Jason Cooper

Experience

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  HNTB

  Aug 2000 - Apr 2013

  Managed a dispersed team of 18 subject matter experts responsible for introducing innovative technologies in support of HNTB’s core engineering services. • Managed $1.6 million budget.• Assigned staff to project work through custom project management system (SharePoint).• Restructured timekeeping system to provide better metrics to executive leadership. Streamlined number of unique job numbers from 280 to six, and successfully implemented new system in two weeks.• Member of team responsible for restructuring the project management system to better fit a research and development efforts.• SME technologies include – Bentley and Autodesk products (InRoads, Microstation, AutoCAD, etc.) along with Oracle Primavera. Show less Managed HNTB’s Production Support, QA/QC, SharePoint Operations and Database Operations (SQL and Oracle) groups. Reported to IT director.• Managed team of 13 responsible for support and maintenance of multiple application environments, including Oracle Financials, human resources, payroll, business reporting, procurement, intranet, Internet, web hosting environments, and SharePoint.• Served as liaison between vendors, internal clients, and external clients.• Developed and implemented processes to improve cost containment and scoping efforts that were scalable to projected business needs.• Promoted collaboration between Application Services and other IT support and development groups across the firm. Improved enterprise stability and supportability.• Member of multiple cross-functional teams during implementation of major business systems, including role of change management process owner during ITIL implementation of EMC VSM.• Coordinated IT resources for internal SOX audits and worked closely with other managers to create a formalized business continuity plan.• Ensured stability and optimization of 165 servers (hardware and virtual) that spanned 22 different environments and supported the work environment of more than 3400 employees.• Managing projects using Microsoft Project 2007. Show less Supervised a team of 4 responsible for designing, managing, implementing, and supporting HNTB’s corporate and client web environments. Actively managed 496 sites on 40+ IIS 5.0 web servers and 4 IIS6.0 servers (20 were production machines). Provided 24/7 coverage for production servers.• Designed the implementation and change control processes of client websites, including http://www.mchange.org for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.• Implemented a change control process for new and existing applications, including documentation, deployment calendar, and regular change board meetings.• Implemented web security with patch management strategy for Microsoft security patches.• Designed and tested system recovery plans for all servers managed by Production Support.• Developed and maintained standards and procedures for the Production Support group and published to collaboration site on intranet.• Supported multiple technologies, including IIS (4, 5, and 6), JRun 3.0 and 4.0, Cold Fusion 4.5, ArcIMS 4.1 & 9.0, FrontPage Extensions, LiveStats, Prolog, and Microsoft COM+ applications.• Supported Polycom video conferencing equipment Show less

  • Technology Solutions Manager, Incubation

    Jan 2012 - Apr 2013

  • Application Services Manager

    Feb 2006 - Jan 2012

  • Production Support Supervisor

    Feb 2002 - Feb 2006

  • Systems Engineer

    Aug 2000 - Feb 2002
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  Burns & McDonnell

  Jun 2013 - Feb 2016

  Enterprise Applications Manager

  Enterprise Applications Manager, Associate Currently working as the Enterprise Applications Manager responsible for the DBA team for the Oracle EBS Suite and the developers – team size is variable with staff augmentation needs.• Grew department from 6 developers to 18. Manage Off-shore and remote resources – 15.• Created an onboarding process for the development team focused on efficiencies, scalability, and establish Off-shore standards.• Changed the intake process from the business, in order to prioritize work across the Enterprise.• Implemented a MIS Business Council – CTO, CIO, CFO, CAO, VP Procurement VP, HR Director – to create strategy to effectively identify and manage priority projects. • Implemented recurring meetings with business subject matter experts focused on prioritizing support work. • Implemented a new Source Code repository that feeds current audit requirements through reports. • Changed and documented the release process for the Enterprise Apps team. • Established two maintenance windows for the Oracle EBS system for weekly deployments. • The team had only had five deployment issues (quickly resolved) out of 346 deployments in the first year of the new release process. • Traveled to Mumbai, India to work with our acquisition team and facilitate a site survey on the financial, project management, and payroll systems. Accomplishments include system upgrades and conversions to their systems to expedite executive planning and reporting leading to increased profitability. • Coordinate strategic engagements with existing vendors. • Built a highly qualified team that has been recognized by business leaders throughout the firm. Team has developed a reputation for getting the work done efficiently, with high quality standards. Show less

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  J. Cooper Strategies L.L.C.

  Feb 2016 - May 2017

  Principal and Owner

  We create actionable strategies concerning people, process, and technology. http://www.jcooperstrategies.com/APRIL Conference (October, Reno Nv)ExhibitorPresenter:Strategic PlanningSuccession PlanningSILCK - Statewide Independent Living Council of KansasTopeka KansasSMART Goal trainingProject Process ConsultantTukuh Technologies and Tepa LLCKansas City, Missouri AreaEnterprise process strategy consulting encompassing Construction Project Management.Areas of Process Documentation and Improvements:On-Boarding/Off-BoardingPayroll ProcessingProfessional Services DeliveryConstruction ServicesFinancial ProcessingExecutive MeetingsNew Project Creation - including moves, adds, change management... Show less

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  Tepa, LLC

  May 2017 - Mar 2021

  Director of Corporate IT Operations and Services

  Developed a 5 year Strategic Plan for Technology.Implemented regionally diverse data centers and developed an office in a box concept for new regional offices.Helped implement and support an IT Steering Committee that meets monthly advising on IT Investment and Prioritization.Provide vision and leadership to a team of IT professionals to coordinate, implement, maintain and continually improve IT data center systems, networks, end-user support services and geospatial technology support for all Tepa, LLC including all subsidiary companies.Migrated the main data center to an off site Co-Location environment to allow for better scaling of the growing companies.Updated aging networking infrastructure to enable better office intercommunication and the deployments of VOIP systems throughout out locations. This changed how the company managed communications; Mobile, Voice, Chat, Virtual Meetings, and 4 digit dialing firm wide. Project Manage a successful pilot with the US Army on a Capabilities Assessment and Inventory on IT and Industrial Controls Systems. This was a very successful pilot done working with the USACE contracting office and IMCOM. Show less