ABOUT ME
A Tech Pioneer Who Has Never Stopped Looking Around the Corner
If you want to understand where the digital world is heading, it helps to talk to someone who has been laying the tracks since the days when computers filled entire rooms. I’m Peter Mackeonis, a London-born entrepreneur, storyteller, and big-picture thinker who has spent over forty years jumping headfirst into the next big thing before the rest of the world even knows it's coming.
I’m not your typical tech executive stuck in a single lane. I love to connect the dots between complicated science and everyday life. Over the decades, I have helped build foundational software for early computers, invented entirely new ways to publish stories, run high-profile marketing circles in Hollywood, and turned massive city walls into corporate art canvases [user text]. Today, I bring that lifetime of rare, first-hand perspective to the media, making sense of everything from the wild early days of Silicon Valley to the upcoming frontier of Quantum AI.
Pull Up a Chair: My Core Media & Storytelling Topics
• My Long View on the AI Boom: I’ve got a front-row seat to the future, having worked with some of the best AI brains in the 1980s' (only restricted by the lack of today's powerful chips) and currently funding a project diving deep into the world of Quantum AI. I love to explain where artificial intelligence is actually going without all the confusing jargon.
• How Tech Revolutions Echo Each Other: From the 1980s PC boom to the 1990s internet explosion and today's AI rush, I have lived through them all. I know the patterns, the pitfalls, and what history tells us about what's next.
• Bringing Heart to Corporate Advertising: I can share how my venture, The Art Wall Company, helps Fortune 500 brands swap out boring billboards for beautiful, community-driven murals—and how my charity arm, Murals4Mankind, uses that art to fight for global causes.
• The Story of My Very First "Book on a Disk": Back in 1992, long before Kindles existed, I wrote High Tech, Low Morals—the world's first novel sold on a floppy disk [user text]. It's a fantastic tale of early digital grit that ended up as a permanent exhibit in Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum and how during COVID I completed ANNA'S GAME and A CALIFORNIA COUPto complete the political polemical Silicon Valley trilogy. The series starts in the gentle but 'whatever works' Silicon Valley and concludes with the Valley becoming a trillion-dollar, voracious, politically motivated, 'let's make the next president and control the world' environment.
My Journey: A Few Chapters from a Colorful Career
Getting My Boots Muddy in the Early PC Days (1980s)I got started right at the dawn of personal computing. In 1981 I was the co-founding marketing director of MetaComCo, a UK software startup where we built the soft brains (operating systems and compilers) for legendary names like Commodore, Atari, and the RAND Corporation. After Commodore bought the company in '86, I started Triangle Publishing, finding clever ways to bundle great software onto millions of PC hard drives worldwide and keeping prices fair for everyday folks.
Floppy Disks & My Digital Firsts (1990s)
In 1992, I figured out a way to put massive trade show directories onto floppy disks using interactive "hypertext," calling them ElectroGuides. That same year, I combined my tech experiences into a fiction novel, High Tech, Low Morals, stuck it on a diskette, and made literary history. The San Jose Mercury News serialized it online, and I'm proud to say that little piece of plastic now sits safely in a museum showcase out in Silicon Valley.
Riding the Internet Wave to Hollywood (1996–2000s)
When the internet started finding its way into every home in 1996, I built one of the very first successful subscription-based consumer websites, which caught the eye of NBC, who ended up buying it [user text]. By 2000, I took my marketing know-how to Hollywood and started Santa Cruz Holistics, a friendly PR shop where I specialized in getting natural health and eco-friendly products into the hands of stars at the Daytime Emmys and the Oscars.
Wall Murals, Giving Back, & Quantum AI (2012–Present)
These days, I split my time between the digital future and the physical world. Since 2012, I’ve been running The Art Wall Company in London, transforming massive brick walls into stunning corporate art murals. But I’ve always felt that business should give back, so my sister project, Murals4Mankind, teams up with great causes like the King’s Trust, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and the Peter Gabriel's initiatives to shine a light on important global issues
When the pandemic hit and things quieted down, I focusd more on my blog called The Street Wall Journal and finally finished up my Silicon Valley Trilogy with two new books, ANNA'S GAME and A CALIFORNIA COUP. And because I never stop looking forward, I've spent the last few years funding a proprietary Quantum AI project.Let's Talk
I love sharing a good story, swapping ideas on a podcast, or giving a straight-shooting perspective on where technology and culture are heading next. Reach out to me directly:
• Direct Email: peter@mackeonis.com
• WhatsApp: +1.831.840.3729# # #
