About Cameron Newland

I’m the Chief Executive Officer over at PearlPass Ltd. Previously, I served as Portfolio Manager for ScarletStream Capital Management’s ScarletStorm Fund, LP, a long-short equity hedge fund.

I’m fascinated by global markets and high-end mobile phones, but those are only two of my many obsessions.

At the age of 7, I memorized every statistic of every Major League Baseball player for the previous 5 years. My talent with statistics and identifiable traits eventually drifted from baseball, and on to cars, stocks, and finally, mobile devices. With each challenge, I’ve become adept at understanding a subject — both quantitatively and qualitatively.

On a cross-country flight when I was a kid, the suit next to me sported a Motorola StarTAC. I was mesmerized. The phone was speaking to me. Luxurious, desirable, and out of reach. I wanted one.

Fast-forward 12 years, I’m a wireless device expert who flies across the globe attending consumer-electronics tradeshows to get glimpses of the future of mobile devices. LG, Apple, RIM…you name it, I’ve seen it before it became a reality. I understand the landscape of mobile devices better than anyone, and I serve as a sherpa to my friends and acquaintances who want to find the best device for their personality and their lifestyle.

I’m also an unapologetic Europhile and linguaphile. My family brought me on a month-long trip to Western Europe when I was 14, after which I dedicated myself to learning Spanish, French, and Italian (I’ve pretty much mastered the first two languages, and well on my way to conquering their peninsular cousin).  When I was 18, I moved to London to study at Imperial College, and that experience cemented my affinity with Europe. I returned the next spring, settling in Alicante, Spain, where I’d return the next summer to intern in banking.

I got my start professionally by entering a financial analyst rotation program at multinational bank BBVA in Alicante, Spain. I rotated through mergers and acquisitions, retail savings, and wealth management, assisting customers in English, Spanish, and Valencian. I blame this summer abroad for my staunch and utterly misguided belief that midday siesta constitutes legitimate time management.