Michael Strutton

Current

• Director of Product Management at Vitrue, Inc.
• Co-Founder at Skribit

Past

• Director Product Management at EarthLink
• Director Product Management at MindSpring

Education

• Kennesaw State University

Recommended

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Connections

351 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website
• Skribit

Michael Strutton’s Summary

Experienced product management director with a passion for innovation. Skilled in leading large cross-functional teams to develop and continually improve cutting edge applications and services. Over 12 years of product management experience with web, client software and VoIP technologies.

Michael Strutton’s Specialties:

Product Management, Strategic Visioning, Technology Insights, Web Development, Client Development, Product Research, Human Factors, Contracts and Legal, Hiring, Media Relations, Project Life Cycle (waterfall and agile)

Michael Strutton’s Experience

• Director of Product Management

  Vitrue, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  March 2008 — Present (9 months)

• Co-Founder

  Skribit

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  2007 — Present (1 year)

  Skribit is a user-generated content suggestion application for blogs.
  http://www.skribit.com
  
  Skribit was founded by Atlanta Startup Weekend LLC. The goal of ASW was to bring the Atlanta tech community together, around the challenge of creating a company and product in a single weekend. Approximately 50 talented folks from the Atlanta community successfully launched Skribit.com in private beta in <54 hours. Today Skribit continues further development with a smaller team.
  
  Mike is currently active in Skribit's future development and is also on the Board of Managers for Atlanta Startup Weekend, LLC.

• Director Product Management

  EarthLink

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ELNK; Internet industry)

  February 2000 — October 2007 (7 years 9 months)

  Mike Strutton was director of product management for EarthLink’s Core Software portfolio of products. Mike leads a team that brought such products to market as Montage and EarthLink Mailbox, EarthLink’s TotalAccess® suite of services, Pop-Up Blocker, Spyware Blocker and EarthLink’s phisher site blocking application, ScamBlocker and Parental Controls.
  
  Mike led other product initiatives at EarthLink, including managing the company’s portal products, member services, and business Web hosting initiatives.
  
  Mike was with Earthlink for over 12 years. He began his career with Mindspring Enterprises, which merged with EarthLink in 2000, he was the company’s 17th employee, and built the company’s first call tracking system database. He currently lives in Villa Rica, Georgia.

• Director Product Management

  MindSpring

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MSPG; Internet industry)

  April 1995 — February 2000 (4 years 11 months)

Michael Strutton’s Education

• Kennesaw State University

Additional Information

Michael Strutton’s Websites:

• My Website
• Skribit

Michael Strutton’s Interests:

new technology, gadgets, music (guitar), photography, macs, youth baseball coach

Michael Strutton’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
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