Paul Ritchie

Current

• Head of Global Project Management Operations at SAP

Past

• Manager, Geodata Services at Roadshow International
• Director of Operations at Troika Multimedia
• General Manager at McDonald's

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Education

• INSEAD
• Babson College - Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business
• George Mason University

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Recommended

5 people have recommended Paul

Connections

129 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• Family Home Page
• crossderry blog
• My CV

Paul Ritchie’s Summary

Strategy, execution, and thought leader with a progressive record of experience in professional services, project management, and software development in global environments. Diverse industry exposure in consumer products, high-tech, manufacturing, banking, oil & gas, and retail. High visibility communicator with numerous publishing credits, an extensive list of presentations, and blog presence. A true strategic thinker who gets his hands dirty driving cultural change.

Consistently realizes exceptional results as strategy, architecture, and process designer directing enterprise-wide business launches & operational and process improvements. Solid bottom-line contributions in organizational structure and delivery, highlighted by top-line business development, deal structuring, and merger & acquisition direction.

Paul Ritchie’s Specialties:

Global Business Transformation, Corporate Strategy, Development & Implementation, Project management, Program management, Portfolio management, Project Recovery, Knowledge Management, Strategy Planning, Budgeting, Strategy Management, Strategy Execution, PMO

Paul Ritchie’s Experience

• Head of Global Project Management Operations

  SAP

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SAP; Computer Software industry)

  July 1997 — Present (11 years 1 month)

  Newly-created global project management chief strategist and process owner role. Leads an 11-person global team, a 12-person development team in India, along with dotted line reporting of 7 regional delivery and project management operations groups, 1300 program / project managers world-wide, wider PM community of 4500+ team leads, and allied IT, finance, and operations resources.
  
  Previous roles included Fellow, Portfolio Strategy Group (Office of the CEO), Director, Global PMO (SAP Global Consulting), and various engagement leadership and consulting roles for SAP America.

• Manager, Geodata Services

  Roadshow International

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1992 — 1994 (2 years)

• Director of Operations

  Troika Multimedia

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1990 — 1992 (2 years)

• General Manager

  McDonald's

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Restaurants industry)

  1979 — 1987 (8 years)

Paul Ritchie’s Education

• INSEAD

  Certificate, Strategy and Knowledge Management, 2006 — 2006

• Babson College - Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business

  MBA, Entrepreneurship, 1995 — 1997

  Won Douglass Business Plan Competition

• George Mason University

  BA, Economics, History, 1982 — 1989

Additional Information

Paul Ritchie’s Websites:

• Family Home Page
• crossderry blog
• My CV

Paul Ritchie’s Groups:

PMI Global Corporate Council, Project Management Institute, ASUG, Strategy & Projects conferences

•    Executive Suite member
•    PMI MetSIG member
•    SAP Lounge. member

Paul Ritchie’s Honors:

Recent Publications, Presentations, and Panels

“Keeping an Enterprise PMO Relevant” - Presenter at Strategy and Projects Conference, Scottsdale, AZ. June 2008.

“SAP Strategy, Technology, and Culture – Consequences for Project Complexity”- Panelist and presenter at Project Management Institute Global Corporate Council Executive Forum, Bangalore, India. March 2008.

“Human Side of Project Leadership” - Panelist and presenter at Project Management Institute Global Corporate Council Executive Forum, Houston, TX. November 2007.

“Project Management Knowledge Management – Moving from Standards to Excellence” - Presented at PMI Global Congress Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong. January 2007.

“The Four P’s of Strategy Execution: Integrating Project, Portfolio, Program, and Performance management” - Co-presented with James Pennypacker, Center for Business Practices, at PMI Global Congress North America, Toronto, Canada. September 2005.

Paul Ritchie’s Contact Settings

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