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.
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Experience
- readinesscompass.comFounderCONSULTING AND AUDITSJanuary 2026 - Today (6 months)Hamburg, GermanyYour 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.
- CofaceTransformation LeadBANKING AND INSURANCEJuly 2025 - December 2025 (5 months)Coface Deutschland, Mainz, RP, Germanytransformation 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.
- Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG,DirectorMEDICALSeptember 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.
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Education
- PhD Candidate in EconomicsLatvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies2026PhD Candidate in Economics
- M.Sc.University of Innsbruck2023M.Sc.