Robert Gerdts, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Eden Prairie, Mn

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Manage the administration of complex labor and employment class action lawsuits by executing court ordered settlement agreements• Led and trained a 20 person project team that provided quality assurance and executed audits for a project involving over 20,000 individuals and $110 million in settlement benefits• Manage more than 20 projects totaling over $1 million in budgets while consistently meeting deadlines and budget requirements• Consult with clients on industry best practices and procedures to ensure requirement compliance and deliverable accuracy• Developed a standardized project coordinator training program for new hires to create a smooth transition into project teams and provide optimal support for project managers• Perform detailed data analysis and calculations in order to allocate settlement payouts for 50,000+ class action settlement members totaling over $40 million• Manage project workflow to and from cross-functional teams to ensure each project’s defined scope, schedule, cost and quality requirements are met• Consistently recognized by clients and peers for exceptional responsiveness to ever-changing client needs while cultivating professional relationships resulting in future project sales• Partnered with the application development team in the development, testing and implementation stages of Rust’s internal projectmanagement lifecycle application

Chanhassen, Mn

Developed club specific programming, expanded membership base and provided leadership, motivation, coaching and development • Increased club revenue by managing a membership revitalization project that focused on marketing material design and theimplementation of promotional programs • Improved department profit margin by 25% by designing and implementing program participation guidelines and requirements • Implemented employee referral incentive program that increased program participation and helped create cross-functional relationships between departments

Us Virgin Islands, Upstate New York, Palm Springs Ca

Designed, implemented and managed tennis programs for elite 5-star resorts throughout the county and Caribbean • Established and executed strategic vision for tennis programming and develop project scope through collaboration and communication with client management • Managed the construction of the Ritz-Carlton tennis facility and developed a project schedule to drive milestone completion and ensure project quality requirements were met in accordance with existing contracts • Hired, trained and managed tennis staff and supervised the recreation center’s day-to-day operations