Michael T. Hutchison

Joe Taylor
December 4, 2008

(bettertrades) - Since the age of twenty-two, Michael has lived in the trenches and knows what it takes to succeed. He possesses a rare combination of inspirational and sales training talent.

He began his career as a corporate recruiter for Ross Perot's Electronic Data Systems (EDS). He was the top recruiter in the country. He was "hand-picked" to lead the Central European Recruiting Division and became the youngest manager in all of EDS/GM International Operations.

He began his training career when he joined Robbins Research International (RRI), Tony Robbins' company, as a Regional Sales Manager and Trainer. Because of his success, he was promoted to the position of Vice President of Sales. Michael led the company to record growth for 7 consecutive years. While at RRI, he co-created Mastery University and personally conducted hundreds of trainings in North America, Europe and Australia.

Over the past decade, Michael has helped build several respected enterprises while continuing to model and study the lives of achievers who thrive on and off the job. In 1998, Hutch joined Interactive Telesis (OTC: TSIS) as its Vice President of Sales. In less than 2 years, sales multiplied six fold and he was recognized for helping the stock price increase from .50 to over $5 per share. In 2000 Michael became the Director of Sales for SpeechWorks International (NASDAQ: SPWX) where he was named to the President's Club. In 2002 Hutch joined software startup Vocalocity as Vice President of Sales and grew the company's revenues from scratch and helped the company raise $14.5 million in venture capital. Working with Cisco Systems, he has grown Spanlink's revenues from scratch into the most productive commercial territory in the country.

Michael received his BA degree from Georgetown University where he was also a varsity letterman in football and lacrosse. He is an alumni board member at Georgetown. He lives in Lake Murray SC and has four children: a daughter and three boys. He has coached all of his children's soccer, baseball, basketball, tennis and football teams.