James Cochran-Miller
Project Manager II at NORESCO- Claim this Profile
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Spanish Limited working proficiency
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Experience
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NORESCO
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United States
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Construction
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300 - 400 Employee
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Project Manager II
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Jul 2018 - Present
Working with clients and managing the teams designing, installing, and commissioning Solar, HVAC, EMCS, and electrical system upgrades for the Navy and Federal Aviation Administration across the Hawaiian Islands & Guam. Extensive experience managing engineering reviews. Supervising certification of Risk Management Framework (RMF) compliance for systems connected to the DoDIN. Clients: Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam (NAVFAC Hawaii) Honolulu Board of Water Supply Federal Aviation Administration - Western Service Area Activities included: Contract Management Client Communications Coordinating teams at various sites Safety Inspections Trade Coordination Scheduling Budget Tracking/Capital Expenditure Projections Quality Control Inspection (USACE CQM Certified) Bid Walks Design Meetings Design Review Product Review (including BAA compliance checks) Submittal Preparation Conflict Resolution Review of Laboratory Test Results Show less
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Freelance
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California, United States
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Consultant
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May 2015 - Present
Working with small/medium size businesses and start ups to select hardware, software, and infrastructure that met their needs and budget. Scaling systems as clients grow and managing transitions to/from AWS. Working with team members to deploy custom solutions using custom coding. Designed, deployed, and maintain systems based on ESXi/vSphere and hybrid cloud with AWS. Designed, deployed, and maintain network security infrastructure ranging from Unified Threat Management appliances to Point Solutions. Worked with teams to deploy custom scripting to extract data from proprietary database software and aggregate data into a more user friendly interface for better analytics. Extensive device/infrastructure monitoring using SNMP. Deployment of corporate systems running Debian/SUSE/Microsoft Server. Management of hardware selection and deployment in small datacenters. Management of telecommunications design & installation (fiber/copper, ISP/OSP) in HA environments. Show less
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Cumming Group
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United States
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Construction
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Manager
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Aug 2017 - Jul 2018
Managing a team of 50 working on the construction and commissioning of the Building Automation System for Automated Logic (United Technologies) at Apple’s Corporate Headquarters.Daily work assignments for 50+ individuals on two shifts per day, ten hours per shift. Operations were 6 days a week for portions of the project.Tracking +50,000 discrete physical points through multiple steps of the construction, commissioning, and operation stages. Working with other trades to integrate other virtual datapoints.Coordination with other trades and Apple's Quality Control team. Show less
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Assistant Project Manager
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Feb 2017 - Sep 2017
Part of the team managing the Telecommunications Infrastructure Upgrade project at University of California Santa Cruz. The project spanned thousands of buildings and brought multi-gigabit connectivity across the campus.Working as the clients representative on:Design - working with end users, University engineers, and contracted design firm to go from concept to construction ready drawingsBidding & Contract award - drafting bid documents, bid walks, bid selection, contract awardConstruction - Scheduling, Implementing, and proving status updates to client on a weekly basis Show less
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Project Manager
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Jun 2015 - Feb 2017
Designing, training, and managing the teams retrofitting the building automation and telecommunications systems for a 750,000 square foot office building (pneumatics to Metasys).Designing and managing the installation of Cisco networking systems on over 25 miles of IW fiber optics and copper across 750,000 square foot business complex. The system spans 7 core buildings and 6 outbuildings blanketing much of the common areas with secured public wifi.Designing and managing the installation of a SoftwareHouse C-Cure 9000 system supporting +2200 card holders from 17 tenants across 7 core buildings and several outbuildings.Managing the upgrad of mechanical equipment including managing the replacement of 15000 MBtu boiler plant and 1,000 tons (2x 500 ton) York YMC^2 chillers Show less
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IT & Controls Specialist
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Jun 2014 - Jun 2015
Working for an owner managing contractors retrofitting the building automation systems for a 750,000 square foot office building (pneumatics to Facility Explorer).Working on deployment of VoIP and other business functions.
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Education
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Clarkson University
Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering