Cicero Group (cicerogroup.com), a premier data-driven strategy firm, has been honored with Utah’s 2014 Best of State Award, marking the fourth year in a row Cicero has received the prestigious recognition.
Cicero Group sets itself apart from other management consulting firms by triangulating internal “big data,” with market research and secondary information to guide and implement strategy and innovation for leading companies worldwide.
Many of Cicero’s highly trained professionals have built their careers defining and implementing strategies for business units of all sizes across numerous industries. As such, Cicero is able to translate complex analytics into meaningful strategic direction and tactical implementation plans for its clients, whether they be global or local, fledgling or Fortune 500.
“Our primary focus at Cicero is to provide clients with actionable, data-driven recommendations,” says Scott Neuner, Principal at Cicero Group. “Because we have constantly invested in great people and new technologies to ensure our clients receive the most insightful and timely strategic direction, we’ve been able to consistently grow 30% a year even during challenging economic circumstances.”
Cicero’s clients include some of the world’s fastest growing and successful companies. These organizations rely on Cicero’s ability to quickly capture and analyze primary data about their customers, competitors and potential new opportunities in order to solve critical business questions.
The Best of State award honors outstanding organizations in Utah. The Best of State recognizes businesses that excel in their endeavors, use innovative approaches or methods and contribute to a better quality of life in Utah. An independent judging process, featuring judges with category-specific credentials, has resulted in a confidential tabulation of results by the Gilbert & Stewart accounting firm.
The Best of State award comes in the wake of Cicero being awarded for the third time in a row the following honors: Best Place to Work, Best of State, and MountainWest Top 100.
About Cicero Group
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Cicero Group is one of the world’s premier data-driven strategy consulting firms. With over 250 employees, Cicero provides data-driven management consulting in 47 different countries and in 14 unique languages. Cicero’s clients include some of the world’s fastest growing and successful companies. These organizations rely on Cicero’s ability to quickly capture and analyze internal, secondary, and primary data about their customers, competitors and potential new opportunities in order to solve critical business questions. For additional information, visit https://www.cicerogroup.com or call 801-456-6718.
Author
Randy Shumway
Randy Shumway founded Cicero Group (www.cicerogroup.com) in 2001. It began humbly, with four people working out of Randy’s house. At the beginning of 2017, when Randy stepped down as CEO, Cicero had grown to a highly-respected, global management consulting firm. In 2016, Randy was awarded Utah’s Lifetime Accomplishment and CEO of the Year in recognition of his professional accomplishments. In addition, since 2010, Cicero has repeatedly been recognized as one of the Best Companies to Work For, Fastest Growing Companies, and Best of State.
Randy’s vision in founding the company was for Cicero to reside at the crossroads of data, strategy, and transformation, with Cicero helping organizations make and implement better decisions by harnessing the massive amounts of information increasingly available.
During his more than 17 years at Cicero, Randy has led multiple strategy, transformation and operational excellence engagements for Fortune 1000 clients as well as non-profits and government entities. His experience spans such sectors as High Tech, Telecommunications, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Financial Services, Non-Profit, Government and Education. Today, Randy continues to serve as the Chairman of the Board. And he is still actively involved in the company, leading the Strategy and Transformation practice at Cicero along with leading the firm’s social impact private equity subsidiary.
Prior to starting Cicero Group, Randy was an Executive Vice President and Managing Director at Answerthink (Nasdaq: ANSR), a 2,500-person global consulting firm. Before completing graduate school, Randy worked for Bain & Company and Dow Chemical.
Randy is the Economic Advisor to Zions Bank. And he is an Adjunct Professor of Strategy at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business.
Randy is on the corporate board of Snowhite and of Angoss Software (TSX: ANC). He chairs the Governor’s Taskforce for Utah’s Workforce (Dignity of Work), serves on two state appointed boards – Utah Economic Council and the Education Excellence Commission – and serves on such volunteer boards as PPRC, Southern Utah University, and the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. He is a prolific author in the Deseret News and in Forbes regarding effective education and economic public policy.
Randy obtained his MBA from Harvard Business School, graduating with highest academic honors (Baker Scholar). He earned a bachelor’s degrees in International Business from Brigham Young University. He speaks Mandarin Chinese, having lived in Taiwan for two years as a volunteer Christian missionary.
Randy is married to Maureen Shumway and is the father of five. Maureen has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Development. She is a medical oncology nurse at Huntsman Cancer Institute. The Shumways live in Salt Lake City, Utah.
