GARY L. COOPER301 S Jupiter Rd Apt 1004 Allen, TX 75002

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15-YEAR SENIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGERPMO | PROGRAM | OPERATIONS

CORE COMPETENCIES

Full Lifecycle Project Management P&L Management & Budgeting Capital Procurement & Purchasing

Resource Allocation & Risk Management Vendor & Partner Relations Organizational Change Control

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WESTOWER COMMUNICATIONS/MASTEC, DALLAS. TX 6/2014 – 11/2015Program Manager-Sprint

Successfully supported Sprint’s staff augmentation to construct 690 sites in 11 months. Managed 40 team members in deploying 2500 MHz overlay on Sprint network throughout DFW and

Houston markets. P&L responsibility; resource sourcing; project schedule tracking and management; financial

accountability.

WESTOWER COMMUNICATIONS, DALLAS. TX 6/2012 – 6/2014Project Manager-Clearwire

Successfully managed construction of 131 RAN sites, 192 Microwave sites in the Southeast market over 20 months.

Managed multiple successful accounts over a two year period - including national RAN augments for WiMAX upgrades and national Microwave augments (adding MW capacity to Clearwire’s backhaul network in order to support LTE capacity).

Oversaw OEM Order Management system; coordinated and scheduled third party resources.

MASTEC WIRELESS SERVICES, CHARLOTTE, NC 7/2010 – 5/2012Director of Operations

Completed 258 LTE, 139 UMTS 1st Carrier and 533 UMTS 2-3 carrier projects in the Carolinas market in 10 months.

Directed 120 project management and construction team members. Developed project schedules for civil construction and RF equipment installation; prioritized and

assigned resources to meet budgetary goals and construction timetables. Liaised with vendors and providers to coordinate planning and resolve issues.

GARY L. COOPER

NETWORKING SOLUTIONS, Elk Grove, CA 3/2009 – 10/2010Operations Director

Managed telecommunications service delivery operations to small and medium-sized business across Sacramento metropolitan area.

Planned and executed builds, installs, and cutovers. Developed project plans, created cost estimates, and procured capital equipment. Contracted with vendors and providers Monitored progress to guarantee on time, on budget deliverables completion. Steered Helpdesk operations - ensured full compliance with all contracted service levels.

VERIZON BUSINESS, Richardson, TX 5/2007 – 12/2008Group PMO Manager

Established operations in six Latin American companies within six months. Overcame regulatory obstacles through intensive partnering and communications with key

stakeholders that had obstructed progress for two years. Steered delivery of contracted Managed Voice IP-PBX Services line across 33,000+ stations

globally. Managed 10 direct reports and additional matrix resources engaged in service, sales, project

management, and network engineering. Managed capital and operational budgets exceeding $10M.

ZERO CHAOS CONSULTING, Richardson, TX 07/2006 – 05/2007Program Director

Led on-time, on-budget completion of program that upgraded 5000 channels, 200 access nodes, and 20 switching offices within 16 weeks.

Developed master schedules, prioritized and allocated capital and human resources, and personally led implementation phase.

MLC WIRELESS SERVICES, Totowa, NJ 02/2004 – 07/2006Operations Director

Managed 1700 site overlay project to successful completion in 11 months. Led deployment of 400 site overlay for NYC metropolitan area on-time and on-budget. Developed and managed project budgets and schedules and provided operational project oversight of

in-house staff, vendors, and providers.

~ Prior infrastructure build and roll-out experience as Senior Project Manager, Operations Manager, and Project Director with Nortel Networks from 1995 to 2002 ~

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Telecom: UMTS/LTE/CDMA/GSM/GPRS Wireless voice and data systems/ACD/VR Software deployments

Software: MS Windows 10/8/7, MS Project, MS Office SuiteHardware: Cell Sites/Switches/Routers/VoIP

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Education: Rancho Cordova High School GraduateMember; Project Management Institute – PMI

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