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Jeffrey
M. (Jeff) Erle Phone:
(310) 482-3000 Jeff Erle is the Chief Executive Officer for Gehry Partners, LLP, a full service firm with broad international experience in academic, commercial, museum, performance, and residential projects; including Disney Hall in Los Angeles and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Frank Gehry established his practice in Los Angeles, California in 1962. The Gehry partnership, Gehry Partners, LLP, was formed in 2002 and currently supports a staff of over 135. Gehry Partners employs a large number of senior architects who have extensive experience in the technical development of building systems and construction documents, and who are highly qualified in the management of complex projects. Previously Jeff was the President and CEO of Auto & Truck Glass, LLC (ATG), a leading provider of windshield and glass replacement services for the car and truck rental marketplace throughout the US. ATG’s major clients include Cendant Car Rental Group (owners of the AVIS and Budget brands), Vanguard (owners of National and Alamo brands), and Dollar-Thrifty Automotive Group (owners of Dollar and Thrifty brands). In addition, Jeff was the Managing Director of the Western Region and a Partner in The Robert Thomas Group (RTG). RTG performs professional real estate lease advisory services, specializing in lease audits across the U.S. for tenants of all sizes, and in all industries. Customers of RTG include Allergan, Bank One, BAX Global, Citigroup, Epson America, Farmer’s Insurance, General Electric, Kohl’s Department Stores, and Western Digital. Jeff was also President and CEO of SageTree, a software company providing an enterprise-wide suite of packaged analytic applications to discrete manufacturers for supply chain management. Before that, he was President of Litton Enterprise Solutions (LES), a wholly owned subsidiary of Litton Industries' $1 billion Information Systems Group. With revenues of $100 million and 500 employees worldwide, LES had strategic alliances with PeopleSoft, Sun Microsystems, Computer Associates, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM. Before Litton, Jeff spent 15 years with the Dealer Services Division of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), which he joined, in 1983 as a District Manager. When he left, Jeff was the Vice President and General Manager for all of ADP's operations for the Western two-thirds of the U.S., managing $130M of revenues, and leading 550 associates. Jeff earned a Bachelors degree in Economics and Sociology from The Johns Hopkins University. He lives in Orange County, California with his wife and two children. |