Larry Cooper helps organizations become adaptable to navigate uncertainty through co-creating strategy realization, enabling transformations in complex environments, and facilitating publications on agility. With over 20 industry certifications in areas like Agile, project management, and IT service management, he consults, mentors, authors, speaks, and blogs on topics such as outcomes-focused agility, adaptive strategy, and agile portfolio and program management. Based in Ottawa, Canada, Larry has over 35 years of experience leading transformations and guiding organizations through uncertainty and ambiguity.

1. LARRY
COOPER
Ottawa , ON
Larry helps organizations become adaptable so they can navigate through uncertainty. His focus areas include:
• Co-creating strategy realization through Outcomes-focused Agility
• Enabling and leading transformations in complex business environments faced with uncertainty and
ambiguity
• Facilitating The Agility Series of books, guides, webinars, presentations, and courseware
Blogger – www.ProjectManagement.com – The Agility Series, LinkedIn
Webinar Host: BrightTalk, www.ProjectManagement.com
Holds 20+ industry certifications in Agile, Project Management, and ITSM
Mentor for PRINCE2 Agile 2015
CONSULTANT
MENTOR
AUTHOR
SPEAKER
Larry.Cooper@BSSNexus.com 613-868-0982 @cooperlk99 https://ca.linkedin.com/in/lawrencekcooper
CHARACTERISTICS SKILLS IMPORTANT TO ME
Adaptable
Possibilities Focussed
Knowledge Seeking
Story Teller
Learning Agility
Holistic Perspective
“Finds the Common
Thread”
Fortran, C++, CORBA, UnixFortran, APL
Employee
Technology
Consulting
Systems Integration,
ObjectStar
e2Open XML
Family
Married with two
boys (Uni and HS)
Community
Food Bank,
Wounded Warriors
LMS, IDEF LMS, SCORM ITSM
Adaptive Strategy
Outcomes-focused Agility
Agile Portfolio & Programme Management
Business Process Design and Development
Agile SOA
Adaptive Business
and
Technology
Leadership
Web-enabled Supply
Chain (e2Open) 1999-00
Agile (Procurement, Bus. Process
Design, Learning Content Dev.),
Outcomes-focused Agility, 2009-10
Service Portfolio
Management,
Outcomes-focused Agility
Service Orientation,
Adaptable Architecture
Technology
Transformation
Industry
Transformation,
$25M /year cost savings
Agile Transformations,
Strategic Advisory
Publishing
MUN NLCS EC - NWC EC - MWC EC - ISC ISA DMR/
Amdahl
Nortel Nortel Federal
Gov.
Federal
Gov.
Federal
Gov.
Police
Force
Crown
Agency
National
Prof.
Assoc.
Crown
Agency
Federal
Gov.
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BSc.
Computer
Science
Programmer
Analyst
Manager,
Operations
Manager,
Operations
Manager
Operations
/Project
Manager
Project
Manager
‘93, M.A., Public Administration , Carleton
Principal,
PM Practice
Consultant,
Senior PM
Senior PM
Consultant,
Senior PM
Consultant,
Senior PM Consultant,
ITSM &
Senior PM
Consultant,
Portfolio
Mgr. &
Senior PM
Consultant,
Senior PM
Consultant,
Strategic
Advisor
Consultant,
ITSM &
Senior PM
Consultant,
Project
Executive
LMS, SharePoint, VersionOne ITSM SOA
Contributions
Multi-Data Centre
Capacity Planning
Client-Server: An Architectural
Overview &
Client-Server Technologies
Auerbach Publishers, 1995
ITL V3 Courseware Suite and
White Papers,
Global Knowledge 2007-08
Top ITIL Download, Forbes,
2007
Reassessing Client-Server Tools
and Technologies & Is Electronic
Commerce Ready for the Internet?
Auerbach Publishers, 1997
Agile Value Delivery: Beyond the Numbers,
The Agility Series (Books, Guides, Blogs, and Webinars),
Courseware on Agile and Outcomes-focused Agility
BSSNexus Global Inc., 2010-16
Portfolio Leadership
Framework
ProjectPDQ, 2003
JRP/JAD/
RAD
$4.5M/year
Revenue
Recovery
Outcomes Map for
$100M+ project
03
Bill-Me-Later
00-01