Erik Ward Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Portland, Oregon Area

Helping clients navigate complex business environments spanning the public and private sectors, effectively communicating value to customers, building partnerships to drive growth.

South San Francisco, California

-Led $70 million retail enterprise with operations across 11 airports in six states across the county.-Oversaw recruitment, hiring and training of key leadership positions. -Successfully facilitated the sale of the company's assets to the benefit of the shareholders, and managed the transition of approximately 500 employees to acquiring company.

South San Francisco, Ca

-Sourced and managed concept design, architecture and construction vendors for all stages of capital projects pipeline. Successfully developed $60 million in new annual contracts from airport authorities throughout the United States.-Developed partnerships with small businesses in new markets as vendors and joint venture partners.-Conducted local outreach to secure small business financing partners, and provide technical assistance to aid in go-to-market strategies for local consumer products small businesses and regional advocacy organizations. -Managed all business development initiatives for the organization including external marketing, teaming strategies, public procurement response development, and client management. Developed W/MBE joint venture partnerships in all new markets, assisting local partners in achieving relevant certifications and securing capital.

San Francisco Bay Area

- Led team responsible for common area, temporary storefront and pop-up retail leasing across seven super-regional shopping centers in Northern California and Washington, managing a $22 million revenue budget representing over 180 permanent tenants and 200 temporary tenants.- Negotiated site selection, lease length, and economic terms, as well as termination provisions, security and use language. - Consulted with local, regional and national brands to launch and grow innovative shopping center-based experiential retail activations. - Graduate of the Westfield Iconic Leaders Program, a year-long executive education course taught through the UCLA Anderson School of Business- Spearheaded the creation of rotating pop-up programs across shopping centers to highlight local artisans through innovative partnerships with local community based organization and city agencies.

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco, Ca

- Negotiated with commercial and mixed use developers over local hiring obligations to ensure both project completion and local resident workforce participation. Acted as business-facing representative of City for promotion of all employment-increasing tax incentives, as well as for legislated, non-construction local hiring requirements.- Developed process with city permitting agencies to ensure developer compliance with community benefit agreement requirements.- Launched San Francisco’s first public sector online job matching and computer based training platform.- Led team coordinating city-wide workforce development services between non-profit organizations, city agencies, and expanding companies in San Francisco. - Developed and managed Federal grant-funded programs totaling over $12.6 million, integrating service strategies and operations across subcontracted agencies to maximize program objectives. - Secured $5.6 million Federal DoJ grant by Coordinated proposal response, program design and launch of $5.6 million Federal grant-funded program to provide ex-offenders with paid work experience.

San Francisco, Ca

San Francisco, Ca

- Led team developing student schedules to ensure cost-effective class sizes, and worked with students to maintain enrollment through to graduation- Conducted recruitment outreach to organizations and agencies including the Department of Corrections, Goodwill Industries and California Employment Development Department

San Francisco Bay Area

- Led team of six inside sales representatives to over-achievement of enrollment goals. Trained new sales representatives and administrative staff in admissions process, sales techniques and Salesforce.com customer relationship management system

San Francisco Bay Area

Oakland, Ca

- Secured grant funding from IBM, the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, and the California Community College Chancellor’s Office to market online computer skills assessment and training program to administrators and faculty at 30+ Bay Area community colleges.

Ba, History

Westfield Iconic Leaders Program, Business Administration, Management And Operations