Executive Management Team

Jim Newton, Chairman & Founder
Jim is an uber-DIY'er and lifelong maker. A serial entrepreneur, Jim holds several design patents and created TechShop because he needed a place to build his own inventions. Before founding TechShop Jim was a BattleBots competitor and former full-time Science Advisor on the Discovery Channel’s hit show "MythBusters." Jim spends much of his time on-site at TechShop, and thoroughly enjoys helping TechShop members with their projects. He also enjoys baking sourdough bread, camping with his family, and dreaming up new project ideas.

Mark Hatch, Chief Executive Officer
During Mark's first two years on the management team, TechShop tripled revenue and memberships and became a leading brand in the emergent "Maker-Space" business. Before coming to TechShop in October of 2007, Mark was the president of GL. Services, a Business Process Outsourcing company, where he doubled the number of companies served by strategically launching new service offerings. Mark also served in management roles at Avery Dennison and Kinko's. He has his BA in economics from UC Irvine, an MBA from the Drucker School at Claremont, and is a former Green Beret.

David Ehrenberg, Chief Financial Officer (Contract via Early Growth Financial Services)
David is an experienced financial executive who has been building high growth, emerging technology companies including Microsoft, Extreme Networks, Radiant Research and Abound Logic for the past 15 years. His financial expertise is in venture funding, debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic planning, and has operational expertise in accounting, human resources, legal and corporate governance, facilities, information technology and administrative functions. Prior to founding Early Growth Financial Services, David worked at several successful companies including Voice Stream. He has also worked on Wall Street mergers and acquisitions. He completed undergraduate studies at Georgetown University, has an MBA from the University of Washington, and is a CPA.

Joe Menard, Chief Operating Officer
With more than 30 years of business experience, Joe Menard is responsible for the general management of TechShop's products, corporate strategy, and sales. Prior to joining TechShop, Joe held numerous executive-level positions in the technology sector including a corporate vice president at AMD; chairman and CEO of WebGain, Inc.; and several leadership positions at BEA Systems including general manager of the E-Commerce Server Division, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, and senior vice president of sales for EMEA. He spent 10 years at Digital Equipment Corporation in a variety of senior product management and product marketing positions. Menard holds an MBA from Babson College and a BS in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Dan Gonzalez, Chief Marketing Officer
Prior to joining the TechShop team, Dan spent 14 years at Yahoo! Inc. focusing on digital media. His time at Yahoo took him through many different teams with pioneering efforts in marketing, pricing and yield, including business operations and strategy, and credited as one of the pioneers aiding in the emergence of advanced targeted advertising online. Dan has a BS in business management from the University of Phoenix, with technical product marketing training from Cal Poly Pomona. Dan is also a maker from the community theater world, designing sets, props and more.