Michael Fertik

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  • modelcode.ai, Inc. Graphic

    modelcode.ai, Inc.

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    https://michaelfertik.substack.com

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    Cambridge, Massachusetts

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    Palo Alto, California

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    Palo Alto, California

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Education

Publications

  • HIP SET

    TTCA

    Noir novel set in Tel Aviv.
    2021: US
    2019: UK

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  • Marble Run Christmas

    High Shelf Press & Typishly

    Poem. "Even the way I virtue signal virtue signals."

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  • Peter Lorre's Final Scene

    Duck Lake Journal

    An imagined tableau of the great actor's offspring. "I am the most illegitimate child of Peter Lorre."

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  • Prius Mattress Neckie Jeep

    Cathexis

    Final panel in poem triptych begun with Fleece and Two Years, Ablative.

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  • You are Not Baba Yaga

    The New Guard (Vol. VII)

    He meets a painter.
    Winner, First Prize, Stirling Publishing Short Story Competition, 2017.
    Semi-Finalist, Machigonne Fiction Contest, The New Guard, 2017.

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  • Allotrope

    The Write Launch

    One day, a bright blue river in Alaska turned pitch black.

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  • Bubbleproof

    TechCrunch

    Web series mockumentary follow-up, brought to you by TechCrunch, to CI and Femto Film.

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  • I Hate Martha

    Minor Literature(s)

    Hestia walks the earth as Nigella Lawson. And boy does she hate Martha Stewart.

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  • Sent

    Feminine Collective

    Part of the "Since Olympus" collection. In which Hermes works at FB. Obvi.

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  • Two Years, Ablative

    Cease, Cows

    Looking back. A kind of sequel to "Fleece."

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  • CI: A Tedd Talkumentary

    The Rockumentary Sequel to Femto-Management
    # Official Selection, Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
    # Official Selection, Napa Valley Film Festival
    # Special Jury Prize, Napa Valley Film Festival
    # Nominee, Jury Award, Berlin International Film Fest
    # Nominee, Best Short Comedy, Berlin International Film Fest
    # Official Selection, Chicago Comedy Film Festival
    # Official Selection, DC Independent Film Festival
    # Official Selection, Cincinnati Film…

    The Rockumentary Sequel to Femto-Management
    # Official Selection, Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
    # Official Selection, Napa Valley Film Festival
    # Special Jury Prize, Napa Valley Film Festival
    # Nominee, Jury Award, Berlin International Film Fest
    # Nominee, Best Short Comedy, Berlin International Film Fest
    # Official Selection, Chicago Comedy Film Festival
    # Official Selection, DC Independent Film Festival
    # Official Selection, Cincinnati Film Festival
    # Official Selection, Venice Film Week
    # Official Selection, Toronto Film Week
    # Best Shorts Award, Award of Excellence: Film Short 2015

  • Heff in Dearborn

    Alt Hist

    When Hephaestus met Henry Ford...

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  • The Reputation Economy

    Crown

    #7 New York Times Bestseller
    Published in UK by Little Brown and in many other countries by top business publishers.

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  • Cal Poly

    Oblong Magazine

    On remembering my mom.

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  • Femto-Management: a micromentary

    A parody of the pseudo-spiritual myth-making of Silicon Valley.
    # Best Actor Nomination, Maverick Movie Awards 2014
    # Best Chronicle Nomination, Maverick Movie Awards 2014
    # Official Selection, Mill Valley Film Festival 2014
    # Festival Highlights Selection, Mill Valley Film Festival 2014
    # Official Selection, Houston Comedy Film Festival 2014
    # Best Actor Nomination, Houston Comedy Film Festival 2014
    # Official Selection, We Like 'Em Short Film Festival 2015
    # Official…

