{"id":15,"date":"2021-03-30T09:18:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T09:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/853302\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2023-11-03T02:45:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T02:45:17","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/853302\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE AUTHOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-556 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/853302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Michael Cooper, DTM <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Michael Cooper, DTM<\/em> was born in Forbes\u2019 Hill, Exuma, Bahamas. He is the son of the late Archie (1923-2002) and Christine Cooper-Bullard (1926-1962) of Forbes\u2019 Hill, Exuma, Bahamas. His mother\u2019s parents were Tom Bullard and Elizabeth Sears\u2013Bullard of Williams Town, Exuma, Bahamas. His father\u2019s parents were Robert Cooper Jr. and Georgiana Bullard of Forbes\u2019 Hill, Exuma, Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>Mike is a 1978 Graduate of McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, with a Double Honors Degree in Economics and Mathematics. He worked as a trainer in IT and a part-time lecturer with the College of St. Benedicts (Bahamas Campus) and College of The Bahamas (now known as the University of The Bahamas) for several years. He also worked in Offshore Banking, Insurance, Finance, Investments and National Insurance. He has developed software and business solutions for a variety of businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The Toastmasters International organization played a significant role in developing his communications and leadership skills. Toastmaster Michael Cooper was installed as a member of Toastmasters International Club 1600 in February 1979. He served as President of the First Bahamas Branch of Toastmasters International Club 1600 in 1987 and as of the Bahamas Division Governor of Toastmasters in 1990\/1991.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Cooper, DTM Michael Cooper, DTM was born in Forbes\u2019 Hill, Exuma, Bahamas. He is the son of the late Archie (1923-2002) and Christine Cooper-Bullard (1926-1962) of Forbes\u2019 Hill, Exuma, Bahamas. His mother\u2019s parents were Tom Bullard and Elizabeth Sears\u2013Bullard of Williams Town, Exuma, Bahamas. His father\u2019s parents were Robert Cooper Jr. and Georgiana Bullard<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/853302\/about-the-author\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ABOUT THE AUTHOR&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/853302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/853302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/853302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/853302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/853302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/853302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":575,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/853302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/853302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}