Director, Global PMO at Mead Johnson Nutrition
Providence, Rhode Island Area
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- Director, Global PMO at Mead Johnson Nutrition
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- Chairman, Global Corporate Council at Project Management Institute
- Head of Global Project Management Operations at SAP
- Manager, Geodata Services at Roadshow International
- Director of Operations at Troika Multimedia
- General Manager at McDonald's
- Education
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- INSEAD
- Babson College - Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business
- George Mason University
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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
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Director, Global PMO
Mead Johnson Nutrition
(Public Company; Consumer Goods industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
The Mead Johnson Global PMO is responsible for IT budget, project portfolio, resource, and contract management. Our project and program managers are leading multi-year transformation initiatives to make MJN a stand-alone public company.
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Chairman, Global Corporate Council
Project Management Institute
(Computer Software industry)
November 2008 — June 2009 (8 months)
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Head of Global Project Management Operations
SAP
(Public Company; SAP; Computer Software industry)
July 1997 — June 2009 (12 years )
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 )
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Director of Operations
Troika Multimedia
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
1990 — 1992 (2 years )
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General Manager
McDonald's
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Restaurants industry)
1979 — 1987 (8 years )
Paul Ritchie’s Education
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INSEAD
Certificate , Strategy and Knowledge Management , 2006 — 2006
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Babson College - Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business
MBA , Entrepreneurship , 1995 — 1997
Won Douglass Business Plan Competition
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George Mason University
BA , Economics, History , 1982 — 1989
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Paul Ritchie’s Groups:
PMI Global Corporate Council, Project Management Institute, ASUG, Strategy & Projects conferences
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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.
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