Meet Chris Ritchie. Managing Partner at Integrity Power Search.
Ohio Tech Summit Spotlight:
Chris Ritchie
Chris joined us on a short Q&A for the Ohio Tech Summit Spotlight Series to talk about recruitment trends, Ohio's tech ecosystem, and building winning startup teams.
Name: Chris Ritchie
Title: Managing Partner
Company: Integrity Power Search
Hometown: Powell
Current City: Columbus
About Integrity Power Search
IPS is a boutique full-stack search firm for scaling Seed - Series B startups. Since 2012, IPS has successfully executed 1,500+ retained searches. Our clients are backed by Khosla, General Catalyst, Lightspeed, Sequoia, Founders Fund, Redpoint and many other great investors.
Role at Integrity Power Search
Chris is a Managing Partner at Integrity Power Search overseeing the GTM & Operations practice, focused on director and below non-technical roles and the Executive search practice, focused on VP and above, technical and non-technical roles. Chris spends his time expanding and nurturing IPS' 100+ venture firm network and advising founders on scaling their teams based on his six years as a startup operator.
Q: What’s a trend in tech/innovation that you think more people should pay attention to?
Nearly all early stage startups in major markets are building their team in person again. What impact will this have on Ohio talent?
Q: What’s one “moonshot” idea that would help put Ohio on the map as a leading tech hub?
Have and market the most state friendly incentives in the country for people to start and scale their startups in Ohio. More personal tax breaks/incentives for founders to start and build their companies here. Can also potentially have different corporate tax breaks for those more scaled. We need more scaled companies to produce the talent density to pull from and more founders to relocate and choose to build here.
Q: Outside of work, what’s a favorite hobby or activity that you enjoy?
Spending time with my 15 month old daughter and playing golf.
Q: If someone were visiting your city, what’s one can’t miss coffee shop or restaurant people should try?
I worked at La Tavola for almost 8 years growing up - incredible people and food.
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Learn more about Chris’s work by connecting with him on LinkedIn.