NEW FACES AT THE GATES CENTER
Charles Hickey: Charles “Chuck” Hickey joined the Gates Center’s affiliated Gates Biomanufacturing Facility (GBF)’s team in September of 2021 as director of finance and administration – bringing close to 20 years of financial experience, with over 15 years specifically in the manufacturing industry. Charles was born in Southern Illinois, spent most of his life in the Midwest and moved to Colorado in 2012. Auspiciously, Charles learned about the Gates Biomanufacturing Facility from a close mentor who had been affiliated with the original Gates Rubber Company years ago. Most recently, Charles was the CFO for a mid-sized Colorado Springs biomanufacturing company, growing the business to over 200 employees. Prior to his role as CFO, Charles was senior financial controller for Evoqua Water Technologies, a division of Siemens Industry that spun off and relisted on the NASDAQ in Jan 2016 (AUQUA). Mr. Hickey was also the cost accounting manager for Ingersoll Rand’s - Climate Control Division in St. Louis, where he led cost accounting for a multi-million-dollar manufacture of specialty refrigeration equipment (Hussmann). Previously, Mr. Hickey was the financial manager for GE Aviation’s MRO & FBO business providing a variety of specialization in cost accounting, inventory control and financial reporting. Mr. Hickey started his career working for the City of St. Louis where he reached the level of chief fiscal officer for the City of St. Louis Department of Health and Hospitals. Other roles included fiscal manager for the City of St. Louis Office of Budget and Management responsible for Public Safety funding in the City of St. Louis. Charles received a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Business Economics from Southern Illinois University, and a Master’s in Finance from the University of Missouri. What most intrigued him about the GBF was reading about the lifesaving therapies being developed, manufactured, and delivered to patients all on the same campus – a milestone that was achieved in 2020. He was further intrigued by the missionbased goals of the organization and its partners.
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