Billy Newman

Chief Financial Officer Redwood Software

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Billy Newman is Chief Financial Officer of Redwood Software, the Frisco, Texas maker of workload automation software, including the RunMyJobs by Redwood product, which is owned by Vista Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus. Redwood appointed him in July 2025. He is best known for his years at Cvent, the event management software company. He rose there from head of financial planning to Chief Financial Officer, and held that role while Cvent returned to public markets and was then sold to Blackstone for about $4.6 billion. For a company in Redwood’s position, owned by private equity and growing through acquisitions, that is directly relevant experience.

Career Highlights

• Appointed Chief Financial Officer of Redwood Software in July 2025, responsible for financial strategy and operations.
• Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cvent from September 2018, serving on an interim basis until August 2020.
• Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at Cvent from August 2014 to September 2018.
• Vice President of Finance at Online Resources Corporation, an online banking and bill-pay provider, from August 2002 to June 2013.
• Holds a B.S. in Finance and Accounting and an M.S. in Accounting from the University of Virginia.

Professional Journey

Newman began his career as a consultant in the Financial Advisory Services Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers. In August 2002 he joined Online Resources Corporation, a provider of online banking and full-service bill pay solutions, as Vice President of Finance. He stayed until June 2013, the year Online Resources was acquired by ACI Worldwide.

He joined Cvent in August 2014 as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis. In September 2018 he became Chief Financial Officer, at first on an interim basis, and the appointment was made permanent in August 2020. Redwood says revenue grew from about $150 million to nearly $1 billion during his time there. The ownership changes were just as significant. Cvent had been listed in 2013 and later taken private by Vista Equity Partners. It returned to public markets in 2021 by merging with Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. II, and Cvent’s own SEC filings from that period name him as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Blackstone then acquired the company for about $4.6 billion in 2023.

Redwood Software announced his appointment as Chief Financial Officer on 2 July 2025, in a release that also named new heads of engineering and of global alliances. Redwood is headquartered in Frisco, Texas, and backed by Vista Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus. It sells workload automation software and is a Premium certified SAP Endorsed App for workload automation. The company describes his job as leading financial strategy, supporting global expansion and scaling operations to meet customer demand. He works alongside Chief Executive Officer Kevin Greene and Chief Operating Officer Matt Nolan.

He lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Education

University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce

B.S., Finance and Accounting

University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce

M.S., Accounting