Rocco Calabrese Email & Phone Number

I am a persistent and decisive senior executive with 20+ years of progressive leadership experience directing business development and employee benefit program design, operations, implementation, and communications encompassing multi-employer trust fund administration, financial services, commercial banking, health plan administration / consulting, and retirement plan sales, administration, and consulting. I thrive as a hands-on leader with demonstrated success driving contract negotiations / administration, investment management coordination, staff training / development, and provider / participant relations. As a transparent communicator and consensus builder, I consistently establish excellent relationships with Board of Directors / Trustees, unions, outside professional advisors, and service providers spanning diverse environments. I am also fluent in English and conversant in Spanish.Career Highlights:* Upgraded and rebranded website for United Food and Commercial Workers Trust Funds. Drafted system requirements, selected outside design team, and collaborated with internal team to implement sites. Enabled online open enrollment, form / document download capability, and online application for benefits.* Consolidated Administrative Offices for Writers Guild Pension Plan and Health Fund with common Trustees / Directors, outside service providers, information systems, and vendors reducing costs, increasing productivity, and enhancing service to all Plan and Fund participants. * Re-established timeline to develop Administrative Offices for Writers Guild Pension Plan and Health Fund. Collaborated with Fund Counsel, assisted with exterior / interior design concepts, established budget, and achieved Trustee / Director consensus. Completed project on time and under budget.* Implemented Disaster Recovery and Business Resumption plan post-earthquake resulting in $1.5M in interior and exterior damage to building. Collaborated with building Architect and Structural Engineer to assess damage and coordinate recovery. Resumed partial operations in 3-days and completed full repair in 6-months.Specialties: Leadership & Team Building • Legal, Fiduciary, & Regulatory Compliance • New Business Development • Profit Planning & Analysis • Financial Analysis & Collective Bargaining • Operations Management • Trust Fund Administration • Full Lifecycle Project & IT Management • Financial Analysis • Facilities Management • Risk Assessment & Loss Mitigation • Claims Administration • Operations Management & Streamlining • Client Relationship Management

Listed skills include Leadership, Retirement And Health Trust Fund Administration, Management, Taft Hartley, and 2 others.