Jodee Rich
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John David "Jodee" Rich (born 1960) is an Australia
n businessman, who founded Imagineering Ltd, a microcomputer
software and hardware
distributor, One.Tel
Ltd, an Australian based telecommunications company, and PeopleBrowsr
, a data mining, analytics and brand engagement service provider.
Rich is an active speaker at events around the world including industry conferences, summits and corporate events.
and finally New York
in the '30s and '40s, the Richheimer family anglicised
their name to "Rich". In 1963, Jodee Rich's father, Steven, came to Australia to manage the local arm of the family business, Hunter Douglas
.
Rich wrote his first program in 1972, on punch cards at the age of 12. He was educated at the elite Cranbrook School
in Bellevue Hill
, Sydney
, with classmate Rodney Adler
. During his Cranbrook days, Rich started his first entrepreneurial venture, a business renting fish tanks.
In 1980 he developed a commodity analysis system on 64k Apple II, later sold to investment banks.
He studied accounting, economics and computer Science at Sydney University - BEc in 1981.
From 1990 to 1995, Rich attended University of Sydney
studying biochemistry
and attended Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
and also served as a commercial flying instructor.
as a shareholder) a service provider of GSM mobile and long distance calls - One.Tel
, in Australia in 1995. One.Tel expanded its operations overseas in 1998. In 1999, Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting and News Corporation
made a $600 million investment in the business as it committed to building Australia's fourth mobile network. The company acquired a GSM operation for $500 million in 2000.
One.Tel Australia was placed in administration in May 2001, after PBL and News Corporation withdrew their earlier stated support for an underwritten rights issue. One.Tel UK was sold to British Gas for $200 million and is still trading with more than 1 million customers.
Beginning in December 2001, Rich was involved in litigation with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). The case, ASIC v Rich, was won by Rich on 18 November 2009, with Justice Robert Austin of the NSW Supreme Court stating in his judgment that ASIC had "failed to prove any aspect of its pleaded case". Justice Austin also said in his judgment Jodee "demonstrated that he was a very well prepared witness, knowledgeable about the subject matter of his evidence, who responded to questions thoughtfully and clearly, sometimes even perceptively. This was notwithstanding the arduous circumstances of his cross examination, extending over 25 days".
, a service provider of social media data, campaigns and analytics. PeopleBrowsr has a 20 Terrabyte 3 year DataMine of public online conversations and provides Data, Campaigns and Advanced Analytics to such companies as Sony
, Kodak, Toyota and Universal Music.
In May 2010, Rich held a PeopleBrowsr briefing, during which time he discussed the importance of Social Media as an area which is creating a global collective consciousness, shifting the power base from Big Business, Religion and Government to the Global Consumer. Rich also discussed the “left-field” research projects in which PeopleBrowsr spends its profits. These include the development of artificial intelligence and new social networking platforms. In September 2011, he appeared at the O'Reilly Strata Conference where he spoke on how social data will drive change in TV Analytics.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n businessman, who founded Imagineering Ltd, a microcomputer
Microcomputer
A microcomputer is a computer with a microprocessor as its central processing unit. They are physically small compared to mainframe and minicomputers...
software and hardware
Hardware
Hardware is a general term for equipment such as keys, locks, hinges, latches, handles, wire, chains, plumbing supplies, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts. Household hardware is typically sold in hardware stores....
distributor, One.Tel
One.Tel
One.Tel was a group of Australian based telecommunications companies, including principally the publicly listed One.Tel Limited established in 1995 soon after deregulation of the Australian telecommunications industry, most of which are currently under external administration by court appointed...
Ltd, an Australian based telecommunications company, and PeopleBrowsr
PeopleBrowsr
PeopleBrowsr is a social media analytics company and the creator of Kred, a measurement of social influence. The company provides influence measurement, data mining, analytics, research, and brand engagement social campaign services....
, a data mining, analytics and brand engagement service provider.
Rich is an active speaker at events around the world including industry conferences, summits and corporate events.
Early Years and Family Background
During their travels from Germany to LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and finally New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
in the '30s and '40s, the Richheimer family anglicised
Anglicisation
Anglicisation, or anglicization , is the process of converting verbal or written elements of any other language into a form that is more comprehensible to an English speaker, or, more generally, of altering something such that it becomes English in form or character.The term most often refers to...
their name to "Rich". In 1963, Jodee Rich's father, Steven, came to Australia to manage the local arm of the family business, Hunter Douglas
Hunter Douglas
Hunter Douglas N.V. is a Dutch public corporation and major worldwide manufacturer of window coverings and architectural products. Hunter Douglas has its head office in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and a management office in Lucerne, Switzerland...
