Joe Gierlach Email & Phone Number

St Petersburg, Florida, United States

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Nederland, Co

Elected to the Nederland Board of Trustees in 2008, appointed Mayor Pro Tem, then Mayor. Re-elected twice, making him Nederland's first three-term mayor in over three decades.Guided the town out of financial instability, into a vibrant governmental organization. Instrumental in hiring and evaluating the Town Administrator. Led the town through a community-wide envisioning process, Comprehensive Plan, Master Infrastructure Plan, upgraded the entire water treatment & delivery system, and completed the Waste Water Treatment Plant construction.Represented Nederland regionally by serving on: The Colorado Municipal League (CML) Executive Board, the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) Board of Directors, Metro Mayor's Caucus, Boulder County Consortium of Cities, and the Colorado Association of Ski Towns.

Boulder, Co

One of eight Project Managers to implement the 2006 Bond Program utilizing $296.8 million for district facility improvements impacting every school.Owner's Representative for the District - Managed complete budget, scope of work and schedule. Managed architecture, engineering and general contracting firms, and Managed testing, surveying, permitting, furniture & equipment, moving, etc. Coordinated district maintenance, operations, technology and school personnel.Facilitated Design Advisory Teams and various district reviews. Ensured district standards, quality assurance and safety procedures were met, minimizing exposure and risk. Complete project documentation and review for ongoing building operations.

Boulder, Co

Developed, maintained and coordinated budget detail for over 10 different Governmental Funds and Component Units. BVSD Liaison to Charter School Financial Managers. Represented the BVSD along with the Assistant Superintendent and School Board President at the Colorado Department of Education.Conducted analytical studies for: Impacts of proposed state legislation & board policy changes, compensation, legal expenses, and financial comparisons to other school districts across several educational disciplines.Designed and implemented process improvements for: staffing and budget maintenance, the School Resource Allocation process, developed financial modeling, forecasting and projection systems.Budget Communications – Re-designed the complex public budget documentation, increased its readability to enhance its use as a communication device for the public and brought this document within guidelines as policy document, financial plan and operations guide to achieve the "GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award" for six consecutive years. Designed and implemented award-winning public budget booklets, successfully describing complex issues in understandable terms for public forums.Implementation Team for the Lawson Enterprise Software – designed 2,500 custom reports.

Beachwood, Ohio

MBNA America was the world's largest independent credit card issuing bank, ($100 Billion) acquired by Bank of America in 2006. Responsible for managing a small administrative staff as well as finances for the Customer Satisfaction Department in the Midwestern region and work on a team developing the $300MM annual budget for the Customer Satisfaction Division as a whole (2000+ people).Participated on several committees, and developed & implemented process improvements reducing expenses or increasing profits.• Divisional Skills Based Routing Project Team.• Divisional Attrition & Staff Modeling Projections• Member of the MBNA Bank Wide Y2K Project Team.• Studied the impact of Foreign Addresses on all divisions in the company and reported the findings to the Senior Operating Committee. Since that report, MBNA expanded into the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain.• Designed and implemented the Customer Satisfaction Division's Database (INFORM)• Designed the Unit Cost Budget Modeling Tool used in all regions.• Designed the Key Metrics Report which used a variety of Customer Satisfaction and performance measurements to rank all department and section managers relative to goals.

Cleveland, Ohio

Commercial Construction, Inc. was a General Contracting Firm, specializing in commercial interiors, primarily high-rise buildings in Downtown Cleveland.• Served as team leader for a cross functional group of designers, engineers, and building developers.• Initiated process improvements, which resulted in tripling productivity of design/build construction.• Developed estimates for new business projects, generating sales in new markets resulting in a 25% increase in revenue.• Organized complete projects, coordinated schedules, and met difficult deadlines – design & engineering, subcontracted trades, ordered materials, and scheduled labor.• Designed the Purchase Order Database, and Estimating Spreadsheet at the dawn of personal computing.

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa TauMasters coursework in Consumer Behavior & Marketing ALCOA Foundation Scholarship - 4 years Phi.

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