The Company
Truehome™ is the trademark of the Nidiant Corporation, a privately held Texas corporation based
in Austin and South Central Texas, which wholly owns Truehome.net. Nidiant is the exclusive
licensee of Truehome technologies, pending patents and other intellectual property
claimed by its founders. Christopher K. and Benjamin William B Travis are the inventors
and developers of Truehome's patent pending web-based application. The company has
offices in Round Top, Texas; Austin, Texas; and Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
About the Nest
Nidiant means "about the nest." A nest, like a home, is brought into being for an
ancient purpose...the propagation of young and the survival of the species. The
creation of shelter is an ancient and effective adaptive strategy throughout the
animal kingdom. Thus, habitations that nurture the well-being of their inhabitants
have essential value as a fact of nature.
Nidiant Gives Back
In recognition that all human beings share one planet, and must work together to
create a better life for all, Nidiant is committed to giving back to the living
environment.
The Company has designated a full ten per cent of its post tax net profit as “Money
for Making a Difference”. Nidiant’s intention is to “tithe” to well-being of the
planet and all that share its living environment.
Nidiant Products
Nidiant has created software that can be used to predict how people respond to the
environments around them.
Nidiant's patent-pending application can identify what consumers consider fitting,
emotionally appreciate, and buy in any industry that must collect consumer response
to inform its market. It can also be applied as a research tool in behavior/environment
studies focused on both individuals and communities, and in the future may be adapted as a
clinical tool for therapeutic or psychological purposes.
Current Application - Truehome.net
Truehome.net serves consumers seeking to change their living space and the professionals
who help them: architects, interior designers, REALTORS® and volume home builders.
Truehome also introduces the partnering of design and mental health professionals
to reduce stress and to tailor all types of home improvement and residential construction
projects to the needs of consumers.
The Truehome Team
Christopher K. Travis - CEO: Chris Travis is an experienced
entrepreneur and the originator of Truehome. He is also the Managing Partner of
Sentient Architecture, LLC, a full-service architecture practice. He has designed
and built high-end custom homes, residential remodeling, and historic restoration
projects in Texas since 1975. His premier home building firm, now owned by his oldest
son, was named Remodeler of the Year by the Greater Houston Builder's Association.
Travis' award-winning design/build projects have appeared in many national publications
and can be viewed throughout the Truehome website.
Cheryl Travis - Chair of BOD: With an M.Ed in education,
Cheryl's original career was as Director of private and public Montessori programs,
including eight years running her own private school, and later as coordinator for
the largest public Montessori Method elementary program in the Southern United States.
She then served as an Education Director for Head Start. She left that career in
1994 to join her husband as CFO of their businesses, and has been a senior officer
of those firms for over a decade.
Suzanne Mitchell - Director of Management and Administration:
For the past twenty-five years, Suzanne Mitchell has been a health care lawyer, law teacher, law school administrator, and hospital manager teaching students about, and helping health care institutions and professionals resolve, legal and policy issues in health care delivery. Most recently, she served as Legal Officer and then as Program Manager for Environmental Compliance at the University of Texas M.D.Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She received her BA degree in English at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School.
Benjamin William B Travis - Chief Engineer: The architect
of the Truehome software application, Ben Travis began his career as a temporary
worker at J. D. Edward's, the third largest enterprise software company in the U.
S. when he was eighteen years old. By the time Ben was 21 he was a systems engineer
managing Systems Management Services (SMS) for nearly 25,000 computers and over
13,000 employees. He began writing software to automate systems at J. D. Edwards,
then at PeopleSoft, and finally at Oracle as those companies merged. He left Oracle
to become an independent consultant for Starz Network, then formed Nidiant Corporation
with Chris Travis in 2006.
Cecil Reynolds, Ph.D - Advisory Board: Internationally known expert in psychological testing and assessment, author of The Handbook of School Psychology, and the Encyclopedia of Special Education, Past President of the National Academy of Neuropsychology and the author of many psychological tests including the Test of Memory and Learning (TOMAL) and the Behavioral Assessment System for Children, one of the most widely used psychological testing tools in the United States.
J. Scott Turner - Advisory Board: Associate Professor
at SUNY College of Environmental Science. Scott is a physiologist by training with
a special expertise in how and why organisms build environments, and the interface
of physiology with evolution, ecology, and adaptation. He is the author of two groundbreaking
books, one of which, The Extended Organism - Physiology of Animal-Built Structures,
was a central source for Truehome.