James A. McComb

About James A. McComb

Jim McComb shapes the Future. A seasoned executive with Fortune 100 leadership…

Experience

1. Managing Director

   Wild Card Strategy

   Nov 2011 — Present · Kingsport, TN, US

   Wild Card Strategy is a strategic planning and management consultancy serving business, non-profits and government and focused on enterprise planning, strategic marketing, creating compelling vision and leveraging Wild Cards. Our specialty is the identification, prediction, preparation for, and management of plausible Wild Cards that will create unforeseen, split-second organizational opportunities and challenges in the next five years. Wild Card Strategy works with clients to address plausible Wild Cards in the legislative and regulatory environment, the economy, the competitive environment, and the state of technology, as well as Wild Cards hidden in socio-demographic trends, in the norms and standards of the client\'s industry, and in the evolving attitudes, opinions and preferences of consumers.* Designed business case for new university executive education program, built on a unique business model that established a competitive edge in a crowded space* Facilitated development of strategic plan establishing quasi-government agency\'s first-ever performance management process for strategy execution* Developed Market Intelligence Matrix, facilitating identification, interpretation and leverage of disruptive technologies, circumstances, events and shifts in consumer preferences in seven primary areas of operational uncertainty and marketing risk* Designed Blueprint for Certain Success, used by an international consortium of CEO peer groups to forecast Wild Cards and develop Next Practices* Created seven step process used by a Southern California C-suite think tank to create, develop and deploy Next Practices

Education

• University of Colorado at Boulder

  Distinction

• Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government

  graduate work in Public Policy

• University of Tennessee-Knoxville

  B. S.

Skills

• Business Process Improvement
• Forecasting
• Public Relations
• Financial Analysis
• Business Strategy
• Program Management
• Policy
• Management Consulting
• Financial Modeling
• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Banking
• Risk Management
• Marketing
• Business Development
• Performance Management
• Crm
• Leadership Development
• Coaching
• Social Networking
• Sales
• Organizational Development
• Consulting
• Market Research
• Strategic Partnerships
• Budgets
• Corporate Communications
• P&L Management
• Public Speaking
• Leadership
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Training
• Analysis
• Change Management
• Customer Service
• Sales Management
• Process Improvement
• Executive Coaching
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership