Aaron Newton

Current
  • Startup Guy / Founder at Iminta.com
  • Contributor at MooTools
Past
  • Senior Product Manager at CNET Networks
  • Product Manager at CNET
  • Product Manager at CNET Download.com Music & Video
  • President and Co-founder at Epitonic.com
  • UI Designer at CyberGold
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Industry
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Aaron Newton’s Summary

I've launched my startup, Iminta.com. I'm founder, designer, programmer, press contact, etc. I spend most of my time writing ruby and javascript.

Aaron Newton’s Specialties:

Product Management, Product Design, Information Architecture, Technical Design, Java/PHP, Javascript/AJAX/etc, CSS, Photoshop, Management (of staff), Hiring


Aaron Newton’s Experience

  • Startup Guy / Founder

    Iminta.com

    (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    November 2007Present (9 months)

    Well, I quit my day job and am doing my own startup as is it seems the popular thing to do.

    I continue to run my blog: http://clientside.cnet.com

  • Contributor

    MooTools

    (Internet industry)

    March 2006Present (2 years 5 months)

    I'm a contributor to MooTools where I authored the original documentation (http://docs.mootools.net), contributed to the source code, as well as other various tasks.

  • Senior Product Manager

    CNET Networks

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CNET; Online Media industry)

    January 2007November 2007 (11 months)

    Senior Product Manager: Application Development
    My main focus during this period was product managing our CMS development for CNET's Redball network (Download.com, News.com, Reviews.com, CNET.com). I continued my work on our javascript platform and managed my blog: http://clientside.cnet.com

    In addition to these main tasks I contributed to numerous technologies and features developed during that period.

  • Product Manager

    CNET

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CNET; Internet industry)

    September 2005January 2007 (1 year 5 months)

    My current roll is less rigidly defined than my previous one. I'm focused on developing personalization technologies and also implementing 'web 2.0' concepts across the CNET network.

  • Product Manager

    CNET Download.com Music & Video

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CNET; Internet industry)

    December 2003September 2005 (1 year 10 months)

    I was brought in to launch CNET Download.com's music property. I helped design, both technically and graphically, almost all aspects of the site, hire and manage the staff, and grow the business to profitability inside of a year.

  • President and Co-founder

    Epitonic.com

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    January 1999December 2003 (5 years)

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

  • UI Designer

    CyberGold

    (Internet industry)

    19971999 (2 years)


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