Services

We design, develop and distribute software applications to fulfill any business requirement, from small startups to large public organizations. We specialize in developing custom decision-support tools for clinicians and patients. See decideapp for more details regarding our decision-aid software.

Clinical decision making

Decision-support tools

Decision-support tools, colloquially known as decision aids, have been proven by health economists to result in signficantly better health outcomes. We can help you create novel decision aids for any health-related decision-making scenario.

Clinical prediction models

Clinical prediction models, for example, the CHA₂DS₂-VASc used to calculate risk of stroke, are often paper-based and inconvienent. We can develop web or mobile-based applications that contain calculators for these types of models to make risk predictions simple and convenient.

Preference ellicitation

Patient values are notoriously difficult to ascertain, often due to the complex nature of medical decisions and physician time constraints. We can help you develop better ways to extract those values that matter most to the patient, whether it be through discrete choice experiments, best-worst scaling, or weighted sum exercises.

General development services

Web applications

We have extensive experience building web applications from the ground up. Contact us with your ideas and we will make it happen!

Adjustments to existing websites

Are your original developers charging an arm and a leg to make simple adjustments to your website? We may be able to help make these changes at a signficantly lower cost. Contact us with details regarding the current site and we will see what we can do.

General consulting

Not sure how to get your website up and running? Tired of shared hosting and ready to move to a dedicated server? Have a defunct script that needs to be updated? We have years of expertise building web applications, APIs, and standalone software solutions. Get in touch with your problem and we will do our best to provide you with a solution!

About Us

J&G Hicklin Consulting Ltd. was founded in Calgary by the Hicklin family in 2019.

Gregory Chief Executive Officer	James Chief Technical Officer	Jane Chief Financial Officer
Greg has over 40 years experience in Consumer Packaged Goods Sales, Marketing, Category Management, and Regional Business management. With 18 years at Procter and Gamble in Canada and 15 years with Nestle Foods in Canada and Switzerland, Greg developed deep experience in best practices around sales, marketing and customer business development. He now runs a successful consulting practice supporting small business ventures in Canada focused on business strategy development, brand strategy, and sales strategy and execution.	James has been working with decision aids since 2012, and has developed decision support tools that have been used with thousands of participants in countless research studies. He has an undergraduate degree in computer science and a master's in pharmaceutical sciences, and devotes all his time to helping bridge the gap between health and technology.	Jane acts as Chief Financial Officer for the company. She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary and is a Certified Professional Accountant. Over her career, she has worked in a variety of industries including oil & gas, airlines, technology and consumer packaged goods. She loves traveling the world and of course, those spreadsheets!

Gregory

Chief Executive Officer

Greg has over 40 years experience in Consumer Packaged Goods Sales, Marketing, Category Management, and Regional Business management. With 18 years at Procter and Gamble in Canada and 15 years with Nestle Foods in Canada and Switzerland, Greg developed deep experience in best practices around sales, marketing and customer business development. He now runs a successful consulting practice supporting small business ventures in Canada focused on business strategy development, brand strategy, and sales strategy and execution.

James

Chief Technical Officer

James has been working with decision aids since 2012, and has developed decision support tools that have been used with thousands of participants in countless research studies. He has an undergraduate degree in computer science and a master's in pharmaceutical sciences, and devotes all his time to helping bridge the gap between health and technology.

Jane

Chief Financial Officer

Jane acts as Chief Financial Officer for the company. She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary and is a Certified Professional Accountant. Over her career, she has worked in a variety of industries including oil & gas, airlines, technology and consumer packaged goods. She loves traveling the world and of course, those spreadsheets!

Testimonials

Our clients have good things to say about us!

Working with James has exceeded expectations on every level. He is professional and delivers top quality results. He implemented the ideas we had in mind while providing recommendations on design and functionality. He is efficient and was always available to help or answer any questions. We couldn’t be more happy with our decision aids!

Judy

James and team were quick and responsive to all our requests. They stuck to deadlines when needed and always communicated time estimates so that we could plan the project accordingly.

Patricia

James was open to discussing new features when our idea wasn't quite in line with what the software could offer, and he was quick to develop new features when we needed them during the prototype phase of our project. He also rapidly found and fixed any bugs that cropped up during the testing phases. James’ expertise is outstanding, and he was always there to support us and help us improve our decision aid.

Peter