Christian Ritter

Lemanic Partners is a Swiss IT consulting firm helping organisations strengthen their teams with experienced technology professionals. As Managing Partner, I lead client relationships, business development, consultant qualification and the development of our consulting activities. We focus on financial services and complex technology environments, combining hands-on consulting experience with careful technical and business qualification. On the consultant side, we favour long-term relationships, stabl

Independent consulting assignments combining project management, business analysis and delivery leadership, primarily in banking and financial services. A key assignment involved the implementation of a new Portfolio Management System for an international private bank, within a program of approximately 1,500 person-days. Responsibilities included: • Leading the project team, planning and coordination of activities • Preparing weekly project status reporting • Acting as Scrum Master and facilitating Scrum

Managing Partner of a yoga retreat centre on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Responsible for business development, sales, marketing and operations.

Spent almost 10 years with IBM Global Business Services Switzerland, progressing from Consultant to Managing Consultant and ultimately Senior Managing Consultant. I worked primarily with international private banks and wealth management organisations, combining consulting delivery, project management, business analysis, account management and people leadership. I managed projects ranging from focused consulting assignments to strategic technology initiatives, regularly working directly with Heads of IT,

Worked as an external Business Consultant on IBM-led projects for Swiss private banks, specializing in Portfolio Management Systems and banking application integration. Main responsibilities included: • Specification and implementation of order workflows and order management functionality • Definition of interfaces between Portfolio Management Systems and multiple banking back-office systems • Data migration specifications • Design and development of automated overnight batch processes • Analysis of priva

Research Assistant within Lausanne Hospitality Research. Activities included: • Supporting scientific research in marketing, management, human resources and information systems • Providing methodological and statistical support to researchers and advanced students • Supporting the use of statistical analysis software • Contributing to research reports and research-related activities The position combined quantitative analysis, research methodology and collaboration with academic researchers.

Research and Teaching Assistant within the Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences for the Humanities. Responsibilities included: • Teaching practical university courses and the use of MATLAB • Research in applied statistics and psychometrics • Network modelling • Semantic analysis This experience strengthened my background in quantitative analysis, research methodology and the communication of complex technical concepts.

Business Consultant within the Software Quality & Lab organisation of Odyssey Asset Management Systems, which later became part of Temenos. Worked on Portfolio Management and web-based banking software, with responsibilities including: • Testing advanced portfolio analytics functionality • Testing Portfolio Management System components and web applications • Designing test plans and non-regression strategies • Coordinating analysts, developers and technical environments during testing cycles • Supporting

Started my professional career in software quality assurance for interactive and digital television solutions. Responsibilities included: • Functional software testing • Design of test scenarios and procedures • Coordination of testing activities with the development team in London • Release validation against quality criteria • User interface improvement proposals • Training of new team members