Bret Cooper

Bret Cooper has a diverse work experience in the field of software engineering. Bret started their career at Bell Labs where they worked as a Senior Member of Technical Staff. During this time, they conducted research and made significant cost-saving decisions by selecting a new hardware architecture. Bret also ported code from Amdahl to HP C++ compiler.

After that, Bret joined AT&T as a Principal Technical Staff Member where they worked as a Software Engineer and Lead Developer. Bret was responsible for decomposing requirements into C++ classes and evaluating the usefulness of object-oriented requirements. Bret also played a key role in preparing for a Capability Maturity Model audit by initiating documentation and methodology changes.

Next, Bret worked at Lucent Technologies as a Software Developer. Here, they gained experience in developing GUI pages and backend processes using JAVA, JSP, and C++. Bret also learned SQL Server, JBUILDER, and MS Visual Studio for C++.

Bret then joined Cardinal Health as a Subject Matter Expert. In this role, they were a part of the pricing back-end run team, supporting customers with fixes and enhancements to various applications related to pricing. Bret worked with both WINDOWS and UNIX based applications.

Following that, Bret worked at Information Control Corporation (ICC) as a Software Engineer. Bret managed a small team that provided ongoing software application maintenance and enhancements for several ICC clients. The applications supported used .NET framework and either C# or Visual Basic.

Their most recent role was at Chemical Abstracts Service where they worked as a Senior System Engineer.

Overall, Bret Cooper has a strong background in software engineering, with experience in various industries and technologies.

Bret Cooper holds a Master's degree (M.S.) in Computer and Information Science from The Ohio State University, which they completed from 1984 to 1986. Prior to that, they pursued an Associate's degree (A.S.) in Electrical Engineering Technology at Columbus State Community College. Bret also obtained a Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Biological Sciences from The Ohio State University, although the specific time of completion is not provided.