    A parody of the pseudo-spiritual myth-making of Silicon Valley.
    # Best Actor Nomination, Maverick Movie Awards 2014
    # Best Chronicle Nomination, Maverick Movie Awards 2014
    # Official Selection, Mill Valley Film Festival 2014
    # Festival Highlights Selection, Mill Valley Film Festival 2014
    # Official Selection, Houston Comedy Film Festival 2014
    # Best Actor Nomination, Houston Comedy Film Festival 2014
    # Official Selection, We Like 'Em Short Film Festival 2015
    # Official Selection, Marfa Film Festival 2015
    # Best Shorts Award, Award of Excellence: Film Short 2014

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  • Fleece

    Litro

    Fiction. "Truly now was he captured by his journey. He breathes. It is not the same breath. It is lighter. More faint. Quieter. It is not his."

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  • Hunting in Nangarhar

    december Magazine

    Fiction set in Afghanistan.

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  • My Whale

    Eclectica Magazine

    A story that explains how Ahab became Ahab.

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  • The Next Boston Band

    Novel

    Mekhi Bessel has a secret life promoting bands in Boston, which might actually get him killed.

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  • The Owl and the Tesseract

    eFiction India

    This story explains why Grigori Perelman disappeared after winning the Clay Prize for solving the Poincare Conjecture.

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  • Little Trouble in Tall Tree

    2012 Gold Winner for eLit Awards

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  • Wild West 2.0: How to Protect and Restore Your Reputation on the Untamed Social Frontier

    Amazon Bestseller on Digital Reputation and Privacy.

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Patents

  • Evaluating and Reducing Myopiagenic Effects of Electronic Displays

    US 11205398 B2

  • Evaluating and Reducing Myopiagenic Effects of Electronic Displays

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  • Identifying Information Related to a Particular Entity from Electronic Sources, Using Dimensional Reduction and Quantum Clustering

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  • Identifying Information Related to a Particular Entity from Electronic Sources, Using Dimensional Reduction and Quantum Clustering

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  • Identifying and Changing Personal Information

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  • Identifying and Changing Personal Information

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  • Identifying and Changing Personal Information

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  • Method and Framework for Software Development

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  • Methods and Systems for Providing Unique Signatures

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  • System and Methods for Facilitating Secure Communications on a Website

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  • System and Methods for Facilitating Secure Communications on a Website

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  • System and methods for Facilitating Secure Communications on a Website

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  • Systems and Methods for Determining Visibility and Reputation of a User on the Internet

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Honors & Awards

  • Top 100 Entrepreneur of 2022 (#14)

    Alumni Spotlight Magazine

    Recognized as #14 on list of The Top 100 Entrepreneurs of 2022.

  • Official Best of the Net Nominee

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    For the poem "Two Years, Ablative."

  • Semi-Finalist, Machigonne Fiction Contest

    The New Guard

  • Winner, First Prize, Short Story Competition

    Stirling Publishing

    For the short story "You are Not Baba Yaga."

  • Curt Johnson Prose Award in Fiction, Honorable Mention, for short story "Hunting in Nangarhar"

    december Magazine

  • Spotlight Author Runner-Up, Jan/Feb 2014 Issue, for short story "My Whale"

    Eclectica Magazine

  • 2012 Gold Winner for eLit Awards

    eLit Awards

  • Entrepreneur of the Year

    TechAmerica

    Top Entrepreneur in the United States of America. Named by TechAmerica, an association of technology and innovation companies founded in 1924.

  • Olin Fellowship

    Harvard Law School & Olin Fellowship Program

    Research into Financial Derivatives and Policy

  • EIR

    Harvard University

  • Kentucky Colonel

    Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels

  • Member, Aspen Institute CEO Roundtable

    Aspen Institute

  • Member, Global Agenda Council on Internet Security

    World Economic Forum

  • Member, Global Agenda Council on the Future of the Internet

    World Economic Forum

  • Member, World Economic Forum Global Growth Company

    World Economic Forum

  • Technology Pioneer

    World Economic Forum

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