Ulrike Harrison
Chief Growth Officer
Ulrike (Rike) Harrison joined the Firm in January of 2008 as the Chief Growth Officer. In this capacity Rike is part of the senior leadership team and is responsible for Sales, Marketing, Communications and Planning.
Rike was raised in Germany, and came to the US to complete her education. Since starting her career, Rike has held a multitude of positions from software consultant and service delivery VP to Business development VP and General Manager of whole business service entities. Throughout her career, Rike learned that change is imminent, and is often required to survive, and positioning businesses for success requires change management as well as leadership talent.
It is this expertise in change management that brought Rike into the world of CPAs, when she joined a billion dollar firm to introduce sales operations and methodologies, where she was instrumental in the integration of sales and marketing into the firm’s structure. Her greatest success, according to Rike, was to gain acceptance of the contribution of the Sales Organization among the partners in the firm.
Outside of her job, Rike enjoys languages, reading, music, her garden in the summer and cooking in the winter. She is currently working on her PhD focusing on the leadership position in change management. However, and without hesitation, most important in Rike’s life are her three sons – two of whom live in Minnesota and one in Berlin, Germany.