He was president, CEO and chairman emeritus for AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a United States provider of professional technical and management support services.
Newman led the launch of AECOM as an independent company in 1990 and served as chief executive officer through September 2005.
He led an employee and management purchase of AECOM's original companies from Ashland Corp.
Earlier, Newman served as president of Genge, one of the first publicly traded architectural and engineering firms.
[1] Newman is also a director of Southwest Water Company, Sempra Energy Co. and 13 mutual funds under Capital Research and Management Co.[1][2]