Interim Executive Leadership
I serve as Interim CEO for organizations navigating transitions, unexpected leadership gaps, or moments of transformational change. I step in quickly, read the organization, earn trust fast, and move the work forward, without losing a step.
Interim CEO
What I Do
...to navigate a transition, steady a struggling operation, or drive meaningful change, the answer isn't always a protracted search. Sometimes what's needed is a practiced, clear-eyed leader who can step in, read the organization quickly, and move it forward without losing a step.
Learn moreRon works as a genuine partner, embedded in your organization until the work is done. When the presenting problem isn't the real problem, the approach matters as much as the answer.
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About Me
Ron Orrick built his reputation solving the problems others called impossible, not because he possesses some rare gift, but because he never accepted the premise. As an engineer in networking, software development, and storage, he was the person colleagues brought their hardest challenges to. That conviction carried him from the bench to chief architect, and eventually to leading software development teams and broader IT functions.
When a global advertising company needed someone to oversee technology across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, Ron moved to Germany to do exactly that. He returned to serve in multiple CIO roles before becoming CEO of a credit union, guiding the organization through a designed and successful merger. Consulting was a natural next step, not a departure, but the clearest expression yet of a career built on walking into complex organizations and finding a way through.
He is married to his wife Brigitte, with several adult and almost-adult children. He is currently completing a PhD in Developmental Psychology, drawn by the conviction that has shaped his entire career: that the most consequential problems live at the intersection of human development, equity, and organizational life. He believes more is possible than most organizations think. His work is finding out how much.
Ready to Begin?
Whether you're facing a leadership gap, a pivotal transition, or an organization ready for its next chapter, I'd like to hear about it.