Randy Shumway

<p>Randy Shumway founded Cicero Group (www.cicerogroup.com) in 2001. It began humbly, with four<br>people working out of Randy’s house. Today, Cicero has grown to a highly respected, global management<br>consulting firm, rated one of the globe’s top 50 overall consulting firms, and one of the five best<br>consulting firms in the world to work for, with offices located across the United States.<br>In 2016, Randy was awarded Utah’s CEO of the Year and in 2017, Randy was recognized with Utah’s<br>Lifetime Accomplishment award.</p><p>Randy’s vision in founding the company was for Cicero to reside at the crossroads of data, strategy, and<br>transformation, with Cicero helping organizations – both traditional for-profit operations as well as non-<br>profit and educational institutions – make and implement better, evidence-based decisions.</p><p>During his 21 years at Cicero, Randy has led multiple strategy, transformation and operational excellence<br>engagements for Fortune 1000 clients as well as non-profits and government entities. His experience<br>spans such sectors as High Tech, Telecommunications, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Financial Services,<br>Non-Profit, Government, and Education.</p><p>Prior to starting Cicero, Randy was an Executive Vice President and Managing Director at Answerthink<br>(Nasdaq: ANSR), a 2,500-person global consulting firm. Before completing graduate school, Randy<br>worked for Bain &amp;amp; Company and Dow Chemical.</p><p>From 2010 - 2019, Randy served as Economic Advisor to Zions Bank and as an Adjunct Professor of<br>Strategy at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business.</p><p>Today, Randy serves on the University of Utah Board of Trustees and on the State of Utah Homeless<br>Board. He serves on two corporate boards, a publicly traded software company and a privately held<br>hospitality company, and multiple state and community volunteer, service-oriented boards. He is a<br>prolific author in the Deseret News and in Forbes regarding effective education and econ