Alexander Hartman

Alexander (Alex) Hartman (born 3 July 1980) is executive Chairman of Newzulu Limited, a crowd-sourced news company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Hartman is an entrepreneur, involved in public health services for young people and the digital preservation of historical artifacts. Hartman won the Young Australian of the Year Award for Career Achievement in 2001. Alex Hartman is Managing Director of Newzulu and Directeur Général of Citizenside. He is co-founder of Matilda Media and Rightstrade. Newzulu recently announced it had acquired Canadian media company Filemobile.

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. Hartman was Vice-President of ClubMac aged 13 and a weekly columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald aged 16. Hartman founded Amicus Software in 1996 and licensed software to Telstra as the user interface for Australia's largest internet service BigPond. Hartman joined Gresham Advisory Partners and co-founded Mytek in 2001. Hartman assisted Destra Corporation secure investment from Prime Television in 2007. Hartman was Director of Central Station Records, Oyster Magazine, home shopping channel 9021go, electronic music newspaper 3D World and managed rock band The Cracks. Hartman is co-founder of Matilda Media Group with Peter Scarf. as well as Rightstrade, andNewzulu, the crowd sourced news wire.

Newzulu is headquartered in Paris and operates as a crowd sourced news wire, freelance journalism marketplace and citizen journalism platform, in partnership with Agence France-Presse. Newzulu has extended its partnership with AFP and entered additional partnerships with The Canadian Press, The Press Association, the national news wire of the UK & Ireland, as well as Australian Associated Press, the national news wire of Australia and New Zealand. On 23 October 2014 Newzulu announced it had acquired Canadian media company Filemobile.

Alex Hartman was a speaker at the European Commission Digital Action Day and is active in public policy development related to technology, innovation and mental health.

Awards

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

Other activities

Hartman served as an Ambassador of the Sony Foundation since 1998. He served on the advisory board of Headspace, Australia's Youth Mental Health Foundation initiative, and was appointed to the Australian Industry Research & Development Board in 2005 by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. He was Chairman of the Australian Technology Youth Skills Hub

Filmography

External links

• Matilda Media Website
• Matilda Books Website
• Rightstrade Website
• Newzulu, Website
• Adzulu Website