Michael Cooper

Mr. Cooper is a member of the team at Prodea.
He earned distinction during his tenure at Nortel and was recognized as top talent within the organization.
His breadth of responsibilities included business strategy, product marketing, research and development, and operations.
He received multiple corporate awards such as a CEO Quality Award of Excellent, The President’s Award of Excellence and the President’s Award of Excellence for Innovation, among others.
He joined Nortel as a member of the scientific staff.
Through his career he has held a broad breadth of assignments across wide-ranging technologies, including wireline, optical, OAM, and wireless in the voice and data domains.
He has had extensive international experience working across 5 continents during his career and resided in London for a period of time.
Ultimately, he earned the position of Vice President of core technologies for wireless networks, a multinational organization with over 1,200 resources.
His ownership included Nortel’s GSM, UMTS and CDMA Core product lines with responsibilities for business performance, as well as strategic planning, research & development, systems engineering and deployment.
Mr. Cooper holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Tulane University.