Stephen
Cohrs B. Sc., P.Eng.
Summary
of Business History
Trinity
Amps Inc. March 2003 October 2022
President and Owner OEM Manufacturer of Custom Vacuum
Tube Amplifiers and Speaker Cabinets for Musicians.
Successfully
performed Research, Design, Manufacturing, Inventory, Logistics, Support and
Contract Staff Management
First
Canadian distributor of Tone Tubby Loudspeakers.
Responsible
for Sales to an excess of 2,000 musicians in 43 countries.
Company
Assets sold in October 2022
TELUS June
2004 June 2013
Sr.
Project Manager Technology Development Contract June 2004
Permanent October 2005
Hired
as First Sr. PM in TELUS PMO. Worked cross functionally on simultaneous
projects to introduce New Technology into TELUS network through all project
phases. Adhered to TELUS New Technology Introduction and PMI standards.
Successfully
and Cross Functionally Project Managed the TELUS Technology Strategy,
Operations and Vendor project teams implementing the 4G core into the Mobile
Switching Offices (4) across Canada.
Successfully
Program Managed the TELUS and Vendor project team implementing all 3G+ Voice Services.
Cancer Care Ontario November 2003 June 2004
Portfolio Manager November 2003 June
2004
Facilitated
initiation of strategic, multiple projects, managed portfolio interdependencies
and oversaw from
business
and technical perspective. Provided independent status reporting to the CIO and
Executive Team and helped build the PMO team.
GE Information Technology Services February
2002 November 2003
Project Manager - TD Canada Trust -
contract February 2002 November 2003
Hired
and established a team of 12 analysts and project managers to effectively
migrate 8000 Canada wide TD Canada Trust clients to Windows 2000.
724 Solutions Inc. January 2000 October 2001
Director, Shared
Development Services June 2001 Oct. 2001
Reported
to the GM, Applications Business Unit. Part of the management team, which moved
the company from a start-up to a mature software development company. Staff of
60
Director, Project
Management Office Jan. 2001 May 2001
Established
a PMO. Integrated development staff with release management function into
single Project
Management
Office
Director, Alliance
Programs
Jan. 2000 Dec. 2000
Responsible
to initiate, staff and direct the Alliance Programs that interfaced with
partners to execute on
MOU,
Agreements, Proof of Concepts and technical
evaluations.
Nitidus
Technology Inc. March 1999 November 1999
Director, Customer Care March 1999 November
1999
Full
P&L responsibility for the set-up, staffing and management of the Customer
Care team. Provided
Customer
support, including post and pre sales support, product content and program
management.
Nortel Networks March 1982 - March 1999
Manager, System
Development and Operations 1994 1999
Responsibility
for managing a team of 25 developers and program managers for Public Carrier
Networks
and
working with Customers to identify development opportunities and turnkey
applications.
Managed
the Licencing and Commercialization of the Costing/Configuration Tool, PlanEx!
Manager,
International Marketing Process Management 1990 1994
Responsible
for the requirements definition and integration of various North American
Network Order
Management
initiatives into World Trade. Responsible for all process initiatives within
International
Marketing
and for identifying opportunities, making recommendations
and providing support for
enhancement
strategies.
Manager,
Value Engineering Digital Switching Division 1986 1990
Manager,
Material Flow Management and Cost Modeling NTC Headquarters 1984 1986
Engineer, Mechanical Design and Manufacturing
Methods Cable Division 1982 1984
Steel Company of Canada - September 1978 -
March 1982
Engineer, Mechanical Design
Publications
Featured in 2013 HiFi Channel, HD Guitar Picks hosted by Kim Mitchell;
Featured in publications City and Quinte Living; Brighton Independent publications.
US
& Canadian patents Nortel, Extrusion Apparatus US 4,551,087 and CDN
1,213,857
Awards and Honours
Credit on Tragically Hip's "World Container" and "We Are the Same" CDs
Honourably mentioned in Billy Gibbons book "Rock & Roll Gearhead" and in "Tone Quest" magazine.
Award of Merit for Excellent Support from the Vice-President, Operations in Nortel Europe
Award of Merit for Excellence from the VP, Nortel Services Operations, USA
Contact
14656 County Rd. 21, Brighton, ON, Canada, K0K1H0 stephen@cohrs.ca
