ROSS H. ERICKSON	
5400 West 70th Street #301, Edina, MN 55439
cell:  [Send email to request phone number] 01-8521
office: 952-253-6232
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EXPERIENCE
1st Priority Software, Inc. (Eden Prairie, MN) – President (current)
Provides customized database services to small business in the continuing
education industry and associations utilizing association management software.
Responsible for corporate management and operations as well as product
development, sales & customer technical support and training.
* Data assessment, conversion and installation from new customer’s current
platform into template Access database.  Assess company needs for additional
reports, exports, data storage requirements, etc.
* Customize and develop additional or new Access applications within existing
database system.
* Create exports for upload into other company applications, such as financial
and accounting software or event management software.

Gold Bracket Sports Inc. (Eden Prairie, MN) – President (current)
Gold Bracket is a start-up company in its early development stage.  Gold Bracket
will provide an on-line retail management system for sports teams for uniform and
equipment order processing.  Responsibilities are most start-up operations and
project management of website development.

Flagship Athletic Club (now Lifetime Fitness Eden Prairie) (Eden Praire, MN) --
Tennis Coordinator (2001 – 2003)
Responsible for management of $1+ million profit center in an upper-income
membership-based health & fitness organization.
Lesson programming:
* Plan and implement junior and adult classes (30+) for 6 sessions per year;
review enrollment for past sessions and modify class offerings/sizes for future
sessions.
* Coordinate and supervise scheduling (with head tennis pro) for 14 tennis
pros.
* Create and coordinate special events throughout entire year.  
Departmental programming:
* Budgeting, achieving monthly goals, and creating new revenue opportunities
* Coordinate with club operations manager regarding staffing for tennis
department administrative duties.
* Research all billing inquiries from members regarding tennis charges,
approving credits where necessary.
* Verification of billing for all tennis programs.

ProStaff/Express Scripts (Bloomington, MN) – Contract (2001 – 2002)
* Compiled information on industry competition and uploaded into searchable
database for company intranet.  Provided technical editing to corporate proposal
staff.
* Provided Access database management and data compliance for Participant
Materials division.

Minnesota Chorale (Minneapolis, MN) – Administrative/Grant Writer (2000 – 2001)
Research and write grant applications to existing funders as well as new
funders, such as private/family foundations and new corporate foundations.

Feeding Children International (New Hope, MN) – Independent Consultant (2000)
Feeding Children International is a 501c3 nonprofit international humanitarian
children’s hunger relief organization.  
Primary responsibility: Create and maintain organizational structure and develop
and implement corporate strategic plan.  Strategic plan outlined Kids Against
Hunger, a statewide youth volunteer program to address the needs of Minnesota’s
hungry children and their families as well as continue to provide food supplies
for international operations.  Formal position title as Assistant Director, Kids
Against Hunger.
Accomplishments:  Strategic plan successfully produced and is currently in
implementation stage.  Wrote and produced corporate brochure and organization
newsletter, created donor/mailing list database, development of corporate
partnerships, development of international partnerships with other humanitarian
relief organizations.

ACTIVITIES, ASSOCIATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Volleyball Referee - USA Volleyball (USAV), Professional
Association of Volleyball Officials (PAVO)

EDUCATION
Carleton College
Northfield, MN 55057
Bachelor of Arts, English

The University of South Carolina
Dept. of Graduate English
Columbia, SC 29208
Master’s degree program studies, Medieval literature and Creative Writing

ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK
Calculus, University College at the University of Minnesota
Microeconomics, University College at the University of Minnesota