Michael Sutton Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, Us

-Responsible for the entire life cycle of IT General Controls improving regulatory compliance and operational effectiveness. Responsible for risk assessment, control design, effective control operation and control remediation.-Work directly with internal audit and independent auditors on all Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx) related audit activities.-Producing significant year-over-year compliance improvements with no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. -Partnered with several teams to ensure ITGC effectiveness during a large scale implementation of a new ERP system-Implemented several commercial and home grown tools to automate compliance with controls and provide actionable KPIs.-Reduced control and audit processes by 30% by leveraging a top-down, risk based approach to focus limited resources on what really matters.-Maintained and even improved ITGC performance through a transition from internal IT staff to a managed services model. -Partner with Internal Security Assessor (ISA) to maintain PCI compliance

Chicago, Illinois, Us

-Reported directly to the SVP of Technology Operations and spearheading several cost containment initiatives including:-Eliminated $2.2M outsourcing contract for event management by implementing open source tools and bringing the function in house. Served as project manager, liaison to internal technology divisions, developed web services integration between Zabbix and our CMDB-Spearheaded application rationalization efforts to reduce operating expenses and infrastructure sprawl. Reduced number of applications and servers by more than 25%-Led a project to consolidate our use of public IP address ranges to free up two class B ranges worth over $1M-Member of Change Review Board and Change Advisory Board-Lead all operational teams IT General Control compliance efforts. Established tools, processes and KPIs to maintain compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and PCI requirements.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

-Lead various teams providing 24X7 support of business critical applications servicing the editorial, advertising, circulations and production departments-Part of a SWAT team that implemented and championed improved IT service management practices including incident, change and problem management.-Implemented the company's 1st application portfolio management practice. Provided ongoing quantitative analysis around application cost vs. business value.-Part of a team that implemented Tribune's first CMDB and responsible for curating of the data in the CMDB insuring it supports other ITSM practices.-Developed Key Performance Indicator metrics for all application support teams and drove consistent improvements in all service areas

Orlando, Fl, Us

-Lead a team of systems analysts providing 2nd and 3rd tier support of applications and systems-Managed several projects to implement new application systems to centralize and standardization workflow-Implemented and championed improved incident and change management practices

-Lead a team of 7 product managers and 35 software developers producing software solutions for the publishing industry-Responsible for employee development and departmental budgets-Lead team responding to RFPs, Request For Proposals, for editorial systems from publishers throughout the world-Wrote functional specifications for new features and functionality to meet expanding newsroom demands.-Demonstrated our solutions at trade shows and customer sites throughout the US, South America and Canada.

New York, Ny, Us

-Managed a team of 10 IT professionals providing 24X7 support of all systems used by the Advertising Services department for The Wall Street Journal and Barrons. -Responsible for, evaluating and implementing new technologies-Worked as a liaison between internal business units, in-house developers and vendors-Responsible for employee development and departmental budgets

New York, Ny, Us

-Lead a team of 35 prepress professionals in the daily design and production of The Wall Street Journal-Lead the Journal’s transition from mechanical composition to desktop publishing-Responsible for defining and implementing new technologies for pre-press operations-Responsible for employee development and departmental budgets

New York, Ny, Us

-Responsible for design, development and delivery of all software and systems integration for the national advertising services center.-Responsible for RFPs and contract negotiation -Implemented new workflow and digital asset management systems that streamlined workflow, reduced operational expense and improved quality

New York, Ny, Us

-Supported servers and applications used for the production of the Wall Street Journal.-Developed software to automate workflow using C, Applescript, SQL and UNIX shell.

New York, Ny, Us

-Responsible for composing The Wall Street Journal in a deadline environment using QuarkXPress on Macintosh and PC systems -Responsible for proofreading both copy and overall layouts-Trained peers in the use of desktop publishing tools