Jeremy Bergwerff Email & Phone Number

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

At Cinnaire we are assisting in the build and creation of healthy communities. Equity Underwriting works between the investor and developer partners to evaluate and structure a real estate investment for the optimal success of the project. In particular I'm building/reviewing/evaluating the proforma financial model, assessing the financial strength of the project, the partners, and the market and validating that the overall development is a good fit for Cinnaire.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Purchasing this franchise now allows me to steward over 30 RV’s at two branches in Michigan, providing profitable rental services to RV owners and terrific rental experiences to vacationers.During the first year of my ownership, we have increased gross revenue over 30% driven by quality maintenance scheduling, quick customer feedback during the scheduling inquiries and improved marketing of the RV's with robust photos and description. In the 237 reservations completed during 2021, we have had to cancel zero for any maintenance, scheduling conflict or other fault of ours. Customer reviews on Google Maps and Outdoorsy are strong and improved over last year. And toward the goal of expanding the profitability of the business, we introduced a new client add-on, the Kitchen Kit, and have a 48% conversion rate on all 2021 reservations.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

After COVID caused the shut down of the Event Experiences team, I moved to a new startup capacity within the New Business Innovation group as the lead sales liaison for the Work from Home team. We worked cross functionally to build the revised store.steelcase.com portal for corporate buyers and extend the relationships with our hundreds of key Steelcase client accounts.Our team supported the corporate and field sales account managers to introduce and establish client-specific sites for employees or corporate buyers to purchase furniture for employee homes during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. We were responsible for understanding client needs, supporting existing sales relationships, communicating requirements to IT and stewarding clients through the purchase and delivery process. This was largely complicated by turning a B2B relationship into a B2B2C transaction which was a significant change for the company.

Grand Rapids, Mi

I was a founding member and leader of Event Experiences from the first customer to nearly $5million in annual revenue. We built a team of over 35 professionals that provided design, consulting, delivery and management of premium work environments for conferences across the US. I prepared and presented quarterly to the Steelcase CEO, CFO and VP of Strategy as we navigated growth, pivots and exploration into a hospitality market that was new to Steelcase.Steelcase Event Experiences solves for difficult space challenges providing premium design, guidance and furniture for the leading meetings and conferences in the United States. We are leveraging the insight led designs, robust product catalog and human centered principles of Steelcase into the Meetings and Events industry serving such clients as TED, GE, Microsoft, Dell, Marriott, Ford, Hyatt and others.In addition to building the Event Experiences business, I serve as a member of our New Business Innovation governance body helping Steelcase develop the capability of early stage venturing through our Scanning & Scouting, Research, Develop, and Pilot stages. We explored into technologies and services to measure occupancy, utilization, wellness, focus and other space optimization methods.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

While working in Channel Development one of the projects I was supporting gained traction and needed full time finance oversight and engagement. While with Growth Initiatives I was actively shaping the strategic and financial steps for the various venture concepts of Steelcase, researching and testing ways to make money outside of traditional office furniture sales. Our primary project was Space as a Service under our Workspring brand. Here we were interfacing with the real estate community to demonstrate our shared meeting spaces as a building amenity to drive disruption in the office building marketplace. I operated as the financial and strategic adviser to a start-up, but still within the structure of a large company. I am an intrapreneur.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

My team was tasked with helping our 300+ dealership network understand and develop new business capabilities to further strengthen and broaden their service offerings. I provided the financial perspective co-authoring seven business primers for: Move Services, AV/Technology, Floor Covering, Decommissioning Services, Inventory Management, On-Site Client Services and Structured Cabling.In addition to the tactical work of researching the business, understanding the models and synthesizing the information into a user-friendly document, I joined this team when it was newly formed and help shape the process and protocol for productively engaging with finance support.

Raleigh, North Carolina

Indepth assessment of a community for potential brownfield management system.Financial assessment of a brownfield site for solar field candidate.

Worked on a Transit Oriented Development along a 9 mile corridor in Grand Rapids. Our group facilitated a funded EPA Brownfield assessment grant and applied for three other federal grants to plan for economic development along the corridor. Also, I assisted the executive director with strategic planning for the organization.

Detailed reporting and analysis of Cost of Goods Sold and labor performance for eight North American manufacturing locations.Developed extensive Microsoft Excel based reporting for financial metrics, labor efficiency and supplier financial stability.In depth analysis of inventory composition across a variety of locations that used different ERP systems. Daily work with SAP including the development of reports from SAP to MS Excel.

Analyzed commercial loan applicants for creditworthiness. Specific focus on leverage, liquidity and ability to repay the debt while understanding the unique dynamics of each company. Worked in three different regional offices, each with a different industry focus. Key industries include: commercial real estate, manufacturing and trucking.Teamed with the loan officer and the clients to develop the best loan package then author and present credit applications to members of approval committee and senior management.Worked with the credit managers to help train new analysts and increase communication between the offices. Assisted in the development of a standardized credit memo template for all offices to use when constructing the loan application.

Mba

Education record

Attended evening business classes.

Bachelor Of Arts, Business With Economics Minor

Activities and Societies: Awarded the Business Administration division award for 2004. Class Liaison for Economics program Discipleship.

Education record