Richard Schroth Faculty Bio
Richard Schroth, PhD
Executive Scholar in Residence
Richard Schroth
Executive Insights, Ltd.
2707 Olney – Sandy Spring Road
Olney, Maryland 20832
(240) 389-1233
Richard.Schroth@ExecInsights.net
rschrot2@jhu.edu
Richard Schroth is Founder and President of Executive Insights, Ltd., a 20 year old privately held company owned by Dr. Schroth with a corporate mission designed to enable world-class independent advisory and third opinion consultative support for technology and strategic business initiatives. Prior to his role with Executive Insights, Ltd., Rich served for five years as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Perot Systems, Inc. In this P&L role, Rich was also the Managing Director of The Technology Strategy Practices, providing strategic thinking, insights and advisory support to the executive level clients of Perot. Earlier in his career, he was Senior Vice President and the first Chief Technology Officer for the Marriott Corporation, based in Washington D.C. Rich was a direct report to Mr. Marriott, and as the Chief Technology Officer, was responsible for all of the technology advancement, and market facing elements of Marriott’s technology and communications initiatives across all business lines including Hotels, Resorts, Reservations, In-Flight Services, Food Services, Roy Rogers Restaurants and International Facilities Management.
Richard Schroth received his Doctorate from Indiana University, his Masters Degree from the University of Illinois and his undergraduate training from Western Illinois University. In 2009, the President of the University of Ireland appointed him for 7 years as a Distinguished Adjunct Professor in the College of Business, Law and Public Policy.
Honors and Distinctions
- 2008 – 2013 Senior Fulbright Scholar, U.S. State Department – Information Science and Security
- Senior Advisor, The World Bank (Current)
- Named Top 10 CTO in US from 2001-2009
- Senior Advisor, Pfizer Chairman’s Innovation Board
- Distinguished Visiting Professor – National University of Ireland at Galway
- Executive-In-Resident, American University Kogod School of Business
- Senior Visiting Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business
