Juan Cooper

Experience

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  US Navy

  Jan 1983 - Jan 1986

  Presidential Support Staff
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  Maryland State Police

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1995

  State Trooper
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  QUADRANGLE DEVELOPMENT CORP

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2004

  Operational Engineering Assistant
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  PENZANCE MANAGEMENT

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Chief Engineer

  • Successfully leveraged mixed infrastructure including various building automation systems to improve building operation, increasing uptime and improving occupant satisfaction in commercial and residential spaces.• Identified concerns of indoor air quality, developed and implemented team maintenance programs of building systems to improve the operation of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems and yield better building health.• Positively affected the skills and expertise of engineering team members by implementing hands-on training in areas such as blue-prints and schematics, energy management systems, and commercial building maintenance and planning. Show less

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  Stoladi Property Group

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2011

  Director of Operations

  • Effectively streamlined the operations of an organization-wide portfolio of more than 25 properties and 4,000,000 square feet across multiple states through strategies including the creation of motivational techniques and personnel development paths, the implementation of new purchase order and work-tracking systems, and the increase of positive communication.• Forged lasting personal relationships with tenants, Stoladi team members, and contractor partners to improve tenant retention, encourage innovative thinking, and create a positive culture in which team members could grow with a growing organization.• Successfully developed and implemented new capital expense strategies and due diligence methodologies to maximize revenue, minimize risk, and control costs while improving tenant satisfaction. Show less

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  Carrollsburg Condominium

  Feb 2011 - Dec 2015

  Chief Engineer

  • Develop and manage strategic engineering plan to oversee maintenance staff and aging infrastructure of a 425-unit multifamily condominium with limited capital availability. • Successfully create, fund, and implement innovative capital improvements of over $5,000,000 over a multi-year period resulting in energy reduction of over 30% (or nearly $300,000 per year) from a 2012 baseline.• Recruited, developed, and retained a diversely skilled team of resident-focused maintenance professionals while developing a culture of service excellence, successfully improving preventative maintenance compliance, increasing resident satisfaction, and reducing operations and maintenance costs by $50,000 per year.• Effectively created and implemented systems to increase the organizational effectiveness and financial sustainability of the maintenance team including implementation of inventory standards and usage of burdened-rate costing, resulting in moving the department from one of the property's largest cost centers to becoming nearly self-funded. Show less

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  Erickson Living

  Jan 2016 - Apr 2018

  Senior Facilities Manager

  • Develop and manage strategic engineering & maintenance plan and oversee a maintenance & engineering staff of 40 for a 4 million square foot property on 122 acres. • Recruit, develop, and retain a diversely skilled team of resident-focused maintenance & engineering professionals while developing a culture of service excellence, successfully improving preventative maintenance compliance and increasing resident satisfaction.• Create and implement systems to increase the organizational effectiveness and financial sustainability of the maintenance & engineering teams including implementation of inventory standards and usage of burdened-rate costing. Show less