Michael Strutton

Current

Vice President 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

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Connections

367 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

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

Vice President of Product Management

Vitrue, Inc.

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

Vitrue, Inc. - we make brands social
http://vitrue.com
http://vitrue.com/100 - top social brands of 2008
http://vitrue.com/smi - how social is your advertising
http://vitrue.com/blog - join the conversation
Co-Founder

Skribit

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

2007 — Present (2 years)

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)