Rick Hassman has built a respected reputation as a credible advocate for change in the roles of Chief Information Officer, Consulting VP and Business Development Executive. He is a technology strategist passionate about leading transformational initiatives that that focus on business value. He has led IT teams of more than 180- cohorts in realizing business alignment to deliver on business objectives, respond nimbly to customer demands, and to stay ahead of industry shifts.  Skilled at wielding technology as corporate differentiator, he excels at reverse engineering IT frameworks to add value to every corner of the business by ensuring that each process, system, and application offers an advantage.

 

• Drove Pella’s IT Spend as % of Revenue from 2.7% – 1.9% while sustaining value-add work at 55% vs Industry average of 30%
• Architected Workiva’s new market penetration into non-financial business segments
• Enabled double-digit increase in Oracle’s Consulting’s CSAT and NPS scores

Rick’s success earned him Oracle’s CIO of the Year 2016 to 2017 for helping Pella emerge stronger during a challenging company phase: Powering the story of how a smaller corporation, in a highly competitive space and during a volatile market—became a profit-generating engine, gaining competitive differentiation among its’ competition.

As a mentor and advocate Rick engaged with his local school district to introduce classes focused on technology and the philosophies of lean and problem-solving, enabling students to complete projects changing the layout of their lunchroom improving throughput, revamping the announcement process removing 90% of the steps, and streamlining the AP process eliminating 40% of the process time.

Work Experience

• Lean Tech Advisors  –  CEO
• Workiva –  VP of Business Development
• Oracle Corporation –  VP of Advocacy
• Pella Corporation  –  CIO, Director of Applications, Director of Digital Transformation, Production Manager
• Ertl Toys  –  Plant Manager, Director of Digital Transformation