Aaron Newton

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States26 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in transforming data into actionable insights.
Proven track record in product strategy and management.
Successful founder with extensive startup experience.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Leader with a strong focus on User Experience and Data Management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data ManagementProduct StrategyUser Experience DesignProduct DesignEntrepreneurshipProject ManagementProduct ManagementBusiness DevelopmentProduct Development

Other Skills

DataAgile MethodologiesMobile ApplicationsUser ExperienceHadoopFront End DevelopmentUI DesignWeb DevelopmentFund RaisingCMSRequirements ManagementUser EngagementInterface DesignProduct MarketingRevenue Model Development

About

As Thanx’s Chief Data Officer, my job is to help our customers unlock the potential of their data, to learn how to turn observation into insight, insight into action, and action into measurable impact for their business.

Experience

26 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

14 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Thanx

2 roles

Chief Data Officer

Promoted

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

As Thanx’s Chief Data Officer, my job is to help our customers unlock the potential of their data, to learn how to turn observation into insight, insight into action, and action into measurable impact for their business.
Be sure to follow me on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/anewton/) as I plan to start sharing valuable insights (and hot takes) from our team’s research on a regular basis.

DataProduct ManagementAgile MethodologiesData ManagementProduct Strategy

Chief Product Officer

Feb 2012 – Present · 14 yrs 4 mos

Thanx is a next generation, data driven loyalty application for consumers and off-line merchants. As head of product, I'm responsible for product development of both our consumer facing mobile apps and our merchant customer tools.

Product DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsUser ExperienceProduct StrategyUser Experience Design

Cloudera

Product Designer and User Experience Developer

Feb 2009 – May 2011 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Conceived, designed, and developed the user experience for “desktop” like user experience with numerous applications for distributed computing on the Hadoop platform. Recruited, hired and managed front end development team. Gave Sqoop, Flume, Hue and other products their names. Designed the Hive logo.

User ExperienceHadoopFront End DevelopmentUser Experience DesignProduct Design

Iminta.com

Startup Guy / Founder / Product Designer

Nov 2007 – Feb 2009 · 1 yr 3 mos

Founded, designed, and implemented with the help of a co-founder the social aggregation service Iminta.com, which entailed brand, graphic, and UI design, UI development, web development, fund raising, PR, etc.

UI DesignWeb DevelopmentFund RaisingProduct DesignEntrepreneurship

Cnet

3 roles

Senior Product Manager

Promoted

Jan 2007 – Nov 2007 · 10 mos

Managed requirements and drove product design for network wide CMS system intended to provide unified architecture for numerous CMS solutions (i.e. one platform, but numerous applications editing different kinds of data).

Product ManagementCMSRequirements ManagementProduct StrategyProject Management

Product Manager

Sep 2005 – Jan 2007 · 1 yr 4 mos

Managed the development of numerous user engagement and interface design projects for various products. Designed, implemented, and tested prototypical interface designs. Performed usage analysis, demographic analysis, user testing required to ascertain viability of prototypes.

User EngagementInterface DesignUser Experience DesignProduct Management

Product Manager

Dec 2003 – Sep 2005 · 1 yr 9 mos

Launched CNET’s free mp3 hosting/download service. Hired editorial staff, customer support staff, and business development staff. Developed revenue model, worked with product marketing group to create enticing sales opportunities for advertisers.

Product MarketingRevenue Model DevelopmentProduct StrategyBusiness Development

Mootools

Board Member and Committer

Mar 2006 – Apr 2011 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Epitonic.com

President and Co-founder

Jan 1999 – Dec 2003 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Founded, designed, built, and developed www.epitonic.com. Raised capital, hired staff, developed business plan, was press figure of sorts with quotes in Wall Stret Journal, Wired, New York Times and others.

Capital RaisingBusiness PlanningEntrepreneurshipProduct Development