Meet Rich Sheridan, CEO and Co-founder of Menlo Innovations, Author of ‘Joy Inc.’ and ‘Chief Joy Officer’

The Automotive Leaders Podcast · Dec 16, 2021 · 1h 8m

The first time Rich Sheridan touched a computer was in 1971. The CEO and Co-founder of Menlo Innovations, who went on to write “Joy Inc.” and “Chief Joy Officer,” was then a freshman in high school who instantly fell in love with the idea of writing software.

For Rich, who refers to himself as a “pure Michigan kid,” software was an artistic medium. He started by typing the names and stats of Major League Baseball players into a computer so he and his friends could “play” baseball in the winter. That programming won a contest and essentially launched his career.

He got his first software…