Blake Newman

Blake Newman, COO

Current Job Title: Proposal Coordinator

Work Anniversary: 17 Oct 2007

Bio: Blake Newman is employee number 000 who has been with the company since before day one. He and Andrea started the business under its former name, inQbation, while living in Colombia, South America. Since then, they have relocated back to the Washington, DC metropolitan area and co-manage the company. Prior to Agileana and inQbation, Blake founded, developed, and sold photographer.com from 1995-2005. He has in the military as an 82d Airborne Division paratrooper and Infantry Officer, departing the military at the rank of Captain. Newman has also worked at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and in the pentagon as a business analyst.

Location: Brambleton, VA and Culpeper, VA

Education:

• Harvard Business School
• The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania
• M.S. – Information Systems, George Mason University
• B.S. – Business Administration and Decision Science, George Mason University
• Infantry Officer Basic Course – Fort Benning, GA
• Army ROTC – Georgetown University

Certifications:

• PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Certified CMMI Associate, ISACA
• Project management, George Mason University
• Entrepreneurship Essentials, Harvard Business School
• Leadership Principles, Harvard Business School
• Leadership and Management, The Wharton School
• Leadership in the 21st Century, The Wharton School
• Managing the Global Firm, The Wharton School
• Managing and Motivating Talent, The Wharton School
• FastTrac TechVenture Program, Kauffman Foundation
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agilist
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Infantry Officer Basic Course (IBOLC), US Army, Fort Benning, GA
• Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC
• Basic Airborne Course (BAC), US Army, Fort Benning, GA

Projects:

• Denti.net
• SEO Quotient
• CaliCasa
• BizPulse
• Startup Cali
• 7D Hub
• Summer Internship Hackathon
• Photographer.com

In 3 words:

1. Demanding
2. Driven
3. Diligent

Outside of Work: Blake is restoring and maintaining an antebellum home built in 1857 in the Italianate style. He has three children, two cats, one dog, and a loving spouse.

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