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Roles available for:
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Fractional
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Consulting
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Contract
- Interim
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Star, Idaho, United States
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http://www.strategic-solutionz.com
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Assets
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Country experience:
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United States of America
Northern America
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Languages:
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English
EnglishLevel: Native
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English
Achievements
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Expertise
Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy & Design Revenue Growth & Sales Strategy Value Creation & Enterprise Growth Pricing, Positioning & Offer Design Channel & Partnership Development Leadership Alignment & Facilitation Investor & Board Advisory New Market & Vertical Launches Commercialization & Market Expansion -
Services
I provide execution-ready strategy, go-to-market design, revenue growth leadership, value creation for investors, leadership alignment, and fractional CxO support that translates vision into scalable, defensible results.
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Employees
overseen
20 employees
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Budget overseen
$ 23,000,000
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Joshua Zickefoose
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Roles available for:
-
Fractional
-
Consulting
-
Contract
- Interim
-
Star, Idaho, United States
-
http://www.strategic-solutionz.com
-
Assets
-
Country experience:
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United States of America
Northern America
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Languages:
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English
EnglishLevel: Native
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English
Achievements
Why hire me in a fractional role
Experience
Fractional role
- This is a Fractional role Chief Strategy Officer
- VP of Sales & Strategy
- Business Development Executive
Strengths in this role: Drove enterprise value creation across Vision Capital’s portfolio by translating investment theses into execution-ready go-to-market strategies. Strengths included GTM design, revenue expansion logic, leadership alignment, and bridging investors with operators to reduce execution risk and accelerate growth during transition and scale phases.
Industry Group: Service Sector
Industry: Food Production
Years of experience: 20 years
Company name: Vision Capital Investments Corp
Company size: 70 employees
Role in this company: Served as fractional Chief Strategy Officer supporting value creation across lower-middle-market portfolio companies. Designed and pressure-tested go-to-market strategies, clarified growth sequencing, and aligned leadership teams around execution-ready commercial plans. Increased enterprise value by translating investment theses into practical GTM models, identifying revenue expansion opportunities, and reducing execution risk during growth and transition phases.
Strengths in this role: Core strengths included enterprise sales leadership, GTM strategy design, revenue scaling, partner development, and aligning sales execution with risk, underwriting, and capital constraints to drive disciplined, sustainable growth.
Industry: Consumer Services
Years of experience: 20 years
Company name: IOU Financial
Company size: 100 employees
Role in this company: Led enterprise sales and commercial strategy as an executive officer, owning go-to-market design, revenue growth initiatives, and strategic partnerships. Aligned sales execution with underwriting, risk, and capital constraints to scale revenue, professionalize the sales organization, and position the company for sustained growth in competitive fintech lending markets.
Strengths in this role: Key strengths included new-vertical development, strategic partnership formation, market entry strategy, enterprise relationship building, and translating data and analytics capabilities into commercially viable solutions that drove adoption and long-term revenue growth.
Industry: Security and Investigations
Years of experience: 20 years
Company name: Equifax
Company size: 3,000 employees
Role in this company: Led business development initiatives focused on launching new industry verticals and strategic partnerships. Identified emerging market opportunities, built go-to-market frameworks, and established partner relationships that expanded Equifax’s commercial footprint, accelerated adoption of data-driven solutions, and opened new, scalable revenue channels across multiple industries.
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Degrees & accreditations
MBA - International Business (Liberty University)
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Membership & affiliations
Idaho Manufacturing Alliance (member & strategy consultant)
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Success story
As a fractional CSO, I helped a lower-middle-market company stuck in stalled growth clarify its GTM strategy, reprioritize channels, and align leadership around execution. Within months, the company unlocked new revenue pathways, reduced execution risk, and entered diligence with a far stronger growth narrative.
