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Heika Jennelle Grant Cooper

Costa Rica, San Jose

Summary

Cloud Solutions architect with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in Cloud computing, Data Management, Virtualization, and people management. Passionate about helping customers in their Cloud journey. Training and mentoring enthusiast with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología (ULACIT), a BA degree in Journalism from Universidad Latina de Costa Rica (ULATINA) and a masters degree in IT Management with the University of Cádiz in Spain. Currently the Vice-chair for Blacks At Microsoft Central and Caribbean region.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Azure Technical Specialist

MICROSOFT
07.2018 - Current
  • Architect and design Azure solutions for customers including infrastructure, networking and security.
  • Work with sellers, specialists, and account managers to onboard new customers to Azure.
  • Engage with partners to accelerate customer´s journey to the cloud.
  • Remove technical blockers in customers projects to the cloud.
  • Ensure customers have all tools and knowledge needed for a smooth transition from on-premises to cloud management via technical workshops and general guidance.
  • Create and advise on cloud strategy that is aligned with customers business objectives.
  • Understand industry trends to guide customer conversations towards products that bring value to their business.

Data Analyst

EXPERIAN SERVICES COSTA RICA
01.2015 - 06.2018


  • Understand QA methodology and full life cycle of data processing from acquisition to integration to extraction to identify potential data quality issues.
  • Profile data, determine trends, patterns, inconsistencies; draw recommendations for clients based on data analysis.
  • Work on a consultative basis for new data sources and enhancement initiatives to help ensure consistency and implementation of best practices.
  • Fulfill ad hoc data analysis requests, devise, and maintain various data mining studies and identify and implement improvements in QA processes as needed

Interviewer

ENTSERV COSTA RICA LIMITADA
01.2012 - 01.2015
  • Completing over the phone interviews to US customers.
  • Training of new hires on company policy and procedures.
  • English language and pronunciation coach.
  • Adding new material to the company’s intranet.

Supervisor/Training Lead

DATASCENSION INC S.A
01.2004 - 01.2010

· Managing the hiring process for my team.

  • Started an English improvement team that later turned into an English school in the company.
  • Began a company newspaper for my POD called “The Synovate News” that focused on pronunciation and news from our client and company in general.
  • Created training material for other teams.
  • Training and “nesting” lead for new hires.
  • Managed break time and working hours for my teams to report back to Human Resources.
  • Performed quality reviews on my team’s surveys.
  • Conducted client monitor sessions in which clients would listen to interviews and comment on quality and pronunciation.
  • Performed employee sit-downs to review metrics and performance improvement.

Education

Master of Science - IT Management, Integrated Management Systems

University of Cádiz
Cádiz
12.2023

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology, Programming

Universidad Latinoamericana De Ciencia Y Tecnología (ULACIT)
San Jose, Costa Rica
09.2018

Skills

  • Azure Technical Specialist
  • Cloud Solutions Architect for Azure
  • Azure IaaS Escalation Engineer
  • Data Management Analyst
  • Project Management
  • Supervisor/Training lead
  • English Teacher
  • Presales Professional
  • Quality Assurance Engineer
  • Python developer
  • Java Developer
  • Frontend developer: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
  • Server side: React, Node JS and Django
  • API Management
  • Web Server Manager
  • Database admin: SQL,MySQL
  • Cloud DB admin: Azure SQL and Cosmos DB
  • Windows manager
  • Artificial Intelligence consultant
  • Prompt Engineer
  • Training and Mentoring lead
  • D&I consultant
  • English teaching
  • Career and curriculum Advisor
  • Microsoft’s External speaker

Certification

Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert

Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate Microsoft Certified Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals

Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)

OpenHack: DevOps in Azure

OpenHack: Migrating Microsoft Workloads to Azure

OpenHack: Serverless computing in Azure

Migrating Microsoft Workloads to Azure Coach

OpenHack: Security, Compliance, and Identity in Moderwork

OpenHack: Containers in Azure

SCRUM MASTER

FY22 BAM Academy Platinum Volunteer

Social Responsibility Champ Silver

Kepner Tregoe Practitioner

Microsoft CSS Support Specialist

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt™

Timeline

Azure Technical Specialist

MICROSOFT
07.2018 - Current

Data Analyst

EXPERIAN SERVICES COSTA RICA
01.2015 - 06.2018

Interviewer

ENTSERV COSTA RICA LIMITADA
01.2012 - 01.2015

Supervisor/Training Lead

DATASCENSION INC S.A
01.2004 - 01.2010

Master of Science - IT Management, Integrated Management Systems

University of Cádiz

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology, Programming

Universidad Latinoamericana De Ciencia Y Tecnología (ULACIT)
Heika Jennelle Grant Cooper