Randall Newton

Current

• Available for Freelance Projects at CADCAMNET
• Editor-in-Chief and Active Partner, CADCAMNet at CADCAMNET (Sole Proprietorship)
• Senior Associate Leader at Tonasket Assembly

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Past

• Contributing Editor at Randall Newton (Self-employed)
• Editor, MicroStation Manager at Bentley Systems
• Consultant and Editor (Self-employed)

• Editor at Autodesk
• Editor at Generic Software
• Staff Editor at The Spokesman-Review

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Education

• Cal Poly State University SLO
• Baylor University

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Industry

Online Media

Randall Newton’s Summary

I'm too busy building a media empire to have any goals.

Randall Newton’s Specialties:

20 years in the CAD industry as writer/editor/developer/marketer/analyst.

Randall Newton’s Experience

• Available for Freelance Projects

  CADCAMNET

  (Online Media industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

• Editor-in-Chief and Active Partner, CADCAMNet

  CADCAMNET (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Online Media industry)

  February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

  Editor-in-Chief and active partner of CADCAMNet, the weekly business newsletter for engineering IT thought-leaders.

• Senior Associate Leader

  Tonasket Assembly

  (Religious Institutions industry)

  March 2004 — Present (5 years 9 months)

  Part of leadership team at a kingdom-vision church aligned with the new apostolic reformation. Currently negotiating disaffiliation from a Pentecostal denomination. Co-founder of regional apostolic round table, to foster unity among those called to "five-fold" leadership roles in Okanogan County, Washington.

• Contributing Editor

  Randall Newton (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

  September 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 4 months)

  Wrote a twice-a-month email newsletter for the users of Bentley Systems software products; minimal corporate supervision. I created the newsletter when I was a Bentley employee (see item for Editor, MicroStation Manager).
  Reason for leaving: Bentley ended the contract with plans to take the work in-house on a cost-cutting move; newsletter died soon after.

• Editor, MicroStation Manager

  Bentley Systems

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 1997 — September 2002 (5 years 4 months)

  I was recruited as Editor when Bentley purchased this 70,000-circ. monthly glossy technology magazine. Led staff of two assistant editors and two designers. Guided the transition from print to online-only publication (www.msmonline.com) in 2001. Created the concept and started writing MSM Insider newsletter in 2001 as a promotional tool for the online magazine; newsletter doubled in size to more than 23,000 circ. during my tenure.
  Reason for leaving: Laid off with substantial severance benefits during marketing change of direction; Bentley immediately asked me to work as a contractor to continue MSM Insider.

• Consultant and Editor

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  September 1992 — June 1997 (4 years 10 months)

  Self-employment in software industry journalism and marketing
  
  Major endeavors during this period included:
  · Organized and managed Generic CADD Users Conference
  · Organized, promoted, and taught “CADfest ‘93” seminars in 30 cities
  · Founder, Editor, and Publisher, CADD Times magazine (survived for 5 issues)
  · Authored three books on Generic CADD
  · Created add-on productivity tool for Generic CADD.
  · Wrote software documentation for Nemetschek (ALLPLAN) and IMSI (TurboCAD)
  
  Reason for leaving: Accepted Bentley Systems employment offer.

• Editor

  Autodesk

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADSK; Computer Software industry)

  June 1987 — September 1992 (5 years 4 months)

  Editor/writer of award-winning monthly tabloid newspaper for users of Generic CADD, a leading retail-priced CAD program. Original employer Generic Software Inc. was acquired by Autodesk in 1989. Supervised one assistant. Also participated in advertising and product launch campaigns and wrote or edited most marketing and advertising copy.
  
  Reason for leaving: Moved to self-employment with former employer as first client.

• Editor

  Generic Software

  (Public Company; Online Media industry)

  1987 — 1992 (5 years )

• Staff Editor

  The Spokesman-Review

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)

  October 1977 — April 1980 (2 years 7 months)

  Filled a variety of editing positions for 100,000-circ. daily newspaper, including Northwest Editor (four editions daily); Composition Editor; Copy Editor.
  
  Reason for leaving: Youthful wanderlust.

Randall Newton’s Education

• Cal Poly State University SLO

  candidate, MA , Education , August 1981 — July 1983

  Activities and Societies:

  completed all coursework for a Master of Arts in Education.

• Baylor University

  BA , Journalism , August 1973 — May 1977

  Activities and Societies:

  Society of Professional Journalists, Film Society, Marching Band (1 year only)

Additional Information

Randall Newton’s Groups:

SolidWorks

•    Bentley Systems Alumni
•    ParaClouding

Randall Newton’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch