Garry Cooper Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Partnered with founder to create, operate and run the annual 3 day Rhythm of Life music festival in New London, Ohio. Activities including planning, fund raising, logistical support, team assistance and supervision, artist relations, facility build and tear down & on site photography.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Walnut Creek, Ca, Us

- Manage all aspects of data center operations (voice, data, perimeter security, storage, databases & desktop engineering) for 50+ locations- Managed staff, direct and indirect, in data center disciplines- Responsible for capital budget of approximately $10 million and operating budget of $6 million- Successfully moved data center from on premises location to co-location facility in 4 months- Migrated storage, network core and server infrastructure from legacy hardware to leading edge solution- Migrated storage from EMC VNX platform to HP 3PAR, increasing performance and capacity at reduced cost-Increased logical server environment footprint 25% without adding additional staff and reducing floorspace.- Migrated call center IVR from internal legacy to cloud solution

Orrville, Oh, Us

- Managed network team operations of 45 location MPLS, Internet and SIP voice services- Consolidated land line ordering and management under single vendor resulting in 20% savings- Migrated data and SIP provider contracts to consortium contract- Implemented HA facilities, including dual connection and EVDO backup to manufacturing and distribution sites

Orrville, Oh, Us

- Implementation & management of voice, data network and security services across the corporation.- Responsible for perimeter security management

Skokie, Illinois, Us

-Pre-sales consultant in support of account team for MI, OH, IN, KY & PA-Led client engagement of multiple security solutions growing business to over $1 million in revenue-Vendor management of product lines and marketing activities

- Strong involvement in daily company operations and business direction as part of senior management team- Management of technical services team, including time, billing and customer project supervision- Pre sales activities including customer visits, proposal generation and delivery- Created sustained billable utilization of engineering staff and implemented controls, procedures and rewards to ensure goals were met whilst fostering an open working environment- Design & implementation of security solutions- Perform of external and internal assessments / penetration tests- Post sales activities including technical support, customer problem resolution (non-technical) and project management- Varied security and network troubleshooting for customers

Morrisville, North Carolina, Us

- Technical oversight and standards definition for member companies information systems and staff- Implementation and enforcement of corporate computer policy- Implemented first company wide e-mail network serving all international locations- Extensive travel to international sites to design, install and support LAN's- Assisted with implementation of custom inventory, production and sales applications- Vendor liaison in multiple countries to facilitate computing resources- Assisted senior management with presentation of sales and financial information to customers and financial partners

Aberdeen, Scotland, Gb

- Hired as network engineer support desktop and CAD/CAM solutions- Assigned as Project Manager to a customer site to manage all computer resource allocation based on project requirements and liase between customer & contractors

Winchester, Hants, Gb

- Multi shift mainframe operations on IBM VM & MVS. 3090 and 3081 hardware- Assisted and seconded to the network team for remote terminal and terminal emulation installation / support

- Working in the recruitment division, assisted with creating job opening documentation, processing of applications and interview scheduling