Ken Ritterspach
Senior Consultant
For more than 30 years, Ken Ritterspach has been a turnaround executive and consultant for companies experiencing crisis, driving organizational change, strengthening leadership capabilities or working to improve underperforming operations. His clients come from the manufacturing, distribution and service industries, as well as the public sector. A short list of clients includes: 3M, Johnson and Johnson, Toro, Citicorp, Jostens, Radisson, Pillsbury and Medtronic. Ken has overseen a wide range of negotiations, from the design of sales compensation programs and grassroots community initiatives to television production contracts and dysfunctional acquisitions and mergers.
Since 1992 Dr. Ritterspach has been a presenter for Franklin Covey, one of the world's premier leadership and personal development companies. He has been the president of three companies, including Stylmark, and vice president of another. In the early 1970s, he was the Deputy Executive Director for Finance and Administration of the New York City Public Schools.
From 1964 to 1966, Dr. Ritterspach served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Venezuela. He received his BA from Yale and MBA and Ph.D. from Stanford.
