Michael Fritz

At 4D Promotions our mission is connecting business leaders and management professionals with proven best practices and innovative solutions to address their unique business challenges. Our approach includes industry-specific seminars and events, together with online activities, that connect solution seekers with subject matter experts that can provide critical insights on how to improve corporate performance, decision-support and business process efficiency within their organisation.

18 month contract to oversee all aspects of setting up a global partner program and bringing the trueChart solution to the global market through an International network of VAR partners. Role included identifying, qualifying, signing and enabling partners around the world, and helping them add new clients and revenue streams to their business, while increasing the ROI their clients receive from adding trueChart to their existing BI and analytics environments.

6 month contract to assist Mazepoint in bringing awareness of the International Business Communication Standards (IBCS®) to the UK, and to help clients leverage IBCS®-enabling planning, reporting and analytics technology to gain a competitive advantage in today’s rapidly-changing digital business environment.

Responsible for overseeing all aspects of developing and managing the Jedox International partner channel, including the regions of North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and non-DACH Europe. Identifying, qualifying and enlisting new partners, fostering the ongoing development of existing partners, and creating a collaborative global partner community with the common goal of improving the planning, analysis, forecasting and reporting capabilities of our joint customers using Jedox technologies.

Founded, ran and sold GRID Dynamics Inc. (GDI), a full service consulting company focused on Jedox and other innovative technologies and best practices.. At GDI's core is helping customers improve planning, budgeting, forecasting, analytics and EPM processes. GDI has experience in both the private and public sector, and across a wide range of sectors including Oil and Gas, Transportation and Government.

Responsible for all aspects of implementing work coordination / project portfolio management solutions in organisations of varying size, and across a wide range of industries. Role was to lead diverse teams with varying levels of process discipline and project management experience through the implementation process, as well as developing key elements of the organisation's delivery method, and training, mentoring, and certifying new staff and partners.

Led an inter-company progam helping 15 departments develop and execute migration plans to transition from CP to AC ticketing processes. Managed and delivered several elements of the airline's Y2K program including overseeing the inventory certification efforts of 30 departments as they certified 16000 corporate assets. Implemented a risk analysis process for tracking the Y2K readiness of 282 business processes and 137 routes.

Implemented CAD systems for several UK clients, including managing the migration to CAD by traditional (manual) design teams, including system specification, installation, staff training and transitioning all related (manual) design processes to CAD. Designed and delivered dealer training and technical support for the full Autodesk/Softdesk product lines, including design and delivery of training programs and tradeshow demonstrations.

Intense 2-year program in project management, CAD management, engineering economics, systems acquisition, technical communication, engineering materials, manufacturing process, machine design, robotics, CAD/CAM software tools, and various programming languages including AutoLISP, BASIC, Fortran & C.