Chief Financial Officer, Usana Health Sciences
Search every verified G. Hekking interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. G. Douglas Hekking, Chief Financial Officer at USANA Health Sciences, discussed his background and career in a September 2023 appearance. Hekking said he played college baseball in Northern California and was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1989. He noted that after marrying young and working a manual labor job, his wife encouraged him to return to school. Hekking stated that his mother worked for the former parent company of USANA Gold Laboratories, which he described as a trial project for Dr. Winston that tested what USANA is today. He said he learned about the company from its inception. Hekking described the most rewarding aspect of his role as engagement with colleagues, stating he values an environment where they can "pressure test each other" and appreciates the company's purpose and vision.
“I played college baseball in Northern California at a small junior college and then ended up getting drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1989 draft in a fairly low draft round but it was still ... it's a pretty cool environment.”
“I got married relatively young and I was working just a manual labor job and my wife kind of was giving me that kind of gentle nudging to kind of get back in the game a little bit and so kind of pushed me to get back into school.”
“My mom would work for the former parent company of USANA Gold Laboratories, heard wonderful things about it and so it was, you know, kind of a trial project for Dr Winston testing what USANA is today.”
“I really learned at the very inception of the company from the ground up how it worked.”
“Far and away the most rewarding thing I have is the engagement with the people I work with — I love an environment where we can go back and pressure test each other, I love the banter, I love the question, I love just the good people I work with and really the purpose of the company and the vision of the company as wel...”
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