# Aaron Newman > Professional climate change fighter. Software and MRV @ Heirloom Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/aaronnewman1 Mission driven climate tech professional with 5+ years of experience in engineering and engineering management in the clean energy and carbon removal spaces. ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ Anode Technology Company Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### Senior Software Engineering Manager, Technical Lead - Data Systems @ Heirloom Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 ### Software Engineering Manager @ Heirloom Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Brisbane, California, United States ### Senior Software Engineer @ Heirloom Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Technical Lead - Predictive Controls, Senior Software Engineer @ AutoGrid Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area - Guide the overall design and development of the Predictive Controls Platform, a DERMS that optimizes and manages pools of behind-the-meter distributed energy resources (DERs, think residential smart thermostats, EVs, energy storage, PV). - Coordinate cross-application integrations and feature testing. - Oversee the efforts to scale the Predictive Controls Platform from supporting forecast, optimization and dispatch of pools of 1,000 to pools of 10,000 distributed energy resources. - Lead agile-based development cycles, and develop the roadmap for the ~10-person Predictive Controls team alongside the Product Management team. - Work directly with partners and customers during setup, testing, and early operation to explain the core concepts of the product and how to best use its capabilities to deliver maximum value. ### Software Engineer @ AutoGrid Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Redwood City, CA - Worked with a variety of teams including DROMS (Demand Response Optimization and Monitoring System) and CEEP (Customer Enrollment and Engagement Portal) and Predictive Controls. - Developed web-based applications and micro-services using Angular 2 and Ruby on Rails to enable electric utility operators to visualize real-time customer energy usage and market data and manage participation of flexible energy resources (FERs) in utility demand response (DR) events. - Developed data visualization and exploration tools used by home and business owners to understand the participation of their FERs in utility events. ### Software Engineer @ ndustrial.io Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area Built software tools in Python and Java for processing real-time data streams from hundreds of thousands of internet-connected industrial devices. Developed and integrated software testing pipeline into existing automated build workflow using Wercker CI and Docker. ### Software Engineer Intern @ AutoGrid Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Redwood City, CA Built high-throughput microservice for capturing and logging user events that makes use of the ElasticSearch, Logstash and Kibana real-time data pipeline, storage and visualization stack. ### Data Analyst Intern @ Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area Analyzed the impact of various residential retrofits on annual energy consumption, and created an algorithm that can perform case-by-case payback assessments using this information. ### Undergraduate Research Engineer @ Energy Data Analytics Lab Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area Developed a machine learning and computer vision algorithm in MATLAB that is capable of detecting existing solar PV installations from orthoimagery. Overall goal is to use the tool to better predict future solar installations and energy demand at a granular level. ### Teaching Assistant @ Duke University Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 Held office hours 3 times per week for Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra students. Facilitated the weekly laboratory component of the Signals and Systems class, which introduces students to a number of fundamental applications of digital signal processing. ### VP of Environmental Engineering at Girls Engineering Change 501(c)(3) @ Girls Engineering Change Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 Developed numerous STEM education curricula that used introductory project builds, like a portable solar USB charger, to expose middle school aged students to electronics prototyping and encourage their interest in engineering. ### Campus Sustainability Liason @ Duke University Office of Sustainability Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 Identified eateries on campus with lowest environmental impact by conducting audits. Managed volunteers for zero waste football initiative that resulted in an average waste diversion rate of fifty percent per football game in the 2014 season. Organized a biweekly used-goods collection and redistribution event on campus called the Duke Free Store. ## Education ### Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science in Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician Duke University ### Enloe High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aaron-newman-871a0388 --- Source: https://flows.cv/aaronnewman1 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/aaronnewman1/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01