Benjamin Kruse Email & Phone Number

Jacksonville, FL, US

• Preform daily stand-ups/scrums and participate in weekly retrospectives
• Monitor declining budgets and burn-down charts
• Develop a detailed weekly profit and loss statement, providing critical data used to benchmark sales and constrain controllable costs at unit generating more than $5 million in gross annual sales
• Administer biweekly payroll and other human resource obligations, including the accurate and real time maintenance of all employee records, for staff of approximately 50 people
• Utilize customer collaboration to create a tight feedback loop, perfecting products and processes
• Oversee all invoicing and accounts payable, ensuring strong long-term relationships with all vendors

Minnesota

• Help lead an alliance of educators, parents, and community members promoting student success, fiscal responsibility, practical policies, and local control.
• Assist MEA President in the development of the organizations legislative agenda as well as selection of endorsed candidates
• Lobby in St. Paul on behalf of or against MEA’s targeted legislation
• Played critical role in the creation of founding documents as one of the organization’s original officersPrinciples:Student success – what does the policy/funding do to improve a student’s success? Will it close the.

St. Paul, MN

• Chief authored and passed 9 significant pieces of legislation as a freshman Senator, with an opposition Governor, during multiple contentious and partisan sessions
• Selected as the Minnesota School Board Association’s “2012 Legislator of The Year”
• Awarded the 2012 National Federation of Independent Business “Defender of Small Business”
• Awarded “Certificate of Appreciation for Legislation Passed” from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Minnesota
• Served on Senate Education, Commerce and Consumer Protection, Transportation, and Local Government and Elections Committees
• Appointed by the President of the Senate to serve on “Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board”

Osseo, MN

• Founding member of the North Hennepin Area Chamber of Commerce Government Relations Committee
• Facilitated increased interaction between members and their elected officials
• Utilized community collaboration to shape an aggressive and broadly successful government advocacy agenda
• Recruited and scheduled subject matter experts to educate the chamber’s decision makers
• Leveraged business to business contacts as well as extensive regional relationships to build sales
• Member relations and retention

Plymouth, MN

• Obtained both GRI and FSR designations
• Member of the Minnesota Association of Realtors Government Affairs Committee
• Member of the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors Public Affairs Task Force and Government Affairs Committee
• Member of Coldwell Banker Burnet President’s Advisory Council
• Member of the National Association of Realtors, Minnesota Association of Realtors, and Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors
• Awarded “Top Sales Agent” honors

Bloomington, MN

• Accountable for day to day operations of largest and most profitable unit in region
• Handled all “front of house” staffing and scheduling
• Responsible for the creation of budget and sales goals
• Oversaw the inventory and ordering of all product
• Simultaneously managed restaurant and catering facility

St. Paul, MN

Legislative Assistant to State Representative Bob Gunther. Responsible for constituent relations, press inquiries, bill tracking, and scheduling.