Leadership Team
Tracey Gerdeman – Vice President, Operations
Tracey Gerdeman has over 13 years experience in the telecommunications industry with expertise in network planning, traffic management and capacity planning, network translations, technical support, network operations surveillance and voice and data repair. She has managed a repair call center with over 80 employees for a major CLEC in the Midwest. She is a Grand Valley State University graduate where she earned her B.A. Tracey’s current responsibilities are ensuring process and policies of the entire operations as well as operational management. She also is responsible for the Human Resources department and the IT needs of TurnKey.
A.C. VanderKolk – Vice President, Finance
A.C. has 12 years experience in a variety of accounting/finance roles across a broad expanse of industries. At TurnKey he manages all accounting and finance services including insurance, treasury and legal. Prior to joining TurnKey he was the Corporate Cost Accounting manager for ODL, Inc., a global presence in the building products industry located in Zeeland, Michigan. A.C. also spent four years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Grand Rapids, Michigan office. He is a Hope College and Grand Valley State University graduate, where he earned his MBA. A.C. is a CPA and CMA and a member of CFMA.
Tom Glass - Director of Engineering
Tom's current responsibilities include management of our constantly growing engineering department. His group is responsible for hundreds of miles of route design, permitting, splice assignments, and record keeping. Tom has over nine years of OSP engineering experience and has been involved with over 3000 miles of construction projects.
Jeff Thon - Director of Business Development
Jeff's is responsible for the identification, pursuit and generation of new business opportunities. Jeff handles all quoting and contract development for our company. Jeff has over 11 years of experience in OSP construction and has been in a management position for the past seven years. He has been involved in projects in fifteen states and has successfully managed over 1500 miles of aerial construction and literally tens of thousands of splices and terminations.
Mike Thomas - Director of Central Office Services
Mike's current responsibilities include the management of all central office engineering, installation, and post-install services. His department has quadrupled in size under his tenure and continues to lead its segment in quality and on-time delivery of services. Mike has over 13 years of central office experience with the last seven being in a management role. His expertise has helped make TurnKey the vendor of choice for many companies' CO installation needs.