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Chris Cooper
President/CEO, Execute Your Passion, LLC
Location: Atlanta, GA United States
Joined: Sep 7th, 2013

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Seen on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX, Lifestyle & Procrastination Expert Chris Cooper is one of the most dynamic, engaging and accomplished authors, coaches, trainers and speakers in America. With three academic degrees, numerous professional certifications, book smarts and street smarts this young man of vision, passion and charisma has done it all! From being the youngest Senior Manager ever with a major Fortune 100 Company to starting three businesses, to running with the bulls in Spain and even Walking on Fire, Chris� life has indeed been and continues to be an exciting adventure.

Chris� recent accolades include being named Who�s Who in Black Atlanta, being featured in The IMPRINT Magazine as �Young & Relentless�, being featured in Dunia International Magazine, being featured on the UNCF Empower ME Tour, The AT&T 28 Days Movers & Shakers Campaign, being named one of Power 30 under 30, and being named one of GXL Magazine�s Most Influential People.

Chris has worked and consulted for over 55 Fortune 500 Companies saving them millions of dollars and has transferred that success to his own practice in which he achieves outstanding results for his clients by implementing a customized need-focused approach utilizing best-in-class coaching tools and techniques. His no-nonsense process and system gets results!

Education (request update)

Morehouse College class of 2001

Undergrad Major: Industrial Engineering

Claim To Fame:

Chris� recent accolades include being named Who�s Who in Black Atlanta (two-time honoree), being featured in The IMPRINT Magazine as �Young & Relentless�, being featured in Dunia International Magazine, and on HBCU Connect, being featured on the UNCF Empower ME Tour, The AT&T 28 Days Movers & Shakers Campaign, being named one of Power 30 under 30, and being named one of GXL Magazine�s Most Influential People. He is a graduate of LEAD Atlanta and is was awarded the Outstanding Atlanta Award as well.

Experience

I currently work with Execute Your Passion, LLC as President/CEO
I have years of experience working in the Consulting Services industry.

Project Manager/Senior IT Consultant | AutoTrader.com
From May 2005 to Current • 21 year(s)
Enterprise Project Management Office member performing strategic business research for Data Governance Program including data cleansing and migration.

Project Manager/Senior IT Consultant | Cox Communications
From May 2005 to Current • 21 year(s)
CornerStone PMO team member providing Oracle 11i implementation support and functional assistance for IT and SCM teams.

Sr. Project Manager/Senior IT Consultant | Bellsouth
From May 2005 to Current • 21 year(s)
Collaborative Planning Program PMO team member providing MS Project Server implementation support and change management.

Sr. Project Manager/Senior Oracle IT Consultant | IBM
From May 2005 to Current • 21 year(s)
Project Vision PMO team member providing pre and post Oracle 11i implementation support for sales, order management, and supply chain.

Sr. Program Manager/Sr. Project Manager | AT&T
From May 2005 to Current • 21 year(s)
Senior HR Program Professional responsible for course evaluation, process improvement, training development, project management, and executive reporting.

Senior Business Strategy Manager | Cingular Wireless
From July 2003 to May 2005 • 2 year(s)
Strategy and Planning project lead for Supply Chain Management process improvement managing 25+ member Oracle 11i Production Support team.

Operations Business Analyst | The Home Depot
From May 2002 to January 2003 • 1 year(s)
Systems Integration Division Project Manager partnering with management to drive projects and increase operational efficiency using Six Sigma methodology.

Business Analyst | Deloitte Consulting
From August 2001 to March 2002 • 1 year(s)
Strategy and Operations Practitioner specializing in Financial and Performance Management, performing strategic analyses and participating in sales proposals.

Database & Data Specialist | Billian Publishing
From August 2000 to August 2001 • 1 year(s)
Maintained system database for publications and conducted market research through executive interviews at healthcare facilities.

Design Team Lead | City Cares Inc.
From January 2000 to January 2000 • 0 year(s)
Led design team for non-profit organization initiatives.

Industrial Engineer | General Motors
From January 1999 to January 1999 • 0 year(s)
Industrial engineering role in automotive manufacturing operations.

Onshore Field Engineer | Texaco Corporation
From January 1998 to January 1998 • 0 year(s)
Field engineering role in energy and gas operations.

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