MrWeb Series – Chris Havemann on Insight in the Mobile Age

This episode is in partnership with MrWeb’s Insight in the Mobile Age segment.  My guest today is Chris Havemann, CEO of RealityMine. Founded in 2012, RealityMine is a passive metering technology, enabling the tracking of consumers on multiple devices—across all major platforms—providing a holistic view of their daily lives. Headquartered in Manchester, England, with offices in London and Sydney. Prior to joining RealityMine, Chris was the CEO of Rated People and the co-founder and CEO of Research Now. Find Chris Online: Website: https://www.realitymine.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-havemann-19a04b8/ Find Jamin Online: Email: [email protected]  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaminbrazil  Twitter: www.twitter.com/jaminbrazil   Find Us Online:  Twitter: www.twitter.com/happymrxp   LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/happymarketresearch   Facebook: www.facebook.com/happymrxp   Website: www.happymr.com   Music:“Clap Along” by Auditionauti: https://audionautix.com [00:00:00] Jamin: Hi, I'm Jamin Brazil. You're listening to the Happy Market Research Podcast. My guest today is Chris Havemann, CEO of RealityMine. Founded in 2012, RealityMine is a passive metering technology enabling the tracking of consumers on multiple devices across all major platforms, providing a holistic view of their daily lives. RealityMine is headquartered in Manchester, England with offices in London and Sydney. Prior to joining RealityMine, Chris was the CEO of Rated People and the cofounder and CEO of Research Now. Chris, thank you so much for joining me on the Happy Market Research Podcast. [00:00:37] Chris: My pleasure, Jamin. Great to be here. [00:00:40] Jamin: So I'd like to start out with a little bit of context as usual. Maybe you could tell us a little bit about your parents and how they inform what you do today. [00:00:47] Chris: It's a really interesting question. Without wishing to disrespect my parents, just to give you an idea, my mom was a housewife and my stepdad was a university professor. And in fact, I don't think I do take much inspiration career-wise from what they did. If anything, I think my inspiration comes from my grandfather, who was a self-made entrepreneur. The only boss he ever had, he says - he used to say was the RAF during the second World War. And I think that seeded somewhere in me an entrepreneurial gene that led to me cofounding Research Now and other things in the world of market research. [00:01:24] Jamin: Did you spend a lot of time with your grandfather? [00:01:27] Chris: Yes, I did.