David Cooper Email & Phone Number

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

County Dublin, Ireland

 Lead, manage and mentor a team of Project Managers committed to a range of clients, small and large, ensuring all requests are delivered on time, within budget and to a high quality standard. Account Manager for a number of high-profile clients. Continuous monitoring of internal and external localisation processes, analysing and implementing solutions that add to cost or time-savings and/or quality improvements for all stakeholders. Track financial health of projects including external/internal costs, P&L and ensuring month-end deliverables are accurate and on time. Align with company-wide support groups such as Sales and Resource Management to assess and assign the relevant resources, process and strategies and are applied to project requirements.

Dublin, Ireland

Responsible for managing the localization of computer games products from planning through to delivery. Create and track localization plan for assigned titles, getting buy in from all stakeholders, prepare and present localization budgets, risk analysis for assigned projects in a proactive and pre-emptive manner. Communicate clearly any risks, which could impact the delivery\budget\quality of the product. Put corrective measures in place where needed.Communicate with Activision’s US based production, development and QA teams. Manage and co-ordinate the quality assurance process for localized versions of products. Manage the age rating process, code submission and approval process with third party developers.Liaise with external localization agencies and translators.Manage code submission with first partiesWork with sales, marketing and other groups to ensure products arrive at market in the agreed manner.Responsible for overseeing the localisation of all Activison's licensed IP products.

Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland

Upon my relocation to Ireland I immediately gained employment with Lionbridge as a Localisation Project Manager to further develop my project management skills. Principle accountabilities include; Scope and quote projects for identified clients. Plan and monitor projects to meet deadline, quality and budget requirements.  Manage client relationships and serve as primary day-to-day contact for external clients. Monitor and maintain project financials, including revenue recognition, revenue forecasting and billings. Ensure the accuracy of financial project data, workflows, schedules and processes to maximize efficiency and profitability. Resolve questions and issues in a timely and effective manner for clients and internal teams. Managing a team of 25+ employees and 15+ freelance vendors who report directly to me as their line manager.

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Uk

After a successful run as a Software Engineer I began the obvious career advancement to the position of Technical Project Manager. Principle accountabilities include: Managing a team of up to 15 software engineers Analysing source material for correct job assessment and input to quotation Definition and agreement of test criteria for delivery to customer Adapting existing processes or designing new processes to meet quality, cost and schedule criteria Planning allocation of resources to meet deadlines To determine/clarify customer requirements (internal and external) Providing technical support to translators and customer’s validators

Promoted to this role in July 2000 and made a permanent member of staff in August 2001. Responsible for analysing and scoping software localisation projects for print related software products, to be released into the global marketplace (up to 20 different languages) in line with very tight schedules. Principle accountabilities include: Preparation of software resources for translation and translator support Build environment configuration and setting-up project related hardware/software Building localised software using translated resources.  Software debugging  Supervision of up to eight other members of the project team Liaison with project managers regarding project requirements.

Temporary position testing localised print related software from March 2000 until July 2000. Principle accountabilities included: Software installation and Printer/PC configuration Installing and Configuring localised clone systems including Windows 9x, ME, NT and XP. Print job submission from networked clients Testing of localised software to written and verbal requirements. Documentation and reporting of discovered software faults