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About Ritvars

I am the founder of ReadinessCompass.com. I build and stabilize transformation and change management functions with practical tools, templates, training, and AI-assisted readiness diagnostics.

Many organizations run transformation programs with strong technical teams, but without a real transformation function around them. That is where problems start: unclear ownership, weak adoption, overloaded project managers, fragmented communication, limited readiness visibility, and steering meetings that track activity instead of business change.

I help companies build the practical operating system for transformation: governance routines, change roles, stakeholder management, readiness assessments, impact analysis, adoption KPIs, RAID discipline, executive reporting, templates that teams can actually use.

I can also step in when a transformation is already going off track. In stabilization situations, I help restore structure and momentum by clarifying the roadmap, resetting governance, identifying adoption risks, rebuilding stakeholder alignment, improving executive visibility, and creating a recovery plan that connects technical delivery with business readiness.

I have built AI-assisted tools for transformation and change leaders, including change complexity assessment, stakeholder analysis, impact and mitigation management, and transformation RAID tracking. I bring this tool-based approach into client work so we do not start from empty slides or generic methodology documents. We can quickly establish a structured way to assess risk, align stakeholders, track impacts, prepare adoption, and support executive decisions.

I also train project managers, leaders, sponsors, and transformation teams in practical change management routines.

My background includes 15+ years across transformation, ERP/SAP adoption, Salesforce optimization, Microsoft Copilot and GenAI adoption, SSC transformation, commercial PMO leadership, KPI systems, and executive reporting.
  • English

    Fluent

  • Latvian

    Native or bilingual

  • Portuguese

    Fluent

  • German

    Conversational

  • Russian

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Hamburg (up to 50km), Berlin (up to 50km), Hanover (up to 50km)

Experience

  • readinesscompass.com
    Founder
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    January 2026 - Today (6 months)
    Hamburg, Germany
    Your system may be ready. Your organization may not be.

    Readiness Compass helps transformation leaders detect adoption risk before ERP, CRM, AI and operating-model changes go live.
    Change and Transformation Management Driving adoption in complex ERP and digital transformations artificial intelligence Bridging business, technology, data, and change management
  • Coface
    Transformation Lead
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    July 2025 - December 2025 (5 months)
    Coface Deutschland, Mainz, RP, Germany
    transformation management capability; converted strategic priorities into roadmaps, initiative pipelines, KPIs, governance routines and executive-level reporting.
    • • Co-drove business digitalization steering: prioritized use cases, managed business–IT dependencies, framed adoption metrics and ensured digital initiatives were embedded in day-to-day process ownership.
    • • Led initiative on integrating Microsoft Copilot into daily workflows, enabling business teams to identify use cases, experiment with AI-supported tasks, and drive early adoption of generative AI capabilities.
    • • Built real-time executive dashboards for productivity, savings, delivery status, risks and decision needs; contributed to ~5% productivity uplift through more disciplined data-driven management.
    • • Orchestrated SSC transformation pilot: transitioned 17 FTE scope, aligned cross-regional stakeholders and developed an annualized ~€1 M cost saving business case.
    • • Designed practical Copilot / GenAI adoption approach moving from AI curiosity to workflow-specific use cases, business ownership, adoption indicators and productivity hypotheses.
    artificial intelligence Turning transformation strategy into executable roadmaps Driving adoption in complex ERP and digital transformations Change Management Digital Transformation
  • Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG,
    Director
    MEDICAL
    September 2020 - June 2025 (4 years and 9 months)
    Hamburg, Germany
    • • Led end-to-end Change Management for a full-scale SAP S/4HANA implementation (€25M project budget); led a distributed team of 6 workstream change managers; achieved >80% user adoption by go-live through targeted stakeholder engagement, structured enablement, and cutover planning.
    • • Created and institutionalized ADAPT and DDAIM frameworks for initiative intake, roadmap execution, value tracking and change saturation control.
    • • Delivered Salesforce license analytics review: identified flawed auto-assignment logic, aligned IT/business remediation and generated ~€1 M recurring annual savings.
    • • Prepared C-level decision packs and transformation dashboards with KPIs, ROI visibility, risks, dependencies and recommendations; constructively challenged consulting outputs to protect business value.
    Bridging business, technology, data, and change management Change and Transformation Management Driving adoption in complex ERP and digital transformations Turning transformation strategy into executable roadmaps Readiness and Adoption KPI Pack

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Education

  • PhD Candidate in Economics
    Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
    2026
    PhD Candidate in Economics
  • M.Sc.
    University of Innsbruck
    2023
    M.Sc.

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