technology]], where he played a role building a tool to run entity analysis on Iraqi insurgent networks that planted [[Improvised explosive device|IEDs]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Harris|first=Shane|title=The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State|publisher=Penguin Group|year=2011|isbn=978-1-101-19532-1|location=London|page=281}}</ref>

In 2007, he joined the board of Bright Planet Corporation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brightplanet.com/about-us/board-of-directors |title=Board of Directors |publisher=Brightplanet.com |access-date=February 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202105855/http://www.brightplanet.com/about-us/board-of-directors/ |archive-date=February 2, 2013 }}</ref>

After 2007, Poindexter worked to promote fraud-detecting [[Associative Memory Base]] technology to civilian government agencies such as the [[Internal Revenue Service|IRS]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Harris|first=Shane|title=The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State|year=2010|publisher=Penguin Group|location=London|isbn=978-1-101-19532-1|page=321}}</ref>