Mr. Sutton has over 35 years of corporate and program management experience, Mr. Sutton has a wide range of system and software engineering experience performing all facets of engineering support services.  Mr. Sutton has extensive experience in all levels of development and technical management of FFP, CPFF, and T&M contracts in support of many DoD and Federal agencies. Mr. Sutton also has a proven background in performing software engineering & development, T&E, IV&V and QA in support of NAVSEA, NSWCDD, SPAWAR, Army INSCOM, USDA, and SSA.

Prior to founding ARES, Mr. Sutton was the founder and President of several professional computer engineering companies and has successfully taken his former company from start-up through the acquisition process. Mr. Sutton’s former company (Analytical Solutions, Inc.), won the USDA ARS Small Business Contractor of the Year Award in 2004 and 2005 and won the USDA Small Business National Award in 2008.

Mr. Sutton has also been recognized and published several times in the National Who’s Who Registry for American Business Leaders and has been recognized on numerous occasions by multiple DoD and Federal Agencies for his outstanding support services.