Immediate Family:
Wife: Danielle Mason Sutton (nee Thorp), second daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Thorp, married me on November 8, 2003, at the Belleview Biltmore Resort in Clearwater, FL
Daughter: Mary Elizabeth Sutton was born on February 12, 2005
Father: Jerry L Sutton (deceased), son of Benjamin and Vonda Sutton, raised in Beloit, KS and Alexandria, VA
Mother: Marjorie Alice Sutton of Brookfield, WI, daughter of Thomas and Alice Toal, raised in McFarland, WI (Lake Kegonsa)
Sister: Gina Johnson of Menomonee Falls, WI -- husband Jay Johnson; sons Jake Zuba and Tyler Johnson
Raised in Wauwatosa, WI (suburb west of Milwaukee)
attending Lincoln Elementary School, Longfellow Junior High School, and
Wauwatosa East High School (class of 1979)
Attended the University of Iowa (1979-1980)
Worked at Johnson Controls, Inc. in Milwaukee, WI as a system software tester (1980-1981)
Attended and earned a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Psychology at the University of Wisconsin (1981-1985)
Attended and earned a Masters degree in Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin (1985-1988)
Attended and earned a Ph.D. in Psychology at Northwestern University in (1988-1993)
Postdoctoral research completed at the University of California, Berkeley (1993-1994) and the University of Wisconsin (1994-1997)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL (1997-2003)
Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL (2003-2005)
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL, and Director of Research and Development at SMV Technologies, Inc., Odessa, FL (2005-present)