Alexander Hartman

Alexander (Alex) Hartman

Alexander Hartman in 2011.
Born Alexander James Hartman
(1980-07-03) 3 July 1980
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australia
Alma mater University of Technology, Sydney
Occupation Entrepreneur
Spouse(s) Domitille Marie Hartman (m. 2015)

Alexander (Alex) Hartman (born 3 July 1980) is an Australian entrepreneur.[1] Hartman won the Young Australian of the Year Award for Career Achievement in 2001. Hartman is Managing Director and co-Founder of ASX-listed crowd sourced media company Newzulu and Directeur Général of Citizenside. He is co-founder of Matilda Media, Yellow House Health and Rightstrade.[2][3][4] Hartman is a Member of the Council of the National Museum of Australia.

Biography

Alexander (Alex) James Hartman was born 3 July 1980 in Sydney, Australia. He attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview and the University of Technology, Sydney.[5] Hartman was a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald aged 16. Hartman founded Amicus Software[6] in 1996 and licensed software to Telstra.[7] Hartman joined Gresham Advisory Partners[8] and co-founded Mytek in 2001.[9] Hartman assisted Destra Corporation secure investment from Prime Television in 2007.[10] Hartman was Director of Central Station Records, 3D World and Oyster Magazine.

Hartman is co-founder of Matilda Media Group [11] with Peter Scarf. Hartman is co-founder of Rightstrade.[3][12] which enables film and TV sales agencies to promote titles for online licensing and digital delivery.[2][13] Hartman is co-founder of Australian Securities Exchange listed Newzulu, crowd sourced news wire, freelance journalism marketplace and citizen journalism platform. In April, 2016 Seven West Media announced it had made a major investment in Newzulu, (ASX:NWZ) (OTCQX:NWZLY), alongside Thorney Investment group.[14] On May 28, 2013 it was announced that Matilda Media would acquire Citizenside from Agence France-Presse,[15] Matilda launched Newzulu as a crowd sourced news platform Newzulu, originally based on the Citizenside technology platform. Hartman is a corporate speaker[16][17] and has been active in public policy development related to technology, innovation and mental health, including the founding of Headspace.[18][19][20]

Awards

Hartman received the 2001 Young Australian of the Year Award for Career Achievement.[21] In 2002, he won the NSW Pearcey Award.[22] He was named a 'Champion' as part of the "What Makes A Champion?" event with Nelson Mandela[23] by Professor Allan Snyder FRS.

Other activities

Hartman served as an Ambassador of the Sony Foundation[24] since 1998 and on the advisory board of Headspace, Australia's Youth Mental Health Foundation initiative,.[25] He was appointed to the Australian Industry Research & Development Board in 2005 and was Chairman of the Australian Technology Youth Skills Hub.[26] In 2015 Hartman was appointed a Member of the Council of the National Museum of Australia.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Australian Story – The Next Big Thing[27] Self ABC-TV
1999 60 Minutes – Interview with Alex Hartman[28] Self CBS/TCN-9
2008 House on the Hill[29] Producer TCN-9 Pilot
2012 Pemulwuy[30] Producer Development
2012 My Combat Channel News"'[31] FilmOn Executive On Air – FilmOn.TV LA
2012 Battlecam TV"'[32] FilmOn Executive On Air – FilmOn.TV LA

References

  1. ↑ "HSC Online – Innovation – Alex Hartman". NSW Department of Education & Training. 1 January 2005.
  2. 1 2 "Rights on demand Technicolor joins online sales venture". Variety. 16 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Screen International – Rightstrade – The Future is in Site". Screen International. 12 December 2011.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "2004 UTS: Law Graduates". Bloomberg. 30 July 2004.
  6. ↑ "CNN Australia Internet Boy". CNN. 11 November 1997. Archived from the original on 3 September 2005.
  7. ↑ "Innovation – Amicus". Business Outlook. 27 April 1997.
  8. ↑ http://www.gresham.com.au/
  9. ↑ Maria Nguyen (15 March 2001). "Tell me why". Melbourne: The Age.
  10. ↑ "MediaSpy – Prime Gets involved in Destra bid for Magna". Media Spy. 20 March 2007.
  11. ↑ http://www.matildamedia.com
  12. ↑ "Rightstrade IMDB". Internet Movie Data Base. 30 July 2010.
  13. ↑ "Technicolor to fuel Rightstrade's online market platform with its digital asset management and distribution services". Technicolor. 21 May 2012.
  14. ↑ "Seven West to Partner with Newzulu". The Australian. 20 April 2016.
  15. ↑ "Matilda Acquires Citizenside". PresseNews.fr. 28 May 2013.
  16. ↑ "Claxton Speakers Website". Claxton Speakers. 30 July 2006.
  17. ↑ "Neville Freeman Network Speakers". Neville Freeman. 30 July 2006.
  18. ↑ "Fast Thinking – The Dumbest Company" (PDF). Fastthinking.com.au. 15 March 2008.
  19. ↑ "Press Club". AAP. 24 February 1998.
  20. ↑ "Warren Centre". Warren Centre. 24 February 1998.
  21. ↑ "NSW HSC - Alex Hartman". NSW Board of Studies. 27 January 2001.
  22. ↑ "2002 NSW Pearcey Award". The Pearcey Foundation. 10 November 2002.
  23. ↑ "2000 What Makes A Champion". University of Sydney. 10 November 2000.
  24. ↑ http://www.sonyfoundation.org.au
  25. ↑ "Headspace – About us". Headspace. 12 February 2006.
  26. ↑ "Australian Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs IT Skills Hub". Australasian Business Intelligence. 31 December 2001.
  27. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/austory/series4/9904.htm
  28. ↑ http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/design_technology/innovation_emerging/entrepreneurial/2663/qa.htm
  29. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXBKit9Tiz4
  30. ↑ Pemulwuy
  31. ↑ http://www.mycombatchannel.com
  32. ↑ http://www.battlecam.com

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