Heerdegen New Cutting Edge President
PERRYSBURG, Ohio – Doug Heerdegen joins Cutting Edge Countertops Inc. as its first president.
Brian Burns, Brad Burns and Jeff Erickson, the co-founded of the Midwest U.S. fabrication company, will shift into strategic roles, and will remain actively involved in the company’s operations.
Heerdegen, most recently with Palfinger USA, will provide leadership and strategic vision to the company and its day-to-day operations.
“Cutting Edge Countertops represents our life’s work,” said, Brian Burns. “We believe our future is bright and we have built an organization with the ability to do more. Turning over day-to-day leadership to Doug and our management team will ensure we continue to provide high value products and services to every customer, and offer a great place to work for our employees.
“Doug is a driven leader where building a great culture is the top priority to align teams under a shared vision, expectations and goals to maximize impact.”
“I’m excited to lead the talented team at Cutting Edge Countertops,” Heerdegen said. “As a growing multi-state company serving residential and multi-family customers, I believe my extensive background, combined with an extremely knowledgeable and passionate team, will allow us to deliver on our long-range goals.”
Heerdegen held several senior management positions, most recently as managing director, for Tiffin, Ohio-based Palfinger, a national direct sales and service distributor of truck mounted cranes, service cranes and forklifts.
Heerdegen also held a variety of executive positions in companies as diverse as Total Fleet Solutions, a material-handling equipment fleet management provider, and Hiab USA, a national load-handling solutions distributor. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he is also a Certified Public Accountant..
Cutting Edge Countertops is a family owned company founded in 2006, with six showrooms and four service centers across Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, It provides outstanding craftsmanship through one of the most advanced and efficient countertop manufacturing facilities in the country, producing around 15,000 projects a year, and is one of the few area fabricators with an accreditation from the Natural Stone Institute.