.
Rich wrote his first program in 1972, on punch cards at the age of 12. He was educated at the elite Cranbrook School
Cranbrook School Sydney
Cranbrook School is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in Bellevue Hill and Rose Bay, both eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
in Bellevue Hill
Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
Bellevue Hill is an eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bellevue Hill is an affluent suburb, located 5 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra....
, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, with classmate Rodney Adler
Rodney Adler
Rodney Stephens Adler is an Australian businessman and former director of telecommunications company One.Tel and insurance company HIH, both of which collapsed in 2001. He was jailed in 2005 for his conduct related to the collapse of HIH....
. During his Cranbrook days, Rich started his first entrepreneurial venture, a business renting fish tanks.
In 1980 he developed a commodity analysis system on 64k Apple II, later sold to investment banks.
He studied accounting, economics and computer Science at Sydney University - BEc in 1981.
Later Years and Career
Between 1981 and 1990 Rich founded and listed Imagineering, a microcomputer software and hardware distributor for Visicalc, dBase, Electronic Arts, Lotus 123, Borland, 3Com operating in Australia and South East Asia and acquired Imagineering's sister company Tech Pacific from James Kennedy in 1987. Both firms were sold to First Pacific in 1990.From 1990 to 1995, Rich attended University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
studying biochemistry
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
and attended Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton was the world’s first collegiate business school and the first business school in the United States...
and also served as a commercial flying instructor.
One.Tel
Rich formed (with James PackerJames Packer
James Douglas Packer is an Australian businessman.Packer is the son of the late media mogul Kerry Packer and grandson of Frank Packer. He inherited the family company, Consolidated Press Holdings Limited, which controls investments in Crown Limited, Consolidated Media Holdings and other companies...
as a shareholder) a service provider of GSM mobile and long distance calls - One.Tel
One.Tel
One.Tel was a group of Australian based telecommunications companies, including principally the publicly listed One.Tel Limited established in 1995 soon after deregulation of the Australian telecommunications industry, most of which are currently under external administration by court appointed...
, in Australia in 1995. One.Tel expanded its operations overseas in 1998. In 1999, Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting and News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
made a $600 million investment in the business as it committed to building Australia's fourth mobile network. The company acquired a GSM operation for $500 million in 2000.
One.Tel Australia was placed in administration in May 2001, after PBL and News Corporation withdrew their earlier stated support for an underwritten rights issue. One.Tel UK was sold to British Gas for $200 million and is still trading with more than 1 million customers.
Beginning in December 2001, Rich was involved in litigation with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). The case, ASIC v Rich, was won by Rich on 18 November 2009, with Justice Robert Austin of the NSW Supreme Court stating in his judgment that ASIC had "failed to prove any aspect of its pleaded case". Justice Austin also said in his judgment Jodee "demonstrated that he was a very well prepared witness, knowledgeable about the subject matter of his evidence, who responded to questions thoughtfully and clearly, sometimes even perceptively. This was notwithstanding the arduous circumstances of his cross examination, extending over 25 days".
PeopleBrowsr
In 2007, Rich founded PeopleBrowsrPeopleBrowsr
PeopleBrowsr is a social media analytics company and the creator of Kred, a measurement of social influence. The company provides influence measurement, data mining, analytics, research, and brand engagement social campaign services....
, a service provider of social media data, campaigns and analytics. PeopleBrowsr has a 20 Terrabyte 3 year DataMine of public online conversations and provides Data, Campaigns and Advanced Analytics to such companies as Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
, Kodak, Toyota and Universal Music.
In May 2010, Rich held a PeopleBrowsr briefing, during which time he discussed the importance of Social Media as an area which is creating a global collective consciousness, shifting the power base from Big Business, Religion and Government to the Global Consumer. Rich also discussed the “left-field” research projects in which PeopleBrowsr spends its profits. These include the development of artificial intelligence and new social networking platforms. In September 2011, he appeared at the O'Reilly Strata Conference where he spoke on how social data will drive change in TV Analytics.
External links
- www.linkedin.com/in/jodeerich - Linkedin
- http://www.peoplebrowsr.com/ - PeopleBrowsr