Gary Cooper is a 15-year senior telecommunications manager with experience in project management, operations management, and program management. He has managed infrastructure build outs, site deployments, and technology upgrades for telecom companies like Sprint, Clearwire, Verizon, and MLC Wireless. Cooper has a track record of successfully delivering large projects on time and on budget.

1. GARY L. COOPER
301 S Jupiter Rd Apt 1004 Allen, TX 75002
Home 469-656-9562 • Cell 469-406-4004 • glincoop@gmail.com
15-YEAR SENIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
PMO | 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 – 11/2015
Program 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.
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WESTOWER COMMUNICATIONS, DALLAS. TX 6/2012 – 6/2014
Project 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 – 5/2012
Director 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.

2. GARY L. COOPER
Home 469-656-9562 • Cell 469-406-4004 • glincoop@gmail.com
NETWORKING SOLUTIONS, Elk Grove, CA 3/2009 – 10/2010
Operations 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 – 12/2008
Group 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 – 05/2007
Program 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 – 07/2006
Operations 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 Suite
Hardware: Cell Sites/Switches/Routers/VoIP
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Education: Rancho Cordova High School Graduate
Member; Project Management Institute – PMI