Kurt Schwager Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

St. Louis, Mo

St. Louis, Mo

Senior Executive of the Airport Facilities & Construction team responsible for providing expertise in the areas of strategic planning, facility programming, planning, design & project management, and environmental compliance for the Enterprise, National and Alamo car rental brands.* Assured 500+ facilities in >300 airport markets were designed and constructed to operate in a cost effective, operationally efficient, properly branded model that accommodated rapid growth.* Led the effort to separate all customer-facing elements for the Enterprise, National and Alamo brands to maximize growth and profit through owning and operating three separate brands with very distinct service offerings.* Leadership role in the re-imaging process to enhance the Enterprise, National and Alamo brands. Oversaw the development and implementation of new trade dress for the entire network of airport facilities.* Member of the Senior Executive team involved in the 2007 acquisition of the National and Alamo brands. Leadership role in the integration planning and implementation.* Leveraged staff strengths & interests to develop an effective turn-key process to facility development ultimately saving the company time & money and ensuring consistency & quality. * Established an effective, in-house Environmental Compliance Department resulting in lower costs, fewer violations, improved response times, and heightened company-wide awareness regarding environmental risk.

St. Louis, Mo

Recruited by Enterprise Sr. Leadership to establish and lead the Airport Facilities Department and help move the Enterprise brand forward into the airport business. Responsible for setting the strategic course for facility development and airport relations. * Led the campaign to introduce and advocate for the Enterprise brand with Airport Authorities resulting in an expedited entry into the airport market and take full advantage of opportunities to establish a level-playing field presence against competition.* Designed and implemented an extensive survey process to understand the existing conditions for all major facility components.* Developed analytical tools to evaluate existing facility conditions and forecast future requirements. This allowed the company to be proactive and measured about facility investments necessary to grow the business and improve efficiency.* Established a network of vendors to provide necessary resources, equipment and products for the airport business. Negotiated preferred pricing, securing at least 10-20% in savings.

Chicago, Il

Led the Landside Planning Group providing expertise in the planning, design and implementation of airport landside plans and ground access systems. Completed numerous projects for some of the nation's largest and most sophisticated airports. Addressed a wide variety of planning issues and orchestrated an integrated development approach that resulted in consensus among stakeholders. * More than doubled the company's airport landside business in terms of staff, projects and revenue.* Established expertise in the planning of airport rental car facilities. Experienced in market research, demand forecasting, facility programming, site selection, conceptual design, financial analysis, and business and lease negotiations.* Led a team of professionals in the planning and design of the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Consolidated Rental Car Facility, a $285M project that still stands as the largest consolidated rental car facility in the world.* Experienced in preparing landside master plans and feasibility studies. Completed numerous assignments for airport ground transportation centers, roadway systems, terminal curb fronts, commercial vehicle operations, and parking facilities. Ability to integrate landside components into the airport's overall master plan.

Evanston, Il

Completed numerous transportation planning and engineering projects for Federal, State, County, and Municipal agencies as well as private sector clients. Completed site plan evaluations and traffic impact studies for commercial, residential and industrial developments in over 25 states. Experienced in trip generation and traffic distribution, roadway and intersection capacity analysis, vehicle circulation studies, parking capacity analysis, traffic demand management techniques, and roadway safety studies.

Engineer'S Degree, Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Phi Delta Theta

Social Sciences