Corporate Team
Each of Cooper Consulting's corporate management team members has significant experience in management and technical roles. We understand information technology issues, have faced many challenges successfully, and can recommend cost effective,long-term solutions that are proven in the industry.
We believe this gives us an advantage when working with clients, developing solutions, recruiting and retaining technical professionals, and making strategic decisions. Each member of the team is totally committed to the success of our clients and ensuring that our commitments are met.
Melynda B. Caudle, PMP, President
"When you want results - you want Cooper. The bottom line is if we say we can do something, we can do it. Ask any of our clients."
Melynda Caudle is charged with and charged up by the challenges of taking Cooper into the next phase of the company's life. That includes building and refining best practices, continuing to look at ways to increase the profitability of the company so that our employees have more choices, working new business development in the state agency environment and moving Cooper into new markets. She believes and acts on being customer-focused and loves the challenge of finding elegant solutions to complex problems.
Her background includes:
- Melynda has more than twenty years of experience in information technology. Her broad experience working for EDS, IBM, state and county governmental bodies, and now Cooper Consulting has allowed her to work closely with customers, technologists, and people at all levels of those organizations. She has an innate curiosity about what makes people and systems work and this fuels the results-oriented problem-solving that brings her bliss.
- Melynda, a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), has been involved in technology projects that include: touch screens, e-commerce, and business applications. Her favorite projects have included being the project management executive leading the creation of IBM's worldwide premier e-commerce site for business partners as well as consulting to educate customers on the importance of understanding good software engineering practices. She also has comprehensive experience in programming, database analysis and design, and system analysis.
- All of these experiences have been and will continue to prove valuable in the role of President. New business development, customer relationship management, recruiting, proposal development, and the day-to-day work of keeping ahead of the change curve keep Melynda fully engaged.
- She has been on the board of the Austin Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN), chaired the Association for Women in Technology Austin's (AWTAustin) annual business conference, and actively mentors project management professional candidates. She has a degree in Business/Marketing and extensive training in NLP and other communication techniques.
- A native New Mexican, Melynda enjoys trips to her cabin in Ruidoso - no matter what time of year it is. She enjoys energy work as a Reiki Master, sings in a jazz band - River City Jazz Group, and is passionate about helping women learn about the options available to them in taking control of their financial futures.
Melynda's recent assignment as a Senior Project Manager at IBM Corporation leveraged her talents as she created the vision for an e-commerce business-to-business application and brought it to reality. She transformed what had begun as just an idea into a mission critical application with a worldwide team of 55 technical personnel. Melynda has also managed large enterprise projects in Texas state government for the Texas Department of Human Services and the Texas Department of Health.
Constantin Radu, Chief Engineer
Constantin brings over 20 years of experience encompassing Internet publishing, e-Commerce, Electrical Engineering, and direct marketing. He has conceptualized the launch and delivery of complex technology projects in a variety of businesses, focusing on providing robust and adaptable e-business strategies and technology architectures supported by cross-functional teams.
As Chief Engineer, Mr. Radu is responsible for Cooper Product Development and the Cooper Consulting Europa branch recently opened in Bucharest where he will employ his advanced skills in French and Romanian.
He has an international knowledge in information technology working as Senior Technical Solution Project Manager for IIRUC, the largest computer maintenance company in Romania, Lead Engineer for Automation Collignon en Belgium, Sr. Research Associate for National Research and Telecommunication Institute in Montreal Canada and R&D Director for Ecmarket in Vancouver, Canada.
Constantin was approached by IBM in Austin, TX, where for the last ten years he has been part of the leadership team charged with IBM’s e-Commerce re-architecture. As senior consultant for Cooper Consulting Constantin was Business Architect for Strategic Direct project, a world wide initiative that supports the growth of on demand business for IBM and creates a fully-integrated,competitive teleweb capability for IBM to sell products and services directly to customers in mid-market firms and large enterprises. That capability is achieved through a comprehensive set of end-to-end processes, continuity of customer and product information, and a common infrastructure based on WebSphere Commerce Business Edition (WCBE).
Constantin graduated from Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest with a Master of Science degree in Computer Science in 1983 and achieved a second Master Degree in Telecommunications in Montreal.
Christine L. Mendoza, PMP, Managing Consultant
Christine joined Cooper Consulting in March of 2005 as a Senior Project Manager. After three years of project management and senior business analysis consulting, she joined the corporate management team as Managing Consultant.
Christine is responsible for account and portfolio management, marketing and sales, and new business development.
Her education and experience includes:
- Providing over 10 years of project management and business analysis services for such diverse customers as the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), Harcourt, the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and the Texas Attorney General's Office (OAG)
- Customizing and implementing software development methodologies
- Attaining the following professional certifications: PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified IBM Rational Unified Process Consultant, IBM Rational Requirements Management with Use Cases Certification, and ITIL Foundations Certification
- Graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts and pursuing a Masters degree at the Seminary of the Southwest
Outside of work and school, Christine enjoys spending time with her husband and fabulous daughter.
Melissa Caudle, Director of Finance
Melissa joined the Cooper Consulting management team in July, 2006, with a focus on company financials while participating in strategic planning, corporate policies and procedures,employee relations, management of compensation and benefits, and support for business growth and development.
Her education and experience includes:
- Graduate, Texas State University, 2005.
- Post Graduate classes in Small Business Accounting and Human Resources Management
- Six years of work experience in customer service
- Melissa enjoys the local music scene, snowboarding, and is pursuing her Master's degree in Political Science at Texas State
Joshua Caudle, Recruiting Division Manager
Joshua joined the Cooper Consulting team in March, 2007, with a focus on staff augmentation and business development.
His experience includes:
- Over ten years of sales and recruiting experience for companies including AMD, IBM, Motive, Ercot, DR Horton, and Harcourt.
- Outside of work Joshua enjoys spending time with his son, hanging out with friends on the lake, and traveling.
Contact Josh today regarding our recent openings and opportunities.
Kristina Wade, Administrative Assistant
Kristina joined the Cooper Consulting team in June of 2008, with a focus on improving the maturity of our processes for managing our employees, our wellness, and our performance measurement and tracking.
Her education and experience includes:
- Current enrollment in the Master's of Arts in Human Services, emphasis in Human Resources at St. Edward's University.
- Bachelor's of Science degree from Sam Houston State University, 2006.
- Six years sales and customer service experience.
- Two years human resources experience.
- Outside of work Kristina enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She is a native Texan who loves spending time outdoors.