Richard D. Titus
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Richard D. Titus, FRSA
is an entrepreneur and film producer. He was born on March 23, 1968 in Anaheim to Richard G. Titus, an executive at defense contractor
Rockwell International
and later Boeing
and Susan Titus Osborn, a conservative Christian author.
His career began as a roadie and sound engineer for The Beach Boys
on whose Summer in Paradise
he worked as a recording engineer. This album was the first by a major artist recorded entirely on Pro Tools
.
A prolific internet entrepreneur and digerati
Titus founded or co-founded seven companies including a video game division of MPCA (where he created and produced Blue Heat: The Case of the Cover Girl Murders), and Tag Media, the Los Angeles office of what became Razorfish
. In 2002 he co-founded interactive agency Schematic whose clients include ABC
, Comcast
, Microsoft
, Sony
, Time Warner
and Target
and are an industry leader in User Interface
for VOD
systems on Set-top box
es and broadband
Video on Demand
services and IPTV
. The company was purchased by advertising firm WPP
in 2007.
Richard founded production company Plinyminor
with his wife, Tavin Marin Titus
, where they have produced several SciFi feature films together including Emmy nominated Mammoth
, Odysseus & the Isle of the Mysts, Riddle of the Sphinx and a pair of Sundance Film Festival
selections: On line
(which included the first scene filmed over the Internet), and 2006 hit eco-documentary Who Killed the Electric Car?
In 2007 he joined the BBC
as Controller, User Experience and Design at the BBC
, overseeing its audience facing services on the Internet, Mobile, ITV and iPlayer. In November 2008 he became the Corporation's Future Media Controller for Audio & Music and Mobile. In July 2009 Titus left the BBC
to become CEO of Associated Northcliffe Digital
, part of the Daily Mail and General Trust
group. He departed in a re-structure in 2010.
In 2010, Richard was named one of the Wired 100 and is a frequent public speaker and futurist speaking on the impact of technology on media & entertainment.
Royal Society of Arts
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity...
is an entrepreneur and film producer. He was born on March 23, 1968 in Anaheim to Richard G. Titus, an executive at defense contractor
Defense contractor
A defense contractor is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a military department of a government. Products typically include military aircraft, ships, vehicles, weaponry, and electronic systems...
Rockwell International
Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate in the latter half of the 20th century, involved in aircraft, the space industry, both defense-oriented and commercial electronics, automotive and truck components, printing presses, valves and meters, and industrial automation....
and later Boeing
Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
and Susan Titus Osborn, a conservative Christian author.
His career began as a roadie and sound engineer for The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...
on whose Summer in Paradise
Summer in Paradise
Summer in Paradise is The Beach Boys' twenty-seventh studio album, their first release of the 1990s and the band's last full album of new, original material. It was released in the United States in 1992 on Brother Records and in the United Kingdom in 1993 on EMI. It has been reported that Navarre...
he worked as a recording engineer. This album was the first by a major artist recorded entirely on Pro Tools
Pro Tools
Pro Tools is a digital audio workstation platform for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, developed and manufactured by Avid Technology. It is widely used by professionals throughout the audio industries for recording and editing in music production, film scoring, film, and television...
.
A prolific internet entrepreneur and digerati
Digerati
The digerati are the elite of the computer industry and online communities. The word is a portmanteau, derived from "digital" and "literati", and reminiscent of the earlier coinage glitterati...
Titus founded or co-founded seven companies including a video game division of MPCA (where he created and produced Blue Heat: The Case of the Cover Girl Murders), and Tag Media, the Los Angeles office of what became Razorfish
Avenue A/Razorfish
Razorfish Inc. is one of the world's largest interactive agencies. Razorfish provides services including digital advertising and content creation, media buying, strategic counsel, analytics, technology and user experience...
. In 2002 he co-founded interactive agency Schematic whose clients include ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
, Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
, Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, 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....
, Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
and Target
Target Corporation
Target Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...
and are an industry leader in User Interface
User interface
The user interface, in the industrial design field of human–machine interaction, is the space where interaction between humans and machines occurs. The goal of interaction between a human and a machine at the user interface is effective operation and control of the machine, and feedback from the...
for VOD
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...
systems on Set-top box
Set-top box
A set-top box or set-top unit is an information appliance device that generally contains a tuner and connects to a television set and an external source of signal, turning the signal into content which is then displayed on the television screen or other display device.-History:Before the...
es and broadband
Broadband
The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal or device . Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times...
Video on Demand
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...
services and IPTV
IPTV
Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
. The company was purchased by advertising firm WPP
WPP
WPP may refer to:* Windows software trace preprocessor* WPP plc, a London-based advertising holding company* Wandsworth Parks Police, a police service in London, England* Witness Protection Program, in USA...
in 2007.
Richard founded production company Plinyminor
Plinyminor
Plinyminor is an entertainment production company with offices in London and Baton Rouge. Founded by serial technology entrepreneur Richard D. Titus and producer Tavin Marin Titus....
with his wife, Tavin Marin Titus
Tavin Marin Titus
Tavin Marin Titus is a young film producer who has worked on a projects of a diverse budget range from blockbusters The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day and Godzilla to her more recent work producing Sci Fi Channel Original Movies including: "Odysseus: Isle of the Mist", "Riddle of the...
, where they have produced several SciFi feature films together including Emmy nominated Mammoth
Mammoth (film)
Mammoth is a 2006 feature film directed by Tim Cox and produced by Plinyminor in association with the Sci Fi Channel starring Vincent Ventresca, Summer Glau, Leila Arcieri and Tom Skerritt...
, Odysseus & the Isle of the Mysts, Riddle of the Sphinx and a pair of Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
selections: On line
On Line
On_Line is a 2002 drama directed by Jed Weintrob and executive produced by Richard D. Titus and Tavin Marin Titus. The film was selected to world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically, on DVD and television world-wide....
(which included the first scene filmed over the Internet), and 2006 hit eco-documentary Who Killed the Electric Car?
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 documentary film that explores the creation, limited commercialization, and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the mid 1990s...
In 2007 he joined the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
as Controller, User Experience and Design at the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, overseeing its audience facing services on the Internet, Mobile, ITV and iPlayer. In November 2008 he became the Corporation's Future Media Controller for Audio & Music and Mobile. In July 2009 Titus left the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
to become CEO of Associated Northcliffe Digital
Associated Northcliffe Digital
Associated Northcliffe Digital was the digital consumer division of Daily Mail and General Trust which operated the digital assets of Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe Newspapers Group from its formation in 2006 until it was announced that the division was to be folded back into Associated...
, part of the Daily Mail and General Trust
Daily Mail and General Trust
Daily Mail and General Trust plc is a British media conglomerate, one of the largest in Europe. In the UK, it has interests in national and regional newspapers, television and radio. The company has extensive activities based outside the UK, through Northcliffe Media, DMG Radio Australia, DMG World...
group. He departed in a re-structure in 2010.
In 2010, Richard was named one of the Wired 100 and is a frequent public speaker and futurist speaking on the impact of technology on media & entertainment.
External links
- Top technology investors in Europe
- Interview in NMA
- Associated Northcliffe Digital site
- Richard Titus' corporate blog on BBC.co.uk
- Guardian Bio
- Personal Blog
- Schematic
- Plinyminor
- Interview with Richard about The Long TailThe Long TailThe Long Tail or long tail refers to the statistical property that a larger share of population rests within the tail of a probability distribution than observed under a 'normal' or Gaussian distribution...
- Profile and interview in Design Week
- Cover story & interview in C21
- PaidContent Article detailing CEO announcement and previous career