Gary Hielkema

Director of Operations at PageDNA
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, US

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Experience

    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Operations
      • Jun 2023 - Present

    • Chief Operating Officer
      • Jun 2023 - Jun 2023

    • Germany
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chief Financial Officer
      • Mar 2022 - Jun 2023
    • United States
    • Utilities
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Consultant
      • Feb 2022 - Mar 2022

    • President & Chief Financial Officer
      • Sep 2006 - Feb 2022

      Direct three VPs (marketing, operations, engineering) as well as HR manager, PR officer, and AR clerk; oversee $6—7 million yearly budget; key activities include strategic planning, growth planning, and business development• Inspires leadership across organization to embody company’s core values, relationship excellence, key initiatives, and stellar results through one-on-one monthly meetings• Identifies and evaluate strategies to grow and improve overall business and collaboration within the leadership team• Continuously improves all financial reporting and metrics in both accounting and manufacturing• Mentors members of team at all levels to foster professional growth and developmentAccomplishments• Increased inventory turnover by factor of two in signature product lines, improving cashflow and decreasing line and credit usage by improving accounting and manufacturing system with new ERP system• Increased company’s ability to develop new products, hire more staff, and increase marketing platform, which contributed to $2 million/year growth in revenue and maintained its profitability• Created system to evaluate costs of processes and parts to ensure continued profitability, which led to two product lines producing $4 million in sales. Due to this, company could invest profits in test lab for future product developments• Oversaw move of company to state-of-the-art facility and facilitated company’s ISO 9000 certification• Implemented Entrepreneurial Operating System to guide company’s 1-year, 3-year and 10-year plan Show less

    • Vice President
      • Jan 2001 - Sep 2006

      Oversaw business development, operations, sales, and finances; leader of product development strategy for new markets• Hired key team members and implemented systems and procedures for reporting metrics to grow company• Expanded company’s market by contracting with distributors in various countries to sell its products• Led team in developing and releasing three critical products for growth of company• Prepared all financial reports and cost analysesAccomplishments:• Implemented rolling 12-month forward-looking dynamic report that combined actual, planned, and forecasted data that empowered leadership team to make decisions based on budgets• Convinced owner to focus on key development areas based on rates of return reported and to increase prices in challenging times to maintain sales and profitability levels• Spearheaded training on how to use system for costing BOMs and how to correctly record jobs when they are created and finished• Set up SQL database for Power BI dashboards and Excel reporting, allowing for timely information for production and sales to make decisions on availability and lead times Show less

Education

  • Calvin University
    Bachelor’s Degree, Accounting
    1986 - 1992
  • Calvin Christian High school
    High School
    1983 - 1986

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