Melanie Aronson

Melanie Aronson is the founder and CEO of Panion, a community management platform and app for meeting like-minded people through common interests. She has a bachelors in anthropology from Columbia University and a masters in documentary filmmaking from the School of Visuals Arts in NYC. She is also a Fulbright recipient.

Melanie worked in sales for Apple for almost 3 years and for more than 10 years as a freelance filmmaker, photographer, and designer. Melanie has lived an international life, residing in NYC, Barcelona, Florence, Malmö and now in Lisbon.

Melanie Aronson states in her LinkedIn profile:

With a background in anthropology, documentary filmmaking and design, I worked as a freelance photographer, filmmaker, teacher and consultant for over 8 years. I also spent 3 years working as a sales and personal shopping specialist at Apple in NYC.

In 2018 I founded Panion, an empathy-driven community building platform that helped community managers build more empathy and meaningful connection into their online communities. For 6 years, I lead a team of highly talented designers, developers, data scientists and marketers striving to make the world feel more connected during one of the most disruptive periods of our lives (Covid 19).

I am now working as a product launch consultant and open to fractional-cofounder positions to help others strategize around many of the challenges I faced as a founder.