CICERO GROUP OPENS DOORS OF NEW HEADQUARTERS IN THE GATEWAY.

• Author: Christensen, Lisa
• Position: Around Utah

Salt Lake City -- In 2002, while visiting Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Olympics, Trent Kaufman bought a pair of jeans at a store in The Gateway mall. Fifteen years later, that retail space--renovated and refurbished--is the new home for CICERO GROUP, and Kaufman is its CEO.

"We wanted to do something transformational, and from retail to class A office space, this has been quite the transformation," said Kaufman.

Cicero celebrated its recent move into The Gateway with an open house, where company and local leaders reflected on the company's growth and what the future has in store.

Randy Shumway, founder and former CEO of Cicero, who now serves as the chair of its board of directors, said the refurbished retail space was the last thing on the company's mind when it was looking for a new home, and that he had originally intended to move the company elsewhere. But he humored a colleague and looked at the building, and brought his wife, Maureen, along.

"She said, 'Look at these high ceilings, and you could knock this out to make a window, and this could be a collaborative space,'" he said.

Shumway decided to keep the company headquartered in Salt Lake--a move that will benefit the city and state for years to come, said Gov. Gary Herbert, citing Cicero's offices in San Francisco, Boston, Boise and Hong Kong. "We appreciate the...