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Ben Newell
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VP Product, Influencer MarketingSprout Social, Inc.Jan 2025 - Current (1 year 10 months)Sprout Social is a global leader in social media management and analytics software. Working with more than 30,000 brands across the globe, Sprout’s award-winning software operates across all major social media networks and digital platforms. As the VP of Product, I lead Sprout Social Influencer Marketing (formerly Tagger) through it's post-acquisition integration, growth, and strategic engagement of the customer base.- VP ProductMiovisionApr 2023 - Jun 2024 (1 year 3 months)Miovision provides cities with computer vision and AI tools to reduce traffic congestion, improve pedestrian and bicycle safety and create the infrastructure for autonomous driving. Reporting directly to the Founder and CEO, I established a new product management organization, encompassing more than 30 professionals in product management, UX design, and product marketing. Within one year, I led the team from zero → one, introducing an OKR-based prioritization framework, transitioning to agile principles from SAFE, and deploying a customer-focused release readiness and launch framework. The company achieved a 35% year-over-year growth and successfully integrated four acquisitions into our processes and teams.
- Head of Product - Digital Supply NetworksStitch FixOct 2021 - Jan 2023 (1 year 4 months) Stitch Fix is a personalized styling service that combines data science with human expertise to deliver curated clothing selections directly to your door. I assembled and led a 210-person cross-functional team, encompassing engineering, data science, product management, and merchandising, to navigate the 2021 global supply chain crisis and implement a new ERP system. By expanding my product management practices to 20+ teams, aligning priorities, and fostering a culture of innovation, we developed a strategic roadmap and platforms for drop ship, internationalization, and improved assortment selection. Optimizing the entire inventory lifecycle, from planning and procurement to warehouse operations and order fulfillment, I d
- VP Product, Engineering & UXCBRENov 2019 - Oct 2021 (2 years)CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, is committed to creating an amazing employee experience through its "Host" offering. Host's mobile app sits at the intersection of architecture, ioT, and employee experience. I led the Host technology organization (product management, UX, engineering and support) responsible for ~150 technologists across the globe. During the pandemic, I worked closely with the largest Fortune 100 companies in the world (Nike, EY, Deutsche Bank, Uber, Novartis, et al..) to design and implement mobile solutions that allowed employees to view maps of available office space, book a desk and learn about ever-changing health and wellness policies. Using my agile product
- Vice President Of ProductsLTKJul 2017 - Aug 2019 (2 years 2 months)RewardStyle / LTK is the first and largest invitation-only influencer marketing platform. The platform empowers 50,000 of the world's premium digital-style influencers to generate economic success from their passions. LIKEtoKNOW.it (LTK) is rewardStyle's consumer-facing app that allows consumers to instantly shop their screenshots of influencer imagery anywhere they discover it (instagram, pinterest, mobile web, etc..) As Vice President of Products reporting to the CEO and founder, I was responsible for building the product management, UX, and product marketing organization that helped the company scale and launch new products into the cons
- Vice President Product Portfolio StrategySabre CorporationDec 2016 - Jul 2017 (8 months)As VP of Product Portfolio Strategy I had broad responsibilities across the entire 10,000 employee company that focused on how to allocate the $500M technology investment. This began with ensuring our technical strategy aligned with the corporate strategy to generate portfolio-level objectives. Those objectives were then managed at a portfolio level and pushed to our respective business units. I then leveraged my product management expertise to help VP of product leaders convert the portfolio objectives to the reality of product investment and roadmaps.
- Vice President Of Product - Corporate Travel SolutionsSabre CorporationMay 2015 - Dec 2016 (1 year 8 months)As Vice President of product management for Sabre's Traveler Experience, I was focused on making corporate travel less stressful. TripCase, GetThere, and the Sabre Virtual Payments made up the Traveler Experience organization and encompassed ~200 employees across the globe. TripCase managed 50M trips per year and GetThere was leveraged by 40% of the BTN Top 100 including companies like GE, Oracle, and Accenture.
- Director Product Management - TripCase Mobile AppSabre CorporationJan 2013 - May 2015 (2 years 5 months)TripCase began as an idea from our Sabre Labs organization where I worked with a small team of 10 to incubate the idea and help bring the product to market. We leveraged lean methodologies to prove product-market fit all while ensuring our long-term strategy was not compromised in the growth years. In 3 short years we worked through the excitement and growing pains of increased investment and the consequences of 200% YOY growth. TripCase is now the leading itinerary management tool in travel with 10M users and managing 50M trips annually. While we transitioned the product from R&D to production application I also oversaw the creation of a 3-sided marketplace that engages travel suppliers and advertisers.
- Program Director - Mobile SolutionsSabre CorporationJun 2009 - Jan 2013 (3 years 8 months)As Director of the mobile program I was responsible for ensuring consistency in execution of the strategy, precision with agile development techniques, and professionalism of C-level reporting. This included all of Sabre’s mobile solutions: Travelocity, Virtually There, GetThere and a newly created mobile services platform.
- Principal Product Manager - Sabre Virtually ThereSabre CorporationJan 2007 - Jun 2009 (2 years 6 months)Product Manager for Sabre's itinerary delivery tool, Sabre® Virtually There® and Sabre® Virtually There® Mobile. The product provides itinerary information to more than a million global travelers / day across the web and mobile devices. Available in 17 languages the product is available across the entire globe and allows traveler to view their travel information and provides additional services around the itinerary like maps, flight information, and destination information. As product manager oversaw a 16 month project to re-architect the solution from scratch and add 20,000 hours of development to the solution. This includes using the latest Web 2.0 technologies for a new interface, as well as creating a new mobile solution using WAP 2.0.
- Lead Software Developer - Custom ConsultingSabre CorporationJul 2000 - Jan 2007 (6 years 7 months)As a software developer and eventual team lead, I created custom software solutions for travel agencies, airlines, and government agencies across the globe. Often on client site, I designed, developed, tested, implemented, and trained clients on the solution. This gave me great insight into the entire SDLC and created a foundation for true agile development. My proudest creation was Sabre® Qik Analysis, which was the leading product used by international Customs agencies for passenger processing.
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- bachelor, Bachelor of Science - BS, Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign