Ric Bailey is an accomplished agent of transformational change and a seasoned enterprise architect with a long career across various industries. With a solid educational background spanning Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Travel and Tourism Management, Business, Marketing, Economics, and Marine Chemistry, Ric brings a unique perspective to every challenge he tackles. His focus is on eliciting technology demand in alignment with business strategy and facilitating common understanding and purpose across the business, IT, vendors, suppliers, and customers. His key strengths include communicating and influencing others to achieve the right outcomes, taking ownership, and ensuring individual success and positive outcomes for clients. Throughout his varied career, Ric has held high profile positions in companies such as Electrocomponents, Allen & Overy, Deloitte UK, Tate & Lyle, Reed Exhibitions, Visa, O2 (Telefónica UK), News UK, Barclays Global Investors, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Virgin Atlantic Airways, and Wyndham Worldwide.