Keith Newman is a member of the Pillarton Advisory Team. He has expertise in the area of marketing with focus on channel and affiliate marketing, advertising, strategic planning and presentations. Mr. Newman is the Publisher of Futuredex, the leading information resource for dealmakers in the private capital marketplace. Futuredex magazine reaches an audience of 345,000 decision makers.

Previously, Mr. Newman served as the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for OneChannel. He was responsible for developing the overall product and brand strategy as well as forging partnerships with dozens of leading media, commerce and technology companies including AOL, Cnet and Buy.com. He and his team successfully raised over $30 million in equity capital from Venture Capitalists and Corporate investors. Prior to joining OneChannel, Mr. Newman was the President of IDG's Channel Services Group, which produced print, web and event products for the IT marketplace. Prior to IDG, Mr. Newman founded and launched Computer Retail Week (CRW) and served as Editor and Publisher of that publication. CRW was the leading newspaper for the retail and PC markets.

Mr. Newman has been an executive advisor to a number of start-up organizations in Silicon Valley including Information Technology, media and research companies. He has also held management positions with CMP Media and Ziff-Davis Publishing.

Mr. Newman holds a BA degree in Liberal Arts from San Diego State University and has completed numerous graduate and management courses at Stanford, Columbia, and San Jose State Universities.