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

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