James Cooper Email & Phone Number

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

DevOps team for Credit Card & Loan Management

Stockholm, Sweden

Working initially to create & manage the IT Test Function within a traditional SDLC, managing a 24 person offshore/ onshore team, and then transforming the team into a QA Practice, supporting Agile development across DevOps and Microservice teams.Manage a centralized QA Engineering Practice where a hybrid model is applied, providing specialized support, & collaborating with teams to help improve their sprint efficiency.Understanding that test environments are one of the greatest impediments to Continuous Testing & Agile Delivery, advocated & secured Executive Board funding to move development & test environments into cloud, using CI/CD and infrastructure as code to spin up environments dynamically, at will, & with scrambled production data.

Stockholm, Sweden

Lead diverse projects & cross border teams in IT development covering wide range of projects including front-end application development, payment solutions, compliance (AML, PSD), security, & fraud solutions. Facilitate understanding between commercial teams and IT to close gaps early between requirements and technical design. Budget responsibilities (up to 15 million SEK), owning project ROI, & business objectives. Effective stakeholder management at executive & functional levels.Re-design of PMO processes to deliver efficiency.

Stockholm, Sweden

Project lead development of high value customer proposals (greater than €60m) within matrix organization, involving complex outsourcing solutions within cross border teams. Work closely with prospective customers to understand their requirements, driving the sales strategy & ensuring technical solutions deliver relevant & optimized solutions.Regional process champion & Line Manager for a diverse team delivering commercial propositions to new & existing customers. Awards: BT Nordics Outstanding Achievements (3 years in a row); Manager's Award Nordics (twice); BT Ignite 'Round 3 - Knockout' Campaign; ABC Award; BT value of Heart; Special Incentive Award; Andy Green Award Nomination; President's Club Nomination.

Reston, Virginia

Provided head office support to regional sales offices, managing non-standard, complex, strategic proposals, coordinating engineering, product management, finance, legal, and marketing to develop customized, competitive solutions for large multinationals and Research & Education (R&E) Networks. Awards: The President’s Club Award, Employee Master’s Award, and Award for largest monthly contribution to revenue.

Reston, Virginia

Created financial analyses for network expansion, regularly presenting to capital budget committee. Provided margin analyses on an individual case basis using specific price targets and advised sales on strategies to meet customer’s target pricing.

Arlington, Virginia

Provided pricing analysis in support of strategic sales proposals across all data products. Increased sales by resolving internal roadblocks to meet customer’s specific needs.

Hong Kong

Recommended stocks, markets, and sectors to fund managers for Asian investment. Managed Asian investment research product. Provided investment input for Asian Equity Investment Fund.Produced equity analysis covering Asian equity markets and populated research database for company-wide use. Hosted Asian market reviews for investment officers in Asia, Europe, and North America.