Cooper van Valkenburgh

Cooper Van Valkenburgh has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Cooper is currently the Director of Data Science at PSI Services LLC since November 2020. Before this, they owned their own consulting firm, Van Valkenburgh Consulting, LLC, where they primarily assisted clients with Microsoft SQL Server and Business Intelligence solutions. Cooper also provided guidance on other Microsoft applications and client infrastructure. Cooper worked as a Senior Business Intelligence Developer at EML from April 2020 to November 2020, where they built a global data warehouse utilizing Microsoft Azure stack technologies. Prior to this, they were the Director of Cloud Services at SkillPath from June 2018 to May 2020, where they focused on cost containment and risk mitigation. Cooper reduced annual spend by $500,000 and managed a team of system administrators and business intelligence analysts. Before that, Cooper worked as a Senior DBA at NeuAnalytics from November 2016 to June 2018, where they worked with multi-terabyte databases in SQL Server Availability Groups and was responsible for migrating SQL Server versions and designing reports in Power BI. Cooper also worked as a Systems/Database Architect at Silpada Designs in 2016, where they created a new datacenter and assisted in migrating legacy systems. Additionally, Cooper worked as a System Architect/DBA at StoreFinancial from March 2013 to February 2016, where they provided architectural guidance and redesigned the data warehouse to improve performance and automation. Cooper also worked as a Senior Database Architect at ProfitStars from July 2012 to February 2013, where they maintained and expanded a data warehouse solution. Prior to that, they were a Senior Software Engineer at ProfitStars from June 2011 to July 2012, and a Senior System/Network Administrator at Jack Henry & Associates from 2001 to 2011, where they worked on SAN storage solutions, load balancing, and network administration. Cooper has a background in programming and technical support, having worked at Q-Networks, Inc. as Technical Support/Developer in 1996.

Cooper Van Valkenburgh earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from DeVry University between 1995 and 1998.