Michael Kelly Sutton

Loyola Marymount University
1 LMU Dr. MS B-6056
Los Angeles, CA 90045

Mobile Phone: (425)-359-2945
Email: michael.k.sutton@gmail.com
URL: http://michaelkellysutton.com

Professional Objective

I have many objectives, among them being respect and fame in my field(s). For a complete list, please see http://michaelkellysutton.com/list/ For the short-term, I'm looking for a challenging, paid internship.

Employment History

Founder
HackCollege, LLC
September 2006 - Present

Founded the profitable HackCollege blog and podcast, started HackCollege.co.uk, started HackHighSchool.com, established a voice (and drinking outlet) for smart students around the world.

Founder
Clamato Software
January 2009 - Present

Started a little software company with a buddy to create iPhone applications with Web servers on the backend. Some products created include: iXplode eCard Suite.

Intern
Revision3
May 2008 - August 2008

Snagged some on-camera time, worked on the now defunct Internet TV show popSiren, developed rough cut generating software saving 2 hours per episode per show

Intern
Automatic Duck, Inc.
May 2006 - August 2006

Designed and implemented product SDK, fixed bugs in production software, deployed new automated build system (SCons)

Writer
Portfolio.com
April 2006 - September 2007

Contributed under Kevin Maney for the “The Tech Observer” column writing  for the regular feature “Dispatches from the Future Generation.”

Visual Effects Director
Anchange Productions, LLC
January 2007 - May 2007

Worked on the feature-length film Palo Alto, CA creating visual effects. The film at Tribeca Film Festival 2007. I hated this job.

Education

CS Chops

Java: 4 years experience (academic), C/C++: 4 years experience (academic/professional), Ruby/Rails Stack: 1 year experience (professional), JavaScript: 6 months experience (academic), PHP and Wordpress: Casual experience, XML-DOM parsing, validation and such, *nix ninja skills: 3 years experience (academic/professional), Project lead experience.

Film/TV Talents

Adobe After Effects: 4 years experience (personal/professional), Apple Final Cut Pro: 3 years experience (professional/academic), Working knowledge of prompter software, Can read a prompter in a manner that would make a local news anchor proud.

Writing "Skills"

Has not used the Microsoft Word spellchecker since 2005, Knows the difference between an en and em dash.

Publications