Ben Newton
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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SeniorBen Newton is a seasoned software and growth leader with 12+ years steering product, marketing, and sales teams to scale SaaS in a product-led growth model. As CEO and cofounder of Pluritem Health and owner of Pluritem Consulting, he drives strategy and execution at the intersection of health tech, data analytics, and automation. His deep background spans Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning (NLP and anomaly detection), Log Analytics, and IT Operations—Observability, DevOps, SRE, and automation—delivering end-to-end, scalable solutions. He has led impactful GTM and product initiatives at AWS SaaS Factory, Sumo Logic, and BMC, including a Kubernetes product launch with $2M revenue in six months and a 10x uplift in content-driven demand. A Cornell Hertz Fellow with dual Masters in Physics and Computer Science, his technical foundation is complemented by a track record as a speaker, author, and podcaster (Masters of Data). Based in Asheville, North Carolina, he combines entrepreneurial grit with hands-on leadership to turn complex data and AI challenges into measurable business outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (11)
logic10
cookbook10
collector9
sumo9
sumologic9
sumo-logic9
delta2
puppet1
blockchain1
edgedb1
documentation1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
SumoLogic/sumologic-collector-chef-cookbook
May 2013 - Aug 2015
Chef Cookbook for installing and configuring the SumoLogic collector for the Sumo Logic service
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 2 years 3 months
cookbooksumologicinstallingsumo-logicsumo
benoitnewton/docs
Sep 2021 - Sep 2021
Edge Delta Documentation
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
deltablockchainedgeidris
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