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John Newton

John Newton, Chief Strategy Officer and Director

Chief Strategy Officer and Director Nominee, John Newton has had a 40-year, influential career in
information management, founding two large, successful, content management companies over his career. John previously served as CTO for Alfresco Software which he founded in 2005 to bring open source and cloud native technology to the Content Services market. Prior to Alfresco, in 1990, John co-founded Documentum (formerly NASDAQ: DCTM), an Enterprise content management company that eventually sold to EMC Corporation (formerly NYSE: EMC) for $1.7 billion in 2003. In addition to his extensive experience founding and operating software companies, John has also been recognized as a leader in his field and holds numerous positions of influence and distinction. John was elected the Chairman and Fellow of the Information Management Industry Organization, AIIM, and named a Technology Pioneer at the World Economic Forum in Davos.