Sam Newman

Sam Newman

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Alton, England, United Kingdom

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  • deficom
    Chief Product Officer
    deficom
    May 2026 - Current (6 months)
    defi.com is building a simpler way to access decentralized finance. We bring together the tools, products, and insights people need to earn, trade, spend, and move money globally — all in one place. DeFi should be accessible to everyone, everywhere — starting with clear information. Through crypto education programs and a dedicated news platform, defi.com turns complexity into clarity. Our goal is to make open financial systems easier to understand and safer to use, so anyone can participate with confidence. As DeFi continues to evolve,
  • WalletConnect
    Product Lead
    WalletConnect
    Dec 2023 - May 2026 (2 years 6 months)
  • Summerfi
    Product Manager
    Summerfi
    Apr 2022 - Jan 2024 (1 year 10 months)
    • Lead product initiative that directly achieved a 25% increase in active users over 8 weeks.
    • Defined product Strategy for the leading Defi front-end integrator
    • Set Objective and Key Results to align product development with business goals
    • Conducted user interviews and user data analysis
    • Lead product discovery and ideation to refine and validate product features
    • Analysed market trends and competitor strategies to inform product positioning
    • Forged partnerships and led business development initiatives to expand market reach
  • RaiStone
    Director (Product Management)
    RaiStone
    Mar 2021 - Current (5 years 8 months)
    • Spearheaded the launch of an innovative social gaming product, generating $12M in revenue.
    • Formulated product strategy for a permission-less DeFi derivatives protocol
    • Devised requirements and go to market strategy for the related launch NFT social coordination game
    • Managed product roadmaps to align with strategic objectives
    • Requirements analysis and prioritisation
    • Product marketing co-ordination
  • ARTOS
    Programme Manager
    ARTOS
    Jan 2020 - Mar 2021 (1 year 3 months)
    Product and Delivery Manager for an innovative Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    Project Manager / Product Manager (Contract)
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    Jun 2017 - Jan 2020 (2 years 8 months)
    Contracted to lead the full life-cycle design and delivery of a large project to ensure the bank’s trading books comply with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act. Heading the project involves leadership of 10 Developers. Techniques used included Project Planning, Budget Management, Progress and financial reporting as well as RAID Management and post-implementation support documentation.

    The business analysis aspect of the role involves supporting delivery of new functionality to a collateral management system, designed to handle new fixed income business, and includes gathering requirements and user stories, analysis and data management, UML modelling, and Agile methodologies to provide clear guidance and direction to key stak
  • Thomson Reuters
    Project Manager / Business Analyst
    Thomson Reuters
    Aug 2014 - May 2017 (2 years 10 months)
    As a member of the Legal Business unit, contributed to multiple projects that migrated legacy products onto a consolidated platform. Agile DSDM, SDLC with SCRUM iterations were utilised, with smaller projects being Waterfall-based. In collaboration with global stakeholders and team members the role progressed to manage project requirements for >20 Developers across three continents.
  • Thomson Reuters
    Graduate Business Analyst
    Thomson Reuters
    Sep 2013 - Aug 2014 (1 year)
    Joined this News Technology Group to build and maintain solutions for photographers and editorial staff. Primary focus was on a news metadata tool that enabled photographers and editorial staff to tag text news and pictures with rich metadata, and ensure its availability in flagship products (e.g. Eikon). Contributions included change management, incident resolution, requirement analysis and elicitation, defining development priorities and assigning team activities.
    My responsibilities include:
    - Change management and incident resolution.
    - Business requirement analysis and elicitation.
    - Stakeholder mapping.
    - Business process modelling.
    - Sprint planning.
  • Thomson Reuters
    Technology Internship
    Thomson Reuters
    Apr 2013 - Sep 2013 (6 months)
    Worked in the R&D Department on corporate technology platforms : investigated Linked Data and products that used the Semantic web, -OWLontology visualisations and ontology CMSs, and implemented OWL, RDF and SPARQL technologies.
  • Mahindra Satyam
    Business Intelligence Internship
    Mahindra Satyam
    Nov 2012 - Mar 2013 (5 months)
  • University of the West of England
    Student
    University of the West of England
    Jan 2009 - Jan 2012 (3 years 1 month)
    Biomedical Science
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  • University of the West of England
    Bachelor's Degree, Biomedical Sciences, General
    University of the West of England
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