Michael Hussey

Current

• Founder, CEO at PeekYou.com
• President at Sharper Communications Inc (Self-employed)
• Founder, Owner at RateMyTeachers.com

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Past

• Founder, Chief Development Officer at infiniteMEDIUM, Inc
• Intranet Manager at CIENA

Education

• University of Maine
• McGill University

Recommended

3 people have recommended Michael

Connections

92 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• My Company

Michael Hussey’s Summary

netrating:
"NetRating” market is comprised of websites that allow users to voice their opinions on a variety of topics by casting a vote online by one member posting information and other users voting on that information. For example: On RateMyTeachers.com, high-school students post the names of their teachers, fellow students visit the site and “grade” that teacher on a scale of one-to-ten as well as provide informative comments about that teacher.

My first NetRating site, RateMyFace.com, was developed while I was still a student at the University of Maine. When I developed the concept, I expected it could sweep quickly through the Internet. To date, millions have used the site, and it has spawned thousands of imitators, including the more popular HotorNot (now a television show) and the “Rate a Buddy” program that is popular on AOL. Through the success and wide ranging press-coverage of this site, I was able to garner the capital to launch infiniteMEDIUM, Inc, which had the loftier goal of selling Internet community software through franchising agreements. Our largest investor was a technology law firm in Washington DC that was interested in the new legal groundwork we were laying for franchising online.

Leveraging the millions of users of RateMyFace.com, we formalized 650 different ratemy___.com websites into “The RateMy(TM) Network,” an integrated array of community websites; each devoted to a particular interest (e.g. pets, vacations, legal services, basically anything). Franchisees would buy into the vast network, instantly having access to potentially thousands of already registered users who were familiar with and enjoyed the NetRating concept. Each website was devoted to a specific target audience, making it easier to derive value through sponsorships and partnerships. I no longer own the RateMy(TM) Network, though I am an owner of RateMyTeachers.com

Michael Hussey’s Specialties:

viral marketing, business development, internet businesses, e-commerce, public relations, applying new technology to old problems

Michael Hussey’s Experience

• Founder, CEO

  PeekYou.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  July 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

  PeekYou profiles help people to find your websites, social-networking pages, online photos, and anything else related to you that might be on the internet. However, unlike conventional search engines which use robots to find websites, people control what appears on PeekYou. The ultimate goal of PeekYou is to become an open source directory of every individual who is online, with bookmarked links showing where each person in the world has a presence online. Once we achieve a critical mass, people will use PeekYou instead of Google to search for people on the internet.

• President

  Sharper Communications Inc (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

• Founder, Owner

  RateMyTeachers.com

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  August 2001 — Present (8 years)

  ratemyteachers:
  RateMyTeachers.com is changing the way the world looks at education by providing students with the unique opportunity to critique their teachers. For students, RateMyTeachers.com is first forum to publicly expose ineffective teaching or broadcast praise for stellar teachers. For truly committed teachers this site serves as a gauge for evaluating their own teaching methods. Dedicated teachers will benefit from the honest, anonymous feedback generated by our users. The days of coddling mediocrity are coming to an end. RateMyTeachers.com is the first website of its kind and is maintained by thousands of student volunteers. A new world is upon us – embrace it and thrive.

• Founder, Chief Development Officer

  infiniteMEDIUM, Inc

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  January 2001 — July 2005 (4 years 7 months)

• Intranet Manager

  CIENA

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CIEN; Telecommunications industry)

  June 1999 — January 2001 (1 year 8 months)

  Managed internal intranet designed to drive ISO 9001 standardization among new product research and development.

Michael Hussey’s Education

• University of Maine

  BA , Financial Economics , September 1996 — May 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  Omicron Delta Epsilon, Economics Student Association (president), Student Investors Club

• McGill University

  Exchange Student August 1999 — December 1999

Additional Information

Michael Hussey’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• My Company

Michael Hussey’s Interests:

embracing technology

Michael Hussey’s Contact Settings

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