Christopher Newman

About Christopher Newman

I lead product design for complex AI and data products. My work sits between product strategy, system design, workflow design, and implementation. I turn ambiguous, high-complexity problems into products that teams can build and customers can understand, trust, and use. At VergeSense, I drove the 0-to-1 build of Predictive Planning from early concept through beta launch, a scenario planning product built on a proprietary spatial model trained on 55M+ hours of sensor data. I created and owned the core conceptual model and product narrative, translating model behavior into product meaning that customers and internal teams could trust and sell. I also led 40+ enterprise demos that doubled as discovery and early go-to-market. I scripted the initial demo messaging, treated demos as a rapid feedback loop, and used customer reactions to refine both the product and the story in real time. In some cases, that meant demoing one day, prototyping a new direction the next morning, and putting that updated version in front of another customer the same afternoon. I work upstream of screens, conceptual models, interaction patterns, product language, and the artifacts that make implementation faster and more accurate. I prototype and build in code when the fastest path to product clarity is to make it real. Over 12 years across media, entertainment, agency, startups, and B2B SaaS, I’ve worked in environments where ambiguity is high and clarity matters. I’m drawn to AI-native, workflow-heavy products where the real challenge is not designing the interface, but figuring out what the product should be and how it should work.

Experience

1. Director of Product Design

   VergeSense

   Feb 2024 — Present · US

   Led product design for Predictive Planning from early concept through beta launch, serving as the customer-facing product lead while driving the 0-to-1 build alongside owning UX.Created and owned the core Predictive Planning conceptual model and product narrative, turning model behavior into product meaning that customers and internal teams could trust and sell.Defined core product frameworks including scenario structure, information architecture, terminology, data-confidence communication, and interaction patterns adopted across product, design, engineering, and go-to-market.Led design and prototyping for complex planning workflows spanning policy events, headcount shifts, lease timelines, and multiple customer data situations.Built high-fidelity prototypes in code as a shared source of truth across Product, Engineering, and GTM, reducing re-litigation and accelerating execution.Led 40+ enterprise demos that doubled as discovery and early go-to-market. Scripted the initial demo messaging and used customer reactions as a rapid feedback loop to refine both the product and the story in real time.

Education

• Baylor University

  B.A., Journalism

  2008 — 2012

Skills

• Digital Video
• Commercials
• Market Research
• Editing
• Animation
• Campaign Development
• Creative Direction
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Post Production
• Compositing
• Film
• Video Production
• Web Video
• Marketing
• Video
• Graphic Design
• Nuke
• Advertising
• Media Production
• Html 5
• Lighting
• Digital Marketing
• Web Development
• Final Cut Pro
• Music Videos
• Web Design
• Producing
• Web Analytics
• Videography
• Film Production
• Social Media
• Mac
• Video Editing
• Premiere
• Film Editing
• Documentaries
• Multimedia
• After Effects
• Photoshop
• Indesign