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Micah Wightman

Micah Wightman

Management Development Associate

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    President at Rolling Greens, Inc.

  • Education

    • University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business

      1999 - 2003
      Bachelor's Degree Business Management - International Emphasis; Minor in Japanese

      Activities and Societies: 1st Place in University-wide Japanese Speech Contest (2003), 3rd Place in State-wide Japanese Speech Contest (2003)

    • Thunderbird School of Global Management

      2003 - 2004
      Master of Business Administration (MBA) International Business

      Activities and Societies: Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society, Thunderbird Ambassador Medal

  • Experience

    • Interactions Marketing

      Jul 2004 - Jan 2005
      Management Development Associate

      Learned the basics of the global enterprise while preparing for management roles within one year.

    • Interactions Marketing - Club Demonstration Services Japan

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2009
      Country Manager

      Start-up experience. Launched new business in a new country (Japan) with full P&L, operations, and sales responsibility.

    • Interactions Marketing - Club Demonstration Services USA

      Jan 2009 - Jan 2010
      Vice President

      Managed open projects. Served as Operations Director for 6 months. Oversaw 6 Area Managers and over 2.8K Sales Advisors in 11 Midwest US states.

    • Interactions Marketing

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2016

      Supervised 30-member team. Launched 2 major new accounts, streamlined processes, enhanced recruiting, and expanded business with current accounts. Coached and motivated team members with advancement opportunities and advice regarding career development. Turned around struggling business. Oversaw Japan operations with full P&L responsibility and performance accountability for 65 full-time and 2.4K part-time team members. Doubled the business size in 4 years. Led legally-mandated Board and Shareholder meetings. Served as main point of contact for both joint venture parent companies.

      • Director of Operations

        Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

      • President, Representative Director

        Jan 2010 - Jan 2015

    • Sushi Boy USA

      Jan 2016 - Jan 2017
      Interim President

      Helped the Japanese company right-size the US operations while remaining profitable. Also directed the move to a new office and reduction of old files which reduced the overall operating expenses and decluttered the leased space.

    • Roman Meal Company

      Jan 2017 - Jun 2018
      Director of International Sales

      Led the team tasked with global expansion and growth through trade show presentations and support of customers and prospects in Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, USA, Singapore, UAE, Mexico, and other locations globally.

    • Self-employed

      Jul 2018 - Jan 2019
      General Manager

    • Rolling Greens, Inc. (Main)

      Jan 2019 - Apr 2022
      Senior General Manager

    • Rolling Greens, Inc. (Main)

      -
      President

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Strategic Selling - Certification of Completion

      Miller Heiman via Daymon Worldwide
      Oct 2012

    • Conceptual Selling - Certification of Completion

      Miller Heiman via Daymon Worldwide
      Nov 2011

    • Large Account Management Process - Certification of Completion

      Miller Heiman via Daymon Worldwide
      Nov 2011

    • Eagle Scout rank

      Boy Scouts of America
      Jan 1991

    • The Cultural Transition Process Certification

      Partners In Leadership, Inc.
      Dec 2014

    • Immersion in Daymon Fundamentals - Certification of Completion

      Daymon Worldwide
      Apr 2013

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Micah Wightman
      Game Changer Challenge - 1st Place Winner Daymon Worldwide 2009 Together with a team of Daymon associates we developed a product and marketing plan at the bi-annual Marketing Summit which won top honors in the competition.
    • Awarded to Micah Wightman
      Performance, Dedication, Service (PDS) Award Daymon Worldwide 2008 The PDS award is the top award given at the bi-annual meeting of Daymon associates. I received the award for setting up the Club Demonstration Services Japan office smoothly and for returning an annual profit in less than 12 months.
    • Awarded to Micah Wightman
      Campus Ambassador Medal Thunderbird School of Global Management Apr 2004
    • Awarded to Micah Wightman
      Japanese Speech Contest - 1st Place for University University of Utah 2002 I won the top honor at the annual University of Utah Japanese Speech contest in 2002 with a speech describing the different retail strategies in convenience store marketing between Japan and America.
    • Awarded to Micah Wightman
      Japanese Speech Contest - 3rd Place for state of Utah - 2002 After receiving first place in the University of Utah Speech contest, I progressed to a statewide Japanese language speech contest where my speech won 3rd place overall.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Translator in the International Services Committee during 2002 Winter Olympics/Paralympics

      Issued by United States Olympic Committee on Nov 2001
      United States Olympic CommitteeAssociated with Micah Wightman