Paul Ricketts

Paul Ricketts has extensive experience in marketing, curation, business development, computing, and project management. Paul began their career in 1989 as a Team Leader at BAE Systems, where they were responsible for testing the Change Management Software suite used to manage movement of aircraft parts within Airbus Industrie sites across Europe and North America. In 2003, they started their own business, Handcrafted Landscapes LLC, where they managed every aspect of the business from business planning to hands-on work. Paul also utilized MapInfo GIS to compile land surveys and determine topography of client’s gardens. From 2008 to 2011, they worked at the B&O Railroad Museum, where they developed a volunteer role as an Archival Assistant into a paid role as an Assistant Curator. Paul also reorganized and cleaned up the collections storage and accession areas. From 2011 to 2018, they worked at MarketResearch.com, first as Head of Marketing and then as a Marketing Analyst. Paul was responsible for Marketing Analytics, Content Marketing SEO, Hubspot Administration and Senior Management Reporting, including SQL based querying and reporting from in-house CRM. Paul also played a key role in setting up content marketing, Hubspot and associated social marketing strategies. Since 2018, they have been the Director of Marketing at TrainACE.

Paul Ricketts attended Oxford Brookes University from 1990 to 1993, where they earned a BSc (Hons) in Computing & Cartography. Prior to that, they obtained a BTEC Diploma in Land Survey and Cartography from Somerset College of Art and Technology from 1986 to 1987.