Randall Wickman

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About Randall Wickman

Visionary, collaborative executive with a reputation for solving an organization's stickiest challenges with military precision and a commitment to meaningful innovation. Skilled at facilitating end-to-end solution design and implementation to pinpoint root cause and shape elegant, cost-effective approaches to elevating business performance. Organizational excellence catalyst adept at leading corporate-level strategic planning, building tactical roadmaps incorporating best practices to drive execution and adoption, and leveraging key metrics to evaluate outcomes and impact. Inclusive, values-driven leader who leads teams of up to 1,200, creates harmony amongst diverse internal and external stakeholders, and establishes the conditions for sustainable change. Career Highlights:+ Corporate Growth: Solved decades-long challenge with entering the U.S. market for a $3B global defense firm to open multimillion-dollar revenue opportunities and lay foundation for projected 20% boost to profit margins.+ Organizational Design: Transformed and evolved early-stage cyberspace operations directorate into a fully functional, sustainable unit in 1 year. Integrated multiple isolated projects into gold-standard solutions harnessing next-generation technologies while enabling $400M in projected cost savings.+ Operational Excellence: Grew Army-wide training budget 60%(from $17.5B to $28B+) by establishing effective governance structure, revamping prioritization process, and earning executive buy-in for new approach.+ Performance Improvement: Led 1,200-member team to modernize and launch training program adopted as the new Army standard for its evidence-based educational best practices and organizational impact.+ Stakeholder Relations: Brokered and negotiated first-of-its-kind cross-border agreement between Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to advance peacekeeping efforts. Areas of Expertise: Strategic planning & execution, people-centric leadership, process & system optimization, team building & engagement, business transformation, executive collaboration, diplomacy & negotiations, organizational efficiency initiatives, talent management & development, budget optimization, cross-functional collaboration, and stakeholder relations.