Rick Freedman is a project manager, consultant, trainer, and author, with over twenty years senior-level experience in the IT field, at organizations such as Intel, Citicorp, Dun & Bradstreet, and Cap Gemini. Check out some of the recommendations Rick has received from clients:

"Rick’s first book, “The IT Consultant” was very effective at presenting consulting concepts that were straight-forward and teachable. I still use many of these same techniques today for the professional development of IT consultants and Project Managers. Overall, his keen insight to customer problems and extraordinary communication skills allow Rick to craft solution sets that deftly balance risk, profitability and business value. I look forward to working with Rick again.”Jonathan Heng, Director, PMO, En Pointe Technologies

“Rick is an amazing individual with a wealth of knowledge, with incredible experience and always willing to help the team and mentor junior personnel. Rick takes all the time required, and goes the extra mile to assist the field staff in understanding the business strategy and achieve the goals. He always puts the customer first and strives to fully understand their problems and requirements. Rick always exceeds his commitment and delivery with excellence. I feel privileged for having the opportunity to work and learn from him.”  Leopoldo Iribarren, Sr. Enterprise Architect, Intel Australia Pty. Ltd.

“Rick Freedman mentored and provided IT consulting training to me while I was working as an Enterprise Architect and Practice Manager at Intel. Ricks pragmatic approach and methodologies framework outlined in his book, “ The IT Consultant”, provided me with powerhouse of key attributes that catapulted my relationship skills to become a respected trusted advisor to Intel Global Fortune Accounts. I followed Rick’s book as my IT consulting bible and believe EVERY IT consultant should have this book. Rick’s patience and teaching in his area of IT consulting expertise has clearly contributed significantly to the advancement of my professional accomplishments. Rick’s expertise clearly focuses on delivering the highest business value proposition for IT Project. Rick is an AMAZING master at what he does!” Tammy Kendall, Sr. Staff Enterprise Architect, Solutions Practice Manager, Intel

“Rick can be summed up as a Leader, Manager, Mentor, and Facilitator. While working with Rick on several global projects, I was most impressed with his ability to leverage his business management, technology, project management, training, and facilitation/consultative skills to engage both business executives and the technical staff to develop and deliver high value, high impact initiatives. It is rare to find a Project Management Consultant such as Rick who is comfortable working with the entire value chain including sales, customer engagement, and solutions delivery.” Munir Bhimani, Senior Consultant, Cascade Business Group

“Rick is an amazing individual - author, leader, mentor, trainer and above all, an excellent project manager. I greatly admire Rick's knowledge, wisdom and professional service experience. His book "The IT Consultant" is amongst the very best in the market. He is amongst the best out there. Rick completes any project team, and is highly recommended!!” Mitch Mudit Kumar, Senior Solutions Architect - Stategic Advisor, Intel Corporation

“Rick is my mentor and a role model in project management. I worked with Rick closely in a nine-month software development project and his supervision was a key factor to the successful outcome of the project. At the end of the project, we had a very happy customer. Rick is a generous teacher and I learned enormously from his experience. He is very insightful and can see through the intricate details of complicated business undertakings.  I consider myself fortunate to have been able to work with him and learn from him.” Ka Yan Lee, Project manager, Intel

“Rick was a great manager; intelligent, experienced, dedicated and willing to mentor subordinates and senior executive staff. He is able to quickly grasp multiple complex and diverse engagements, and was able to direct them successfully when dealing with implementation teams and clients. He posseses superior project management and consulting skills and is a great public speaker. He cares for his subordinates, and communicated requirements and business information effectively keeping staff well informed. I enjoyed my business relationship with Rick; he was an effective business executive yet personally approachable by his staff and clients, and with a well developed sense of humor. I consider him a friend in addition to co-worker. I recommend Rick unreservedly for complex projects, management and director positions.” 

Rob Miletich, Senior Manager, NEC America Global Services Division

“Rick worked with me at ENTEX, where he ran a rapidly growing - both in revenue and in sophistication - service operation. While much of ENTEX was focused on selling staffing, Rick's leadership and skill got his branch into serious IT infrastructure projects, where ENTEX owned delivering to the budget and the project plan. He hired well, and grew his employees by providing coaching/mentoring to their individual needs. The guys working for Rick were always very motivated to grow their careers by growing our service business. Rick's skills in relationship building, customer management and selling are well documented in his book, The IT Consultant, which is even more relevant today then it was when it was published in 2000. I have experienced his performance in these areas, and it's appropriate that he wrote the book on the subject. Rick is comfortable switching between business and technical modes. He is a builder, a leader, a guy who gets it done. I'm happy to provide more detail for anyone interested.” John Richardson, Regional VP of Services, ENTEX

 

 

             

Rick is a member of the Agile Alliance, Scrum Alliance, and a Certified Scrum Master