Role at Tom Sawyer Software
Michael Newton leads the product release efforts at Tom Sawyer Software. Since joining the company in 1998, he has played a central role in improving and expanding Tom Sawyer Software's product offerings, as well as establishing support for web-based products.
Michael joined Tom Sawyer Software as a Software Engineer, where his skills proved essential to the design and implementation of the company’s first graph visualization product, Graph Editor Toolkit. He was soon promoted to Senior Software Engineer and then later to a management position where he was responsible for the design, implementation, testing, and documentation of Tom Sawyer Software’s C++ and Java-based products. As the Senior Product Development Director, Michael is responsible for leading the product releases, collaborating with Product Management to develop the product roadmap, and working with Operations to define and improve work processes.
Education
Michael holds a Bachelor of Computer Science degree with First Class Honors from the University of Newcastle, Australia.