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Feature - DRI Management Systems Inc.
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DRI's surfing: more than the Web.
When Paul Wright first joined Newport Beach, California-based DRI Management Systems Inc., he flew down to Orange County from Seattle, where he was living at the time. The first thing he noticed as he walked through the company doors were a couple of damp surfboards propped against the wall. He quickly and accurately surmised that a group of DRI employees had been on the water before work. * While no one would accuse a technology company in the esoteric and very serious field of mortgage default management of having a surfing culture, the president and chief executive officer (CEO), Earl Olrich, is simply and only known as "Duke"--as in Duke Kahanamoku, the father of surfing. * Admittedly, Duke Olrich dismisses the link in the name, saying he thinks he got the nickname because his mother was a big fan of John Wayne. However, there is no denying the fact that Olrich, now 65, has been surfing for more than 50 years. You can still catch him down the shore at legendary surf beach San Onofre or, now that he's wealthier than he was as a teenager in th...
